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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...
Ok, thanks for the clairifcation. I'll try your config out on mine and see what happens.
OK so here is a new trial. I have factory reset the ORBI and put it back into router mode. Again it has correctly detected I am still using my R7000 as a router (So that I dont get lynched by my partner (I have migrated the SSID and password over to it so she doesnt suspect a thing) and changed the IP range of ORBI into 10.0.0.0/24. Orib Internet port has been added to the DMZ of the R7000.
According to all sources, Virgin Media do not support IPV6 but I thought I would go to the IPV6 settings of the ORBI and select auto detect. On clicking apply, it returned as 6to4. I dont really understand the IPV6 side of things, but does this suggest some support of IPV6 on Virgin Media? Or is this just because I am connected to my R7000 which definitely supports IPV6. Touch wood, o DNS issues so far.
As ever I will monitor this. Like I say, dont really understand the workings of IPV6 but assumed if auto detect could not find any IPV6 support, then it would have disabled it again?
EDIT: My WiFi performance is compromised as the R7000 with both its radios enabled is within 12 inches of the ORBI. However this hasnt caused any drop outs
musicbravo wrote:According to all sources, Virgin Media do not support IPV6 but I thought I would go to the IPV6 settings of the ORBI and select auto detect. On clicking apply, it returned as 6to4. I dont really understand the IPV6 side of things, but does this suggest some support of IPV6 on Virgin Media? Or is this just because I am connected to my R7000 which definitely supports IPV6. Touch wood, o DNS issues so far.
EDIT: My WiFi performance is compromised as the R7000 with both its radios enabled is within 12 inches of the ORBI. However this hasnt caused any drop outs
No support on Virgin, Orbi or R7000, but full WWW support. Now you have to pick public IPv6 DNS servers and finish the configuration.
I suggest turning off the WIFI on your R7000 router, or make sure it is on different channels than the Orbi.
- Yes. Ideally, if I get ORBI behaving in router mode, I will disable all but the 2.4ghz radio on the r7000 and put it back in ap mode leaving rbr850 to make router mode. Sadly I have one device that won't connect to ax networks so have to keep the r7000 2.4ghz alive at 25% so it can still communicate with that one device
You can do this, just keep one router on channel 1 and the other on channel 11.
