D-Link does DNS stupid

[photon]

Not sure for that model, maybe it doesn't offer that option.

Nancy's question would give some good info.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Set your computer back to DHCP, then run the following commands from a command window.

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /all

On the last command, what does it show under "DHCP server" and "DNS server".

My computer hasn't changed from DHCP, but I had to manually configure the DNS server.

But performing this task, DHCP server and DNS server are 192.168.0.1

[Shazam]

What's the IP address the router gave you, and the subnet mask you're on?

[kermitology]

Re-flashed the firmware and things seem to be OK now!

[photon]

Originally Posted by kermitology

My computer hasn't changed from DHCP, but I had to manually configure the DNS server.

But performing this task, DHCP server and DNS server are 192.168.0.1

This would indicate that DNS relay is on, but it's not actually doing the relaying.

Before the flashing I would have suggested doing a release/renew on the router to get the IP and DNS servers from your ISP, making sure they're populated in the router config (or setting them up manually), then that should have taken care of it.

Flashing either did that, or there was some glitch that was preventing the DNS relay from working, good to hear its working.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by photon

This would indicate that DNS relay is on, but it's not actually doing the relaying.

Before the flashing I would have suggested doing a release/renew on the router to get the IP and DNS servers from your ISP, making sure they're populated in the router config (or setting them up manually), then that should have taken care of it.

Flashing either did that, or there was some glitch that was preventing the DNS relay from working, good to hear its working.

Yup, tried that and didn't get any other results.

Not the best out of the box router, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it. I wanted a linksys, but they were sold out when I bought.

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by kermitology

Yup, tried that and didn't get any other results.

Not the best out of the box router, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it. I wanted a linksys, but they were sold out when I bought.

It seems I've had to flash almost every router I've ever owned to get everything working properly. The DLINK I use now as my router was also flaky out of the box, but once I've flashed it, it's ended up being the most reliable I've ever owned.