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avtella
Nov 04, 2025Prodigy
RS700 pinging Google DND every 4-5 secs on AP Mode
I am currently using my RS700S in AP mode behind a pfSense firewall. I noticed the router is pinging 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 every 4-5 secs showing up in block alerts, more of nuisance than anything with...
avtella
Nov 07, 2025Prodigy
Definitely not NTP as it's set to an IP address direectly, not update server because that is blanked out (you can in debug page), remote access is disabled on app side, though the option is not on the router UI side, pretty sure it still disables having spoken to engineers before long back regarding something else for another model.
Pretty sure it's for connectivity checks because some others like Glint OpenWRT based routers do the same. It's pinging both Google DNS servers as it's trying a fallback when one fails, most DNS servers have fall backs addresses.
StephenB
Nov 07, 2025Guru - Experienced User
avtella wrote:Pretty sure it's for connectivity checks
Still, I see no reason for it to make those checks when in AP mode.
- avtellaNov 07, 2025Prodigy
Agreed, looks like an oversight. Certain things like this should be disabled in AP mode however seems this was overlooked.