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R8000 - Have to load every page 2x after installing V1.0.4.74_10.1.80
I updated my R8000/X6 to V1.0.4.74_10.1.80 yesterday. Now when i go to many websites (e.g this one) I first i get 'site not found' then i refresh the page (F5) and it loads. I tried firefox, Chrom...
This sounds like a problem I had, Try this:
Go to into routeradmin pages go to advanced home and note the dns entries.
Go to windows control panel and click on ‘Network and sharing centre’
Click ‘change adaptor settings’. DoubleClick the ethernet/wifi adaptor and click properties,
highlight Internet protocol version 4(TCP/IPv4) click properties:
Click ‘use the following DNS server address’ and enter dns numbers in the ‘preferred dns server’ and alternative server boxes.
It seems that Netgear may have somehow screwed up the dns settings as well as removing the remote settings page.
Hope this helps
I was happy to see that I'm not the only one having this issue with version V1.0.4.74_10.1.80. I upgraded a little over a month ago from V1.0.4.74_10.1.75. After having to hit refresh/reload on about every 5th web page from a different vendor, I went back to the old version. I waited a week and upgraded again with the same results. I then again went back to . . . 1.75. I've tried this 4 times now so I know it's the router firmware and not my computers. I tried the solution to hard code the DNS into windows. While this works (thank you), it is not a fix. I don't want to force a DNS at the node level but want the router to assign it. I use openDNS and block port 53 to help keep all devices on my network a little safer. The solution works when I unblock port 53.
For now I'm going to run on V1.0.4.74_10.1.75 until a new firmware is supplied.
not sure if next update will be anytime soon ? it stinks that all these customers have to use older version to make router perform normal.
Netgear doesn't release when updates are coming. Even those of us who might get to try beta firmware don't hear about it until it happens.
I have been contacted to test a fix but I am a business trip and cannot download or flash the fix from engineering. So for those waiting, there may be a fix coming out shortly.
thanks for info, I was thinking about a new router but will now wait until next firmware update
to see if issues are fixed from July's firmware ending in 80 update, thanks again.
