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Updating DNS Server names on my Nighthawk X4S R7800
Greetings, all! First post here, hoping someone can help me. I'm somewhat savvy in networking and PCs, but figure I can always learn something, and figure this is a good place to start. I'm trying...
The configuration of the DNS IP servers applies to the router only. The Netgear consumer routers are pusing out the router LAN IP with the DHCP along wth the IP address and subnet.
More comprehensive routers offer dedicated controls for the DNS servers used by the router, and the DNS servers hand out by the DHCP server. This isn't available on these devices.
If you have configued DNS servers on the DHCP enabled adpater is not Negear's issue.
The combination Windows does make out of the adapter locally manual configured DNS addresses while still being a DHCP client, adding the DHCP supplied DNS IP to the end of the list (what makes sense under some conditions) is a different story, and up to Microsoft.
> [...] images [...]
Ok. The router will use the DNS servers which are specified in its
settings. The Windows system will use the DNS servers which are
specified in _its_ settings. (OpenDNS (2) and Wave (1), apparently.)
Apparently, you've told the Windows system to use those "8.8.8.8" and
"8.8.8.4" servers (and the other one, too). The router's DHCP server
has offered its own address, "192.168.7.1", as a DNS server, and your
Windows system has added that to the ones which the Windows system
already had. (I'd infer.)
If you don't want the computer to use "8.8.8.8" and "8.8.8.4", then
you'll need to talk to Windows about that. The router's not involved
with those. I don't fiddle much with this part of Windows, so I know
nothing, but the DNS servers might be among the settings for that
Ethernet interface. Otherwise, the DNS servers might be some more
global setting.
If, for some reason, the Windows system gets down to using the router
("192.168.7.1") for DNS, then the router will use the DNS servers which
are specified in _its_ settings. But the computer will still say that
it's using the router ("192.168.7.1").
> [...] It's amazing that you're able to include so much wit and sarcasm
> with so little helpful information. [...]
The explanation for that can be found with a Web search for:
"life is like a sewer"
When providing no useful information with which to work, expecting
much useful information in return might be unrealistic.
> [...] perhaps someone here will have a better understanding of my
> question.
The only problem with your question was guessing what you were seeing
(and about which you were complaining).
The configuration of the DNS IP servers applies to the router only. The Netgear consumer routers are pusing out the router LAN IP with the DHCP along wth the IP address and subnet.
More comprehensive routers offer dedicated controls for the DNS servers used by the router, and the DNS servers hand out by the DHCP server. This isn't available on these devices.
If you have configued DNS servers on the DHCP enabled adpater is not Negear's issue.
The combination Windows does make out of the adapter locally manual configured DNS addresses while still being a DHCP client, adding the DHCP supplied DNS IP to the end of the list (what makes sense under some conditions) is a different story, and up to Microsoft.