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Intoxicating's avatar
Intoxicating
Star
Jun 16, 2026

RS700 DNS issues

Hi,   I’ve noticed what appears to be DNS leakage in the latest two versions (1.0.11.8 & 1.0.11.6)   I use custom DNS for adblocking and with both versions I’ve seen what would normally be blocke...
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coolwifi's avatar
coolwifi
Virtuoso
Jun 16, 2026

It's evident that Netgear is adding the primary cloudflare ipv4 DNS server 1.1.1.1 to the user configured or ISP DNS servers with the latest firmware updates for the RS500/600/700 routers as seen from the various user posts here.

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 16, 2026

    I've asked NG to see what is expected behavior for the Automatic DNS setting on RS Routers. Seems that auto is default and is using Cloudfare that NG has set for this option currently. 
    I'm using custom DNS on my RS600 and RS700 currently. 

    • coolwifi's avatar
      coolwifi
      Virtuoso
      Jun 16, 2026

      My ISP and cloudflare DNS servers get used by the browser in my client devices, your client will query the fastest responding DNS servers among the servers sent out by the router.