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Orbi RBR50 DNS - PLEASE ADD DHCP OPTIONS TO SET CLIENTS TO ALT DNS
I have DNS issues with the resolver on the Orbi DNS daemon/resolver - and they are NOT related to DHCP mis-assignment. If I change the DNS manually on the devices to ignore the Orbi DNS resolver, ...
Calling it a 'proxy bypass' makes it sound like forgiving the router provider for not including basic functionality for a DHCP server, which is, providing options for the DHCP assignment. It's not proxy bypass - because the router is not a proxy. It has a lightweight DNS resolver/cacher in it. My hypothesis is that whatever they did with Armor is probably never REALLY turned off, and it's interfering or dying.
I just prefer to NOT use the all-in-one router for a DNS caching server. There are so many better options (pi-hole, for example). I'm probably going to install DHCP server on that server, but it becomes complex with the Guest WiFi addresses (and the router not having a DHCP forwarding option).
Since the DNS problems are randomly occuring (and go away in <5 seconds), they're impoossible to debug, even though they cause havoc with apps on clients.. Even the telnet option to the router has been taken away, so I'm not going to have any capability to REALLY assess what's wrong. My Nighthawk never had these issues - although I don't know that it had any DHCP options, either.
I replaced the Nighthawk with the Orbi, and there's been no changes to the ONT/ISP (FiOS - 100 Gb). I don't use FiOS DNS, though - I point to CloudFlare on both devices (the FiOS router and this one).
rgautier Having the exact same issues as you are, and have been trying to fix it for months without any success. Link below-
- When I got my 850 last month, I ran into this same issue. NG is too stubborn to allow for their DHCP server to hand out a DNS server you specify and insists that it must use their recursive DNS server. I gave up and setup pihole.
Pretty brutal to pay $700 USD for a router and then have to look at 3rd party software to make it work properly (PiHole / Pfsense).
C'mon Netgear!
Indeed - I bought a pi to create a pi-hole DNS/DHCP, but realize now that I need two of them (one for the guest network) to hand out addresses, because there's no 'DHCP forwarder' config on the Orbi "router" (laugh, laugh). I really don't understand why consumer devices don't come with more SOFTWARE options when it wouldn't cost the manufacturers more than a few hours to include them. The hardware on my Orbi is to-die-for, but from a software perspective....YUCK!
