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Running a R8000 and Orbi RBR850 mesh set-up
Hi folks .. just looking for some advice. I have fibre and run a Nighthawk R8000 and Orbi RBR850 set-up and curious to hear what config I should best use.... it all performs pretty well other than I ...
Yes. NG routers act as a DNS Proxy by relaying DNS from clients out to the detected ISP DNS or any custom DNS configured ON the router.
OK - thanks, so no need for me to manually change the clients if they have the NG IP address? just odd that it makes a difference on a Windows machine
Correct, all DNS flows thru the DNS proxy on the router. NG has never been known to offer a DNS option for this. Other router mfrs do like D-Link.
What is the difference your seeing on this Windows PC?
Typically a DNS error / address not found error - then a just refresh a couple of times and it then works OK. If I manually set the Windows 11 IP DNS entry to 8.8.8.8 then it works fine each time. Works great for the Mac and Linux clients, but not windows.
Try enableing IPv6 and set it to AUTO on the R8000 router.
There is known issues with DNS on this model router.