Re: NETGEAR Contacts?

[Scott Helms <khelms () zcorum com>]

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
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net> wrote:

> I’m 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.
>
> 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’ve uncovered, so hoping for someone 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