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jbhardman's avatar
jbhardman
Streaming Star
9 months ago

Roku using it's own DNS server

I've been watching my network pretty closely. I use in-house DNS servers.

Many of my Roku's will send quite a high number of queries to 8.8.8.8, even though that is not configured for them in the DHCP server, nor has it ever been.

Would this be a specific app(s) making those requests or something with the OS itself?

tv & player wifi

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  • andyross's avatar
    andyross
    Roku Guru
    9 months ago

    It is built in backup. You can see the list of IP addresses in one of the "secret" menus.

      • jbhardman's avatar
        jbhardman
        Streaming Star
        9 months ago

        If it’s a backup, it’s using it often and not in a “backup” scenario. Meaning my primary is not down which would necessitate a backup.