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Intermittent DNS Errors and WiFi Issues
I have had the Orbi AX6000 for a few months now. While there are many things I love about it (great wifi coverage, great speed, looks nice, software, ease of setup, etc.), there are two very frustra...
For a long time there have been DNS issues with Centurylink on all service levels, mostly DSL and vDSL. I learned about it when I stumbled on a thread on DSLReports(dot)com discussing it. Since I use a secure private DNS on my Fiber service, I have not had any DNS issues. The only connection problems I have had are browsers not functioning properly. That in itself can be misconstruded as DNS issues. I have noticed this more so with the Firefox family and spinoffs. Chrome, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, Canari and other non-FF have been good at dealing with most anything.
When I have suggested trying a non-CL DNSs, it seemed to be the solution. So as Furry suggested that many DNS issues are ISP related. I have found and seen others find that is mostly true. Although when troubleshooting every so often I have to set my RBR850 in default "get what is given out" to connect. But that is not often and I change it soon after.
I have enough devices and applications that would fail letting me know there is an issue and to date I haven't seen anything that would lead me to think I have a problem. There's other more obvious things that have been popping up.