This morning I was checking my GW logs/alerts and I noticed that I had received an alert that told me that my DNS had changed sometime around 01:30am. The next alert in the “while you were away” list occurred at 04:30am and told me that “Internet Connection Now Available” with a green plug icon next to the verbiage in the alert.
The problem with this is that I was binge watching one of my favorite series on Netflix during this time and I never noticed a loss of internet service.
How is it possible that GW can issue alerts for a DNS change and internet service restoration, without issuing an alert that my internet service had stopped in the first place?
I’ve had that happen to me. You can go into settings and turn it off if you want. [While you were away] I had to turn mine off because it was driving me nuts! Maybe somebody can explain it that knows what’s going on.
I was watching Netflix on this device, which is my PC. It is a wired connection directly to my router/modem.
The alert shows only the “old” DNS IP. It does not show what IP it supposedly changed to.
What is odd - is that according to the timestamps, my DNS changed at 01:30am, yet the alert for restoration of my internet connection occurred at 04:30. But my streaming on Netflix was never affected during this time.
DNS changes should be initiated by my ISP, correct?
Some days I have 2 DNS alerts when I turn on my laptop. It is not systematic.
The @ IP indicated in these alerts are the same.These alerts could be called false positives.
You could join a different WiFi network, and this would give you a new DNS server. Or, you could install a toolbar or an app could install a toolbar that changes your DNS
