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kprice61
Aspirant
Oct 15, 2022
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Nighthawk RAX42 DNS not same for 2.4 and 5ghz

I cant figure out for the life of me why my 2.4 wireless connection is handing out googles DNS 4.4.4.4 and 8.8.8.8 instead of the routers DNS.  My adapters are set to automatic (DHCP) theres no manua...
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    kprice61
    Oct 17, 2022
    It is double NAT. Changing it didn’t fix dns though. There’s no VPNs installed. In the end I just discovered my ISP finally implemented parental management features through an app recently so I ditched the nighthawk since that’s the only thing I used it for and it cost money for the parental controls. Thank you all for your help
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Razor512
Prodigy
Oct 16, 2022

Are you running any VPN software such as PIA? If so, check if you have a VPN override enabled as many allow a VPN server to be forced even if using a split tunnel.