DNS Issues in macOS 12.1
I'm running macOS Monterey 12.1 and started to notice a very serious DNS issue that is effectively making my system unusable. I have had recurring minor issues where internet access seems to fail randomly for a bit, but generally this could be resolved by dis/reconnecting my wireless or rebooting the system as a last resort. Generally that would fix the issue for a while before having to repeat the process.
This morning through to the time of this post, I have been unable to correct the issue in any way. The problem seems to be rooted rather squarely in the area of DNS. It initially presented itself as an inability to access any internet sites through either the Edge or Safari browsers. This was further exhibited in any services that use DNS to resolve internet locations (One Drive, App Store, etc.)
I have run through a litany of tests to include traceroute both IP and FQDN, nslookup, flushing the DNS cache, etc. Connectivity out to the internet is not halted completely, however. I have been able to ping and traceroute to internet DNS servers such as 8.8.8.8/.4.4 as well as the OpenDNS DNS servers. It is only when attempting to reach a location using its FQDN that the system exhibits this failure.
Is there a current fix incoming to address this as currently I have a rather expensive and functionally limited device on my desk.
iMac 27″, macOS 12.1