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TroyK
Aspirant
May 26, 2022
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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. 😃

I appreciate the forum, thanx

Troy

 

 

13 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User

    Do you mean inputting the DNS on the R7000 web page change back from Google DNS back to ISP DNS? 

    • TroyK's avatar
      TroyK
      Aspirant

      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.