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nnagreg
Apprentice
Mar 22, 2022
Solved

DNS Hijacking R8000P- presenting errors, requires fresh frequently

For the past several months,  I've noticed the when using my router as the DNS server,  it appears to act odd, "Site cannot be reached" ,  "DNS address could not be found. Diagnosing the problem" esp...
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    nnagreg
    Apr 18, 2022

    UPDATE 4/18/2022

     

    Work Around  (Solved)

     

    Enabled - IPV6 Auto  (set to 6to4 Tunnel)

     

    Hi All,

    By enabling IPv6,  the problem went away.

     

    Hope this helps!!

     

    Greg

     

     

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FURRYe38
Guru
Mar 22, 2022

What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?

 

There is many other posts about DNS issues seen on recent 8 series router FW. 

Some report that enabling IPv6 can help. Others mention reverting back to prior working FW version. 

 

NG is aware of the DNS issues. No idea when a fix will be forth coming.