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TroyK
May 26, 2022Aspirant
Mac OS - R7000 Nighthawk - System/DNS Server does not 'hold' the router address
Mac OS 12.4
I did my first post to this forum earlier today and got such excellent help. thanx
Thought I would throw up another that has been bothering me for awhile.
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Our service providers DNS Servers are unreliable.
A very knowledgeable friend of mine suggested I use googles DNS numbers of:
8.8.8.8 and
8.8.4.4
I did a little research and it seems this is used by numerous folks.
So in my R7000 Nighthawk router with V1.0.11.134_10.2.119 software.
Under basic/internet I have designated those DNS numbers to use. (see screenshot)
In my system prefs/network/advanced/DNS/DNS Servers - when I delete the provider, provided DNS numbers, I see my router ip show us as it should, 10.0.2.1. I then click OK, But when I click apply, 9 out of 10 times, the router IP disappears, and the provider provided numbers re-appear.
- I did a bit of learning about clearing the DNS cache, and I have done that numerous times, usually to no avail.
- When the router number does hold, and we're using the google dns numbers, our internet is very stable. - When I have to use the provider DNS, it can be unstable.
All this just to ask if anyone has any experience/feedback about this.
BTW- I am not the strongest computer guy, but I know enough to get in trouble. đ
I appreciate the forum, thanx
Troy
13 Replies
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
Do you mean inputting the DNS on the R7000 web page change back from Google DNS back to ISP DNS?
- TroyKAspirant
No, the router is not assigning the google DNS to any of the connected devices.
The devices will not show the routers DNS settings.
But the router will pass the information via the router defined DNS.
I have all my devices setup with Google DNS and the router DNS set too.