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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, ...
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!
amenic NG is always used DNS proxy on there routers. Been like this for years. I few others as well. Only one I know of that allows users to bypass DNS proxy is D-Link. There maybe others as well.
rgautier These are home class routers thus NG and other router mfr tune the software and UI more towards the average home user whom, just wants ease of setup and use. Some router mfr have taken to this line of design for the home class router over the years. NG still seems to have lots of features, just maybe ones that the more advanced user wants that NG doesn't incluce.
Someting to post about there though:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home
Good Luck
