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nnagreg
Apprentice
Mar 22, 2022
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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...
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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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nnagreg
Apprentice
Apr 18, 2022

Yes, this DHCP behavior is odd with the current version of the firmware.

With my ISP, I've elected to not accept the DNS entries from the provider (Midco.net)


Good news is that I was able to resolve the problem with DNS multiple requests,  see my posted down below.   However,  my DHCP clients still point to the router as the DNS server,  odd.

 

Thanks for the help!