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IHateArmor's avatar
Sep 22, 2021
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DNS HELL

Ever since "upgrading" to V1.0.4.76_10.1.82.    The new "Armor" security is causing DNS nightmares.   It is slow and constantly block sites and downloads.   I can't even download an older version of ...
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    IHateArmor
    Sep 22, 2021

    I've been using Netgear for two decades.  This is by far the worst experience I've had with their products.

     

    As an experiment I did the following steps:

    downgraded V1.0.4.52_10.1.67

    Disabled Armor - DNS issues went away

    Re-updated to firmware V1.0.4.76_10.1.82 - DNS issues came back

    downgraded again to V1.0.4.52_10.1.67 - DNS issues went away.

     

    A can confirm at least on my model V1.0.4.52_10.1.67 is not working properly. 

     

    Netgear needs to get rid of Armor.