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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/
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.
No, whatever entries are set in the 3 DNS settings, cloudflare DNS gets passed on to the client devices. You could use browserleaks DNS leak test in the Web to test the DNS servers that a client device is using, I see cloudflare DNS in that list along with my ISP DNS servers.
(I LOVE the Community Forum because every day there are "new things" that I knew nothing about....)
My PC Ethernet adapter clearly shows one DNS entry: 192.168.1.1 (the Netgear Orbi router)
The router is set to use Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4)
How does this DNS Leak Test claim that my web browser is resolving DNS using a bunch of different IP addresses?????
