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amenic
Apprentice
Sep 17, 2020

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...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 29, 2020

AP mode on any wifi router or MESH router system, firewall is disabled. 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 29, 2020

And if you have a router upstream from the RBR while it's in router mode, this IS a double NAT configuration which can cause these problems. Just turning OFF the wifi doesn't resolve this.