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4nthony
Aspirant
Aug 26, 2021

RBR850 - DNS Options are Disabled (FW 4.6.3.9)

I updated to firmware V4.6.3.9_2.0.50 today. First thing I noticed was my DNS settings were gone and the radio buttons in the GUI were disabled:   The text boxes for IP address input are enab...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 26, 2021

What happens if you disable SPC? Usually SPC features uses there own DNS and disables any custom user inputs when SPC is enabled. 

4nthony's avatar
4nthony
Aspirant
Aug 26, 2021

I'm looking through the app and I can't figure out where to disable Parental Controls. 

 

Can you point me in the right direction?

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Aug 26, 2021

    Try this, Obi app. 
    Select the House icon upper left corner.

    Select Settings.

    Select Parental Control

    Select the slider button to disable PC...

     

    This work? 

     

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      4nthony
      Aspirant
      Aug 26, 2021

      Thanks, I found the setting. I always forget Orbi puts some settings in that area.

       

      As for the DNS settings, they are still disabled even though Parental Controls are also disabled.

       

      However, I found a workaround. If I go into the browser developer tools, I can delete the "disabled" attribute on the radio button, fill in the IP addresses, and submit the form. The IPs will persist as long as I don't make any other changes on that page. Weird.

       

      Maybe I'll do a reset of the router tomorrow and see if that helps.