NETGEAR DGN2200v2 – Fix DNS Server Not Working

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I have configured my DGN2200v2 to do the following:

  • Reserve the LAN address for my mac to 10.0.0.11
  • Use 10.0.0.11 as primary DNS server, and 8.8.8.8 as secondary

Now I would expect the router to ask my computer for DNS requests, but it seems to just skip the 10.0.0.11 server and uses 8.8.8.8…(I checked using Wireshark and my computer isn't getting any requests, and the pages load so I guess that's what's happening)

Is there something I am missing here? I have checked using ipconfig and I indeed have the IP of 10.0.0.11.

Best Answer

Reserve the LAN address for my mac to 10.0.0.11. So you did something like this:

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It is not really relevant to your issue though. Anyway, you can certainly ping this address from your PC:

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(I actually wonder if an OS would even route it to your router when it can easily recognize this is its own address)

However, with your Windows Firewall on, you won't be able to ping from your router to your PC:

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Once your have configured it properly, or have it disabled (for testing), it will ping fine:

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Use 10.0.0.11 as primary DNS server, and 8.8.8.8 as secondary; I am not sure how exactly you did that, but certainly, you can configure on the client side statically:

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Or through the LAN-side DHCP server setting:

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But certainly, first of all you need to have a DNS server built up on your PC:

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