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DNS
Recently I had to reset my NETGEAR R7000 to factory settings. Now after I did a basic setup I want to to change the DNS SETTINGS. I click on Advance then Setup but underneath where it says Inte...
> Model: R7000|AC1900 Smart WIFI Router
Firmware version? Connected to what?
> [...] Now after I did a basic setup I want to to change the DNS
> SETTINGS. [...]
Your "basic setup" left your R7000 in "Operation Mode:Access Point",
as shown in your picture. In that mode, it makes no sense to specify a
DNS server; that work will be done by some other device (like, say, your
(unspecified) main router?).
> [...] This happened only recently .I have been able to change DNS
> settings in the past.
Not on a wireless access point, I'd guess.
Posting the same question twice, the second time without the picture,
was not the most efficient use of the forum:
Apologies for posting twice.I did not realise.Please do not be so harsh, its my first time in the forum. It has the latest version firmware V1.0.11.122_10.2.100.