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coolwifi
Jun 13, 2026Virtuoso
RS500 Firmware Version 1.2.7.2 released
Get it here https://support.netgear.com/support/product/rs500 Release notes : https://kb.netgear.com/000070819/
StephenB
Jun 15, 2026Guru - Experienced User
CrimpOn wrote:What I cannot seem to grasp is the mechanics behind gathering this information.
Here's the trick:
Browserleaks has its own authoritative DNS nameserver set up for some of its subdomains (something like xxxx.dns4.browserleaks.com). Its web page tells your browser to make background requests to a bunch of randomly generated hosts using those subdomains. This results in a flood of DNS requests, so multiple resolvers in the clusters end up servicing them.
Because the hostnames are randomly generated (on the fly), they won't be in resolver cache - so each request ends up going to the BrowserLeaks nameserver. That tells BrowserLeaks the IP addresses of the specfic resolvers in the cluster that were used.
CrimpOn wrote:It appears (to me) that the latest RS500 firmware is flawed and there is obvious workaround.
I don't see any replies from coolwifi on what happened when he added a third DNS resolver to his config. So it is premature to say there is a workaround.
CrimpOn
Jun 15, 2026Guru - Experienced User
StephenB wrote:So it is premature to say there is a workaround
Crap. Sorry about the typo. Should read, "
CrimpOn wrote:there is NO obvious workaround.
Had hoped that filling in all three DNS server choices would "push the 1.1.1.1 out".