# DNS Forwarding Not Working **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [June 16, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312 "2022-06-16T02:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skidz007](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@skidz007](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/skidz007)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312/1 "2022-06-16T02:13:22Z")
I have a Slate and set to Extender Mode. In Luci, I’ve set the wwan, stabridge and lan to the same firewall zone. Stabridge is set to forward dhcp and is bridging wwan and lan. I have joined to a wireless network that has a DHCP server. I’m connected by ethernet to the lan port on the Slate with my computer requesting DHCP. Pretty standard wireless to lan network extension, but DHCP does not pass. If I set DHCP with manual address, it works fine and populates the gateway and dns info and traffic passes, but no connection to the management interface. If I set to full DHCP, I end up with a self-assigned IP. I cannot find any errors on the system log. Occasionally an IP will pass then disappear almost immediately and go back to self-assigned. I am using the latest firmware. Any ideas? I’m at a loss. I’ve factory reset and tried multiple times with the same result. I can get a DHCP fine connecting direct to the AP with the DHCP, but not through the Slate. ---
**Author:** ![wcs2228](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/wcs2228/32/6112_2.png) [@wcs2228](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/wcs2228)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312/2 "2022-06-17T02:38:08Z")
_Extender_ network mode uses Layer 3 _relayd_ routing, which DHCP broadcast does not work that well across: > [@GL-AR750S-EXT not passing IP info to hardwired devices in Extender Mode](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-ar750s-ext-not-passing-ip-info-to-hardwired-devices-in-extender-mode/20858): > > Hello, I have two small devices I want to be mobile but they must have hardwired connections (wireless is not an option for these devices). I purchased a GL-AR750S-EXT as an extender so it could join the wifi and then I can plug these two devices into the GL-AR750 LAN ports thereby making them wireless/mobile. The GL-AR750 is in Extender mode, joined to the wifi and getting the proper IP address assigned to it (I can see it and it’s MAC on my network). Unfortunately the hardwired devices are N… _I do not work for and I do not have formal association with GL.iNet_ ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312/3 "2022-06-17T02:45:15Z")
I am not sure why you change settings in luci. If you set up extender mode using the default UI, more settings-\>network mode, it should do this for you already. ---
**Author:** ![skidz007](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@skidz007](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/skidz007)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312/4 "2022-06-17T06:29:24Z")
wwan was still in the wan firewall zone by default. I moved it into the lan firewall zone. Neither works very well for DHCP, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312/5 "2022-06-17T07:26:06Z")
> [@skidz007](#): > > wwan was still in the wan firewall zone by default. I moved it into the lan firewall zone. You should not change that. I can tell you why. Extender mode, working on a layer 3 bridge. So wwan is in the wan zone. The client is relayed to the upstream network. When set up extender in the default UI, it should just work. The only thing you need to do is just to unplug and replug the lan cable so that the PC get an new IP using DHCP. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/dns-forwarding-not-working/22312/6 "2025-10-29T04:17:44Z")