Changing DNS settings in router

[kurtdh]

I went into the router settings and selected "Use these DNS SERVERS"

I entered 1.1.1.1 as the primary and 1.0.0.1 as the secondary. This is a new DNS server provided by Cloudflare. After saving my settings and rebooting my router, I checked my iPhone, iPad, and Windows 10 PC to see what DNS servers they were using.

All of them are still using the DNS server provided by my ISP, and none of them are using 1.1.1.1 as their DNS server. For my Windows machine, I checked it by doing an ipconfig /all, and for my Apple devices, I checked it using the Network Analyzer app. None of them are using the DNS I entered into the router- they are all using my ISP's DNS: 192.168.1.1.

My Apple devices are using wifi and my Windows PC is using a tp-link powerline adapter. How come none of my devices are using the DNS I put into the router? Looking at ipconfig /all, it does say I have DHCP enabled. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Model: R7800|Nighthawk X4S AC2600 WiFi Router

 

[kanewolf]

192.168.1.1 is the LAN address of your router. It is caching the DNS for your local network. That is totally normal.

 

[boosted1g]

FYI that cloudflare is all overhyped bs.

Not using your ISP's DNS does not in any way prevent your ISP from being able to collect and sell your data. The source and destination IP is still right there in the IP packet, the ISP can still see exactly where you are going.

On top of that, even if they did get DNS over HTTPS and even managed another means of preventing ISP from seing your source/destination addresses; your OS, your browser, your search engine, and the site you are going to (like say facebook) are still collecting the data. In a nutshell you simply killed one of the 8 snakes and the other 7 are completely unaffected.