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Netgear Nighthawk C7800 - Any Firmware updates? Cox ISP says they have no firmware they can push.
Are there any updates to the firmware at all? I contacted my ISP and they said there are none on their end, but... Perhaps there's something with Netgear personally that I can get? I went to the C...
The DNS question is a good avenue to pursue and it is easy to adjust and it affects every machine connected to your router. The R7800 has optional settings for IPv4 and IPv6 primary and secondary addresses. The IPv4 setting is in the Basic internet setup section and the IPv6 setting is in the Advanced Advanced Setup section.
I have been using public OpenDNS servers for both the IPv4 and IPv6 primary options and my ISP servers for the secondary. It has worked well for several years.
I did indeed try the DNS setup change for ipv4 and ipv6 on my local machine as well as in the router.
I can't seem to find the ipv4 on the basic settings area of the router, but I do see it on advanced > internet setup. I'm not sure if it's because i have a c7800 or not... Or if r7800 and c7800 are the same or not, but I don't see anything in the basic settings regarding DNS. But I changed it on my router to double check as well.
I am currently using 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Attached is a screen snip from my Basic -> Internet page. It may be different for a C7800. If you check the box get automatically from the ISP it will show what your ISP provides.
The IPv4 settings you are using are from Google. If you search on the internet you will find public settings from Cloudflare, OpenDNS, Next DNS and others. Different locations will have a different response depending on what you are trying to do. I chose OpenDNS because of my location in Washington state. On occasion the DNS from my ISP would just clog up any requests from my router.
