Why does my TP-Link Archer A5 query to DNS root server?

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PaulVisco

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2021-04-26 05:37:34 - last edited 2023-04-24 09:01:17

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Why does my TP-Link Archer A5 query to DNS root server?

2021-04-26 05:37:34 - last edited 2023-04-24 09:01:17

Model: Archer A5

Hardware Version: V4

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Hi there,

My TP-Link archer a5 is sending requests to a.root-servers.net Is this normal? all dns queries should point out to OpenDNS on which i set as static but for some reasons, there are requests to recursive DNS. Can someone advise?

I have not blocked it as I think it may cause problem. I don't think ddwrt can be flashed either.

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Kevin_Z

2021-04-27 07:48:09 - last edited 2023-04-24 09:01:17

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Re:Why does my TP-Link Archer A5 query to DNS root server?-Solution

2021-04-27 07:48:09 - last edited 2023-04-24 09:01:17

@PaulVisco Got it. That should be the built-in domain on the router firmware, it will try to resolve the domain to detect the online connection, only when it resolves the outside domain successfully, can it connect to the outside network fine. Please don't worry that it only resolves the DNS domain names, but it is not actually connecting or pinging to the websites, so there is no much traffic data will be used or required.

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