[177467] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NETGEAR Contacts?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Helms)
Thu Jan 22 15:57:16 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <2FC2C3DF-520C-4709-B6FE-329728CA810B@puck.nether.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:57:08 -0500
From: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com>
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Jared,
Netgear is divided into a few divisions and they don't overlap, is this
direct to consumer gear or gear they sold through an ISP?
Scott Helms
Vice President of Technology
ZCorum
(678) 507-5000
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> wrote:
> I=E2=80=99m wondering if someone has any contacts at Netgear they would b=
e willing
> to forward some information to. While working with their devices one of =
my
> colleagues discovered some poor behavior of their embedded DNSMASQ, such =
as
> returning REFUSED to DNS queries.
>
> eg:
>
> $ dig +tcp puck.nether.net.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> +tcp puck.nether.net.
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 33649
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;puck.nether.net. IN A
>
> ;; Query time: 136 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 22 13:28:59 2015
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 33
>
>
> where a UDP query passes just fine.
>
> This is one of a few issues we=E2=80=99ve uncovered, so hoping for someon=
e who can
> work on building some fixed firmware.
>
> Device in question:
>
> Netgear wnr2000v3
> v1.1.2.10 (latest on website)
>
> Is there a mailing list that exists for the purposes of discussing these
> types of CPE device issues?
>
> - Jared