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R8000
I had this working for years, but a recent power failure fried my modem and cleared my router so I had to start over from scratch. I am using a Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 v1.0.4.84_10.1.84 wired to...
The problems that you described are due to Netgear's infamous firmware bugs across many models. It is worth noting Netgear of today is not the same as the Netgear of yesteryears. Netgear Firmwares are full of bugs and render devices unstable or unusable. Fixes are not forth coming despite being reported long time ago by multiple users.A quick search on this forum and you can easily see the history of firmware problems across multiple models.
On the R8000, this DNS related bug was first reported over a year ago.There are really two options available
(1) Downgrade firmware to V.68
(2) Move away from Netgear devices as Netgear basically could not care less of its products or its customers.
There are some reports that enabling IPv6 is a workaround which may or may not be a viable/practical workaround for people.