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Intermittent DNS lookup failures on RBR850
Intermittent DNS lookup failures RBR850 I've been using the Orbi RBR850 for several months now and I'm constantly having issues with DNS that I've NEVER experienced with any other router I've ever u...
I think I figured this out (at least for me)
I was having the same issues - Orbi defaults to setting itself up in router mode (versus access point). Since my modem is a modem/router, I disabled the wifi on my modem, set my modem up with an IP passthrough specific to the Mac ID of the Orbi router, then set the Orbi up as an access point. Fingers crossed but so far so good, haven't been seing the issue anymore.
To be more specific I used orbilogin.com, logged into the settings, advanced tab, advanced expanding option (left side, bottom), router/AP mode, selected AP mode.
aparkins30 wrote:To be more specific I used orbilogin.com, logged into the settings, advanced tab, advanced expanding option (left side, bottom), router/AP mode, selected AP mode.
This made your intermittent DNS issues go away by taking your Orbi out of the loop for DNS requests. By putting your Orbi into AP mode, your upstream modem/router IP becomes your computer's gateway IP and DNS server (not the Orbi). It's when the Orbi is in Router Mode and the gateway IP that for some reason the Orbi causes intermittent DNS errors (even though the Orbi is just forwarding the DNS requests to your ISP or to your configured DNS addresses). Another workaround is to change the Windows network connection's DNS server IP from the Orbi's IP to the ISP or configured DNS address (also taking the Orbi out of the loop for DNS requests).
Does anyone know if there's some ETA from Netgear to fix the Intermittent DNS issue on RBR50? It's barely usable. I'm thinking of giving it back to the reseller as faulty thing. How much time can it take to the company for fixing trivial problems?
I would remove the RBR850 in AP mode from the IP passthru on the modem. THere would be no firewall or security in this configuration. SO you'd want to use the modems firewall for your security meaure while you have the RBR in AP Mode. FIrewall is disabled on the RBR when in AP mode.
Didn't realize that, thanks for taking the time to reply. Just adjusted the settings.
AP mode on any wifi router or MESH router system, firewall is disabled.
