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SteelerNights's avatar
Aug 21, 2026

BE 17000 router, using custom DNS but Nighthawk adds 1.1.1.1?

I'm trying to set up custom DNS servers to add protection (opendns) but night hawk keeps adding 1.1.1.1 as a third server,  which seems to be circumventing the whole privacy setup. 

 

Why is nighthawk adding it's own DNS servers and how do i stop this???

 

I do NOT want that dns server. 

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  • lol I added the second one again (in the third option)  and it effectively solved the problem.  But... this isn't a 'solution' as netgear shouldn't be adding/ poisoning my custom dns settings by adding whatever it wants. 

     

    Took me an hour to figure out why dns filtering want happening in our office... this was a needless waste of time. 

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User

    NG is aware of the issue. Hopefully will be fixed in next FW update.