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Intoxicating
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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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Jun 16, 2026

StephenB​ 

 

I just tested with old version via browser leaks and only NextDNS showed up, upgraded to 1.0.11.8 and  NextDNS showed up along with Cloudflare. 

Thanks,

Tim

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StephenB
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Jun 16, 2026
Intoxicating wrote:

I just tested with old version via browser leaks and only NextDNS showed up, upgraded to 1.0.11.8 and  NextDNS showed up along with Cloudflare. 

coolwifi wrote:

It's evident that Netgear is adding the primary cloudflare ipv4 DNS server 1.1.1.1 

Yeah, that's pretty clear.  

 

Which seems like it must be intentional behavior.  It'd be good to know the rationale.