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Re: NETGEAR Contacts?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Jan 22 16:02:45 2015

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From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMrdfRx-bUh_vWJ3paAujREmUyvH70NXf2h3hd8Fyg25Dvhb=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:02:35 -0500
To: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Direct consumer, eg: =
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-N300-WNR2000/dp/B001AZP8EW

- Jared

> On Jan 22, 2015, at 3:57 PM, Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com> wrote:
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> Jared,
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> 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?
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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 be 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.
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> eg:
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> $ dig +tcp puck.nether.net.
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> ; <<>> 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
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> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;puck.nether.net.               IN      A
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> ;; 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
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> where a UDP query passes just fine.
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> This is one of a few issues we=E2=80=99ve uncovered, so hoping for =
someone who can work on building some fixed firmware.
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> Device in question:
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> Netgear wnr2000v3
> v1.1.2.10 (latest on website)
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> Is there a mailing list that exists for the purposes of discussing =
these types of CPE device issues?
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> - Jared
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