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DarkSorrow
Mar 13, 2020Initiate
Internet completely dropping
For the past 2 days my RAX120 Router is completely dropping ALL internet activity from all connected devices. When I reboot the router it works for maybe 15-30 minutes then drops all connections again...
Topology
Mar 21, 2020Virtuoso
Jeremyd75, I have a hypothesis about why the Firestick remains connected to the Internet through the RAX120 while other devices in the network do not. A Firestick device appears to have a built-in DNS resolver specification (see here) and, as such, is able to avoid having the router proxy a DNS request to the ISP’s DNS servers. In contrast, other devices on the network lacking this capability must resolve the DNS through your router (see here).
Jimpilot5
Mar 21, 2020Star
Topology wrote:Jeremyd75, I have a hypothesis about why the Firestick remains connected to the Internet through the RAX120 while other devices in the network do not. A Firestick device appears to have a built-in DNS resolver specification (see here) and, as such, is able to avoid having the router proxy a DNS request to the ISP’s DNS servers. In contrast, other devices on the network lacking this capability must resolve the DNS through your router (see here).
And I understand that vpn by passes DNS lookup too. Now if Netgear will just work this.