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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/
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After upgrading the firmware, I noticed that cloudflare DNS server was automatically added as the third DNS server from my ISP
What happens if you deliberately fill all three DNS entries with the same one, such as Google 8.8.8.8 ?
(My old Orbi has DNS set to Google and CloudFlare, so I just added Google again:)
Does not appear that the firmware in my old router pays any attention to what is entered as DNS servers.
Added only the 2 ISP DNS servers in the first and second DNS, but still 1.1.1.1 appears as the third DNS in the router status page. I will add some other DNS in the third option and see.
Whatever DNS I use in the router dns options, the Cloudflare DNS server gets automatically added in the available dns servers for my client devices.
Just updating this. NG seems to have a backup DNS which is a 3rd DNS service used in case if the primary DNS fail to respond. However, the handling of the detection of the DNS services and the order they are prioritized isn't to what NG is expecting.
NG is aware of this and is working on it.
Please be patient.
Thanks for the update. Hope NG fixes this issue or at least gives us an option to override this default DNS override behavior.
Yes, NG routers pass on all the DNS servers available from ISP or the manually entered in the DNS server settings to it's client devices.
