How to get Orbi to pass through DNS information in DHCP?

---

FURRYe38 wrote:

Possibly that Orbi isn't a good product for you. Orbi is mostly simplistic towards the average home user. Same with D-Link. More advanced users may want to get into something with more advanced features for those needs. You might try ASUS or Ubiquity. There ERX router is crazy loaded with features. I haven't tried there wifi. I know that ASUS has there own MESH tech too. 

Thanks for the Ubiquiti suggestion. It looks like I could get a pretty affordable router, then run the Orbi in AP mode. Given that I already own the Orbi and can't return it (I got it used), that's likely the most economical solution. And it's certainly easier than what I was considering, which was to build some Raspberry Pi machine just to run a DHCP server.

I still hope Netgear modernizes their router OS and starts taking security seriously some day, but at least the Orbi's Wi-Fi seems to run very well, so just relieving it of its router functions might be the best suggestion.