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This is super-helpful! Thanks so much!

Thanks. I just started sending the log to a syslog server so I can see over time what might be happening.

From one Dave to another: Thanks! The SIGHUP did the trick (along with the iptables commands). I am now able to receive UDP packets from via the re-directed DNS response. No additional hardware required. Wow! Now I have to see about getting all of this persisted across reboots (and, as been...

Thanks. But what might cause that to happen? Obviously changes to firewall settings in the UI. Right now, I am using the USB mount script to "do stuff on reboot". But I generally do NOT do stuff, I think, that changes the firewall. Again, I am a newbie dope...

Thanks! That seems easy enough. Now, if only I can get dnsmasq to read/use an addition to the hosts file... Best

Thanks. So should I also issue the same command but with some other parameters? I am really on unsolid ground here. So pardon the newbie questions.

Once again, I cannot seem to post responses. I get "opps we have a problem" in both Firefox and Chrome. So here is an image of my response. Sorry.

Thanks! I wish Merlin supported the GS-AX3000 but it is not on the list... However, I did perform some hacks some time ago so my router can indeed run scripts and put humpty-dumpty back together again after reboots (which I have done nightly). I have no problem modifying the I have no real...

For some reason I cannot post the following. So here it is as an image. Sorry...

I have some client IoT thermometer devices where the firmware has the DNS server to be used set to a fixed IP address (in this case 114.114.114.114). This is used to get the IP address of a web component (in this case SMARTSERVER.EMAXTIME.CN) to which data is sent (mostly using UDP). I want to...

It is finally possible I may be on to something with this. Due to the power discussion above, I finally started to assess things. The Chromecast that was involved with this was deriving its power (as too way the USB ethernet adapter used for connectivity) from the USB port on the side of the TV...

Thanks. It turns out that it must be the Ewelink device itself. It exhibited the exact same behavior when only about 2 feet from the router. I generally try to prevent my IoT stuff from accessing the internet if I can. I thought I could with the device in question so I blocked internet at the...

Thanks. So that won't work/help me at all.

I have read that some people advocate putting IoT stuff on a wifi "guest" network. I originally understood this to be for security reasons. But if I am having connectivity issues perhaps caused (or made worse) by having too many IoT devices on the main, 2.4 GHz wifi of my GS-AX3000, would it...

Likely just wishful thinking. I have had some recent experience with ESP devices. Their onboard antennas are lame. And since they are fixed in the orientation of the board, I can see they might be very picky about orientation. I will try taking it off the wall and re-positioning it at a 90...