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Validus
Luminary
Jan 29, 2021
Solved

DNS Probe finished nxdomain & missing router logs

I have a RBK853 — Orbi WiFi 6 System AX6000 model, which is working fine, but has a couple of bugs?   1 router + 2 satellites with currently version 3.2.16.22 firmware on each.   The first issue:...
  • Validus's avatar
    Validus
    Apr 01, 2021

    Work around fix for now.

     

    Under your router admin > advanced > advanced > IPv6

     

    I changed the Internet Connection Type from "Disabled" to "6to4Tunnel", the rest I just left as automatic, applied and also rebooted the PC.

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Mikey94025
Hero
Jan 29, 2021
Validus wrote:

When visiting new websites for a few seconds the error message "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" might appear on the web-browser. The website loads and displays later, but just wondering why that message pops up? It only started showing when we got this new wifi mesh.

There are a subset of Orbi AX customers experiencing these intermittent DNS errors: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/DNS-PROBE-FINISHED-NXDOMAIN-errors-on-RBR850/m-p/2016853 and https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/Intermittent-DNS-Errors-and-WiFi-Issues/m-p/2046801