Come on support, you must know why your software is constantly talking to DNS root servers???

Surely someone from tp-link knows why their product is reaching out thousands of time to a DNS root server...

Appreciate the input. Interestingly with the latest M9 firmware a Guest WLAN (using VLANs) was provided for both ethernet and AP backhaul. So these devices can operate with tagged traffic for sure....

Anyone from tp-link able to respond. Even if it is to confirm the obvious, that the Deco in AP mode won't pass tagged traffic without stripping the tags. Saves me cracking open Wireshark and a mirror...

I notice in my PiHole DNS logs that I have thousands of requests from my M9 units to the following DNS root server, a.root-servers.net Is this normal and expected behaviour, or is the device in some...

Wrong forum, this is for network hardware. Take a look here https://www.decoide.org/