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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/
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.
Thanks for testing this. Questions :
- After you have completely filled in the available three DNS server entries, the router ADDS 1.1.1.1, so there are now four DNS servers?
- "for my client devices" My understanding is that the RS500 will use DHCP to tell client devices to use the IP of the RS500 as their DNS server.
The ability to specify DNS servers for client devices is a feature that customers have wanted for years, and that Netgear routers do not support.