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Old Aug 29, 2024 | 8:01 pm
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Originally Posted by gfunkdave
I recently discovered that my Samsung TV ignores the DNS server specified by my DHCP server and just uses 8.8.8.8. No wonder I still see ads on it. I had to set a NAT rule to override outbound port 53 and redirect it back to NextDNS.

It seems the only other devices on my network that do so are a couple of work-managed laptops.
I don't trust any device to get anything but an IP address from DHCP, everything else must be enforced (like DNS) and go through a router level VPN (vs device level).
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