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zowa's avatar
zowa
Aspirant
Aug 29, 2018

Orbi - Torrent and DNS problem

Hello,   I have the following problem:   Orbi (2 units) router mode. When I download something using a torrent client (uTorrent), the DNS name resolution stops.    The network connectivit...
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FURRYe38's avatar
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 02, 2018

Maybe a issue with your main host router rather then with the Orbi. If the Orbi is in AP mode, then its working as a pass thru. Data problems would be needing looked at on the main host router...

VladAlex wrote:

 I am having exactly the same problem (my Orbi router is an AP mode not Router mode so AP mode doesn't resolve this)
Some additional details:
- Only those clients connected to the satellites (wired or wireless) loose DNS. The clients connected to the main Orbi AP (RBR50) keep working properly. Of note, clients connected to any satellite loose DNS (i.e not just those connected to satellite that the system using torrent is connected to). So, this is most certainly a backhaul issue
- Tweaking torrent settings to reduce the download speed\active torrents\maximum number of connections\etc doesn't seem to help
- Using a VPN (configured at the client level not at the router) doesn't help either
- My router (non-Orbi) is my DNS server. I haven't yet tried configuring things to where the router will also avertise external DNS servers to clients in addition to itself
- I use qBitTorrent, haven't tried other torrent clients
- Orbi AP mode is very stable the rest of the time - the problem is isolated to torrenting

 

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VladAlex
Aspirant
Sep 03, 2018

While that's possible it's extremely unlikely.

- This issue started happening as soon as I installed Orbi, I didn't have any issues with the router (R8500 running DD-WRT) prior to that point. 

- Only clients connected to Orbi Satellites loose DNS - clients connected to main Orbi AP (wired and wireless) and those connected (wired) to the router are just fine. From router's POV, all clients connected to Orbi "look" the same so I don't see how a router issue couild impact only the satellite clients :)

 

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Netgear was trying to do something smart with DNS queries within the Orbi system and something like Torrent (which opens up a tonn of connections could be impacting things).

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 03, 2018

    When in AP mode, the Orbi is just a pass thru for network traffic. Orbi wouldn't be doing any kind of network management I don't think...

  • zowa's avatar
    zowa
    Aspirant
    Sep 06, 2018

    It is clearly a Netgear problem. They have a bugged product, and they don't even care to solve it, even with many people reporting it.

    • mith_it's avatar
      mith_it
      Luminary
      Sep 06, 2018
      zowa,
      Go to the Web UI of the router, in the basic settings tab click on "Internet" around the middle of the page you will see the menu to manually configure the DNS. Try that one to see if your router is not picking up the dns from your provider.

      • zowa's avatar
        zowa
        Aspirant
        Sep 06, 2018

        It does not matter what DNS server is being used by Orbi. I have tried many...

         

         The problem is that Orbi stops responding DNS queries to connected devices. And there is no option to change the DNS server distributed do clientes by Orbi's DHCP service.