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Choosing a link local DNS kills the WAN connection on Nighthawk RAX80
My issue is pretty much identical to this: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cable-Modems-Routers/Set-local-DNS-server/m-p/2199255#M36123 I have a nighthawk RAX80. The relevant configuration detai...
What Firmware version is currently loaded?
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
For DNS settings on the router, you don't input the routers IP address here, you always use a WAN side DNS IP addresses here. Not the routers IP address.
The nighthawk has firmware V1.0.5.132_1.0.69. MY ISPs 'router' is in modem mode so the details of it aren't relevant. It's not running DHCP or handling any actual networking.
To be clear, I am not setting the WAN DNS address to the nighthawks IP - I am setting it to the IP address of the home assistant device which is running Adguard. In this scenario the nighthawk is 192.168.9.1 and the home assistant/Adguard device is 192.168.8.5. I want the nighthawk to forward all dns resolve requests to 192.168.9.5, but if I set that IP as the DNS server the WAN connection breaks.
To be clear, I am not setting the WAN DNS address to the nighthawks IP - I am setting it to the IP address of the home assistant device which is running Adguard. In this scenario the nighthawk is 192.168.9.1 and the home assistant/Adguard device is 192.168.8.5. I want the nighthawk to forward all dns resolve requests to 192.168.9.5, but if I set that IP as the DNS server the WAN connection breaks.