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TheGerman
Oct 17, 2026Aspirant
960 Wreaking Havoc
I am on Firmware Version V7.2.8.8_5.1.24. 1 Main router with 2 satellites hardwired. The ORBI router was intercepting all DNS traffic which frequently lead to unresolved DNS names and DNS tim...
FURRYe38
Oct 17, 2026Guru - Experienced User
How did you update the system FW? Manually or was it automatic?
Had you done a factory reset on the system after FW was updated and setup from scratch to see if this issue was still happening?
TheGerman
Oct 17, 2026Aspirant
Firmware was prompted. I did a factory reset on it and no joy. Something in the way netgear is checking DNS in Armor/Parental Controls is affecting all DNS queries. Only solution was to disable Armor and Parental Controls in the settings.