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Malachite
Aspirant
Nov 14, 2022
Solved

Stale DNS issues on Nighthawk router connecting to Windows 10 PC's

TLDR: I think that the Netgear firmware is causing Stale DNS entries in Nighthawk routers attached to Windows 10 PC's. Greetings all, I wanted to post my experiences here in case it provides any v...
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    FURRYe38
    Nov 15, 2022

    The beta only fixes IP address reservation issue and a NTP configuration issue. DNS problems are still present in current 8000 FW. I can confirm that if you enable IPv6 (Auto) on the router, this resolves the DNS issues. Same goes for the 8500 FW. 

     

    We have make NG aware of the DNS issues and trying to keep pushing it. 

     

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 15, 2022

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Malachite
Aspirant
Nov 25, 2022

After staying stable on DD_WRT for about a week, I put the factory firmware on and enabled IPv6. The system remained stable afterwards.
Very disappointing that this has been an unresolved and known issue for years now.
Sadder still that the support system won't even let me open a ticket to ask them about it and it told me to go buy a new one or buy a support contract.