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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...
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
******** UPDATE *************
4/18/2022
Any thoughts? Problem still exists
New Firmware applied: V1.4.3.88_1.3.50
Did a Factory reset and completely re-built the router configuration using the WEB interface.
Problem still exists using windows 11 device :
Seeing 'DNS_PROBE' errors,
Still requires F5 refresh to continue to website during first request
AND now the router does not supply my manual DNS entries to the clients.
Detail below
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Advanced Internet Setup:
Get Dynamically from ISP
Use Static IP Address
IP Address 192.168.88.8
IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP Address 192.168.88.253
| IP Address | 192.168.88.8 |
| Subnet Mask | 255.255.255.0 |
| Default Gateway | 192.168.88.253 |
| DNS Server | 8.8.8.8 |
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
X Use These DNS Servers
Primary DNS 8.8.8.8
Secondary DNS blank
Client DHCP info:
IP = 192.168.99.10 (Client IP)
Netmark 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.99.3
DNS Server = 192.168.99.3 (Its the internal Router IP)
NSLOOKUP (new Domain names are returned immediately)
> server
Server: UnKnown
*** UnKnown can't find server: Non-existent domain
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
Thanks, I just setup my R8000P yesterday and have had constant DNS issues with it. I am trying your suggestion regarding turning on IPV6 and will report later if it worked or not.