DNS issue after upgrading from Vera2 to Vera3

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I just upgraded one of two Vera2’s to Vera3 as part of the upgrade offer. I am now having a DNS issues. My DNS servers on my Windows Vista box is being changed from my router to the new Vera3??? This looks like the same bugs referenced under Veralite (0002400 and 0002272). On May 28 @mcvfloin said “Yes, the fix will be available in the next firmware version.” (http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,9895.msg74622.html#msg74622 ). 1.5.408 was released after that statement.

Before Vera3 was turned on
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
GBE NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-C6-10-1A-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b4f9:58d4:75bc:a21%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 06, 2012 11:41:54 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:29:08 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251666060
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-5E-47-4C-00-1F-C6-10-1A-6E

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 <<<<<<<<<<< my router
71.252.0.12 <<<<<<<<< external DNS

After Vera3 turned on

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
GBE NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-C6-10-1A-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b4f9:58d4:75bc:a21%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 06, 2012 11:41:54 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:29:08 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251666060
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-5E-47-4C-00-1F-C6-10-1A-6E

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.200 <<<<< Vera3 now???

After a ipconfig /renew
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
GBE NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-C6-10-1A-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b4f9:58d4:75bc:a21%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 06, 2012 11:41:54 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:59:55 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251666060
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-5E-47-4C-00-1F-C6-10-1A-6E

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 <<<< back to my router
71.252.0.12 <<<<<<< back to external DNS

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I agree - this is a major issue that really does need to be resolved quickly. I find a lot of the time my Vera3 is the DNS server, and in this case, it slows down all internet access.

Chris

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I have my new Vera 3 installed in a bridge mode. i.e. it’s connected to my home LAN via my D-Link Wifi router.

When my laptop rebooted today the Vera3 must have responded to the Laptop’s DHCP request and made itself the default gateway (instead of my D-Link router).

This is NOT acceptable … How do we disable the DHCP server in Vera 3 ?

I only find the option to disable it when I go to manual mode … but then it assumes I am connected through the WAN port.

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Please review the details contained in the Veralite DNS server? thread/post.

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Sorry that I did not update this topic sooner. I opened a ticket for both of my new Vera3s. Tech support remotely corrected the issue and as @Grientim posted please see @mcvflorin replay http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,9895.msg82393.html#msg82393

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I own a Vera2. And I discovered this strange behaviour today.

my Vera2 is connect to my wireless accespoint (Fritzbox 7390) which is the DHCP server and DNS server.

Now, all my clients receive IP adresses via that ritz box. I can see al my clients in my fritzbox.

But DNS is suddenly the IP of my Vera2 in the clients… That is unwanted behaviour…

I disable the DHCP server on my Vera2 via the advanced networking part (login with root an pw) but this also doesnt help.

Why is this an issue?

  1. I do not wan me vera to be DNS server in my local network… This gives errors in communication as I want my fritzbox to be the DNS server.
  2. I have lots of time a “slow Vera2” and during that time this also impacts the “DNS responses” of the vera2, resulting in unavailability of my internet acces.

How can I diable this DNS behaviour?

And how is it even possible that my Vera overules the DNS (only!) part of the DHCP response!?

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SanderL, I responded to your duplicate post here.

(Do not post the same thing multiple times. It shows great disrespect to the users who find this thread later through searching, only to find the answer in one thread but not the other.)

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like futzle points out it is not nice and i call it forumspamming. if you want to have a solution its not going to work thinking you are the center of the universe and disrepectfull and annoying to other ppl that actually want to help.