Huawei rubbish - B618

Why not set the Archer to be your DHCP server and hand out your preferred DNS that way?
 
Daruk said:
I do. That's why I have it in front of the Huawei, but I'm having these random DNS resolution issues with it so I'm wondering if the Archer is to blame... it does it on different firmwares. I just want to make sure it's not a common issue with the Huawei routing second hand.
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Doubt it's the B618. I've been running mine via Wan port to my Asus router and even when assigning custom DNS on the Asus I never had issues.
 
Daruk said:
I do. That's why I have it in front of the Huawei, but I'm having these random DNS resolution issues with it so I'm wondering if the Archer is to blame... it does it on different firmwares. I just want to make sure it's not a common issue with the Huawei routing second hand.
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Maybe try setup a temporary DHCP server on another device, and point all DNS requests to 1.1.1.1 or 208.67.222.222 and see if the situation improves?
 
Daruk said:
Good thinking. I'll give that a try.
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I have used this in the past on an old Server 2k3 box that had a semi-corrupt OS that would refuse to start the DHCP server service.

And I am sure there is a MacOS/Linux variant of the same software available too, or even some good open source ones.

If all else fails, grab yourself a Raspberry Pi and use that as a simple DHCP server if you want something low-power to keep running 24/7. I would highly recommend the Ubiquiti Edgerouter X as a simple router that you can drop in as it is quite powerful and runs on Vyatta, so you can even run cron jobs on it and simple bash scripts.

But you probably need Wifi so the ERx would not be ideal for your use, I'd imagine.
 
Asked if you on rain as I know they limit the number of ip connections/sessions your line can have at the same time.
This normally presented it self with DNS (udp) failures like you mentioned as tcp connections will just retry.

Maybe the other networks also do this, how many clients do you have behind these routers?

Also try lowering your MTU as MTU discovery could be broken now with the 2 routers etc
 
Also try turn off the firewall on the b618, or try white list your network ranges, as often it has over eager udp flood protection that kicks in
 
Daruk said:
So far with a reset on OpenWRT it's behaving. I'll ping again if it goes awry.
That said, the title of the thread applies. Not being able to assign your own DNS via DHCP is ridiculous lol.
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The B315 is worse. You get to assign a static DNS, but the entire router falls over and chaos ensues if you select a server that is on your local LAN
 
B618 is over hyped, it's such a basic router for the price, it doesn't even support IP reservation, which is such a basic setting on even the cheapest routers.
 
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