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JamesL1979
Apprentice
Nov 13, 2022

RAX200 DNS timeouts

We had problems with our R7900 before not responding quickly enough to DNS requests, so we upgraded to RAX200, now we're getting DNS timeouts.

 

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to UnKnown timed-out

 

Is this an issue with all Netgear routers? Is Armor responsible for this?

Logs are pretty useless.

Sunday, Nov 13,2022 07:07:09

2 Replies

  • what modem/gateway is the router connected to? 

    What firmware is on the rax? 
    are you using ipv6?

    Try a different DNS Server. Here's a few for ipv4. Also remember to change the ipv6 dns server if ipv6 is enabled
    CloudFlare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
    GoogleDNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

  • Any progress on this? 


    JamesL1979 wrote:

    We had problems with our R7900 before not responding quickly enough to DNS requests, so we upgraded to RAX200, now we're getting DNS timeouts.

     

    DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
    DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
    DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
    DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
    *** Request to UnKnown timed-out

     

    Is this an issue with all Netgear routers? Is Armor responsible for this?

    Logs are pretty useless.

    Sunday, Nov 13,2022 07:07:09