VR900 - WAN DNS vs LAN DNS - Which to use?
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VR900 - WAN DNS vs LAN DNS - Which to use?
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Ok so this is my second attempt at posting a thread as TP-Link didn't seem to approve the first attempt. It took 24 hours and lots of prompting just to get my first post approved.
Anyhow, back on subject. Due to the very poor Parental and Access Controls on this router I've decided to use OpenDNS for filtering out adult content on my network. Now all of the 'How to' s advice that the DNS Servers should be entered Under Advanced>Lan>DHCP which is what I initially did. And although my network devices appeared to use the OpenDNS Servers, the Status Page in the UI shows the BT Servers.
So I've had a look through the UI and now notice that under Internet>WAN Interface>Edit>Advanced, I can also enter DNS Servers there. So I've also now done this and now the Status page shows the OpenDNS servers.
Does anyone know why we can enter these DNS Servers in two places (WAN and DHCP). I'm not home at the moment but I wonder whether by entering them under 'Internet' it will force all clients to use these Servers. This router is supposed to support DNS Relay but there are no settings for it in the UI. TP-Link Tech Support tell me it's not supported.
Manyy thanks in advance. I'm not even sure if this will get posted.
Hardware Version : Not Clear
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Ok so this is my second attempt at posting a thread as TP-Link didn't seem to approve the first attempt. It took 24 hours and lots of prompting just to get my first post approved.
Anyhow, back on subject. Due to the very poor Parental and Access Controls on this router I've decided to use OpenDNS for filtering out adult content on my network. Now all of the 'How to' s advice that the DNS Servers should be entered Under Advanced>Lan>DHCP which is what I initially did. And although my network devices appeared to use the OpenDNS Servers, the Status Page in the UI shows the BT Servers.
So I've had a look through the UI and now notice that under Internet>WAN Interface>Edit>Advanced, I can also enter DNS Servers there. So I've also now done this and now the Status page shows the OpenDNS servers.
Does anyone know why we can enter these DNS Servers in two places (WAN and DHCP). I'm not home at the moment but I wonder whether by entering them under 'Internet' it will force all clients to use these Servers. This router is supposed to support DNS Relay but there are no settings for it in the UI. TP-Link Tech Support tell me it's not supported.
Manyy thanks in advance. I'm not even sure if this will get posted.