DNS Address Server (location)

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Hello guys! First of all I'm sorry if I make grammatical mistakes; my English is not perfect.

My question is that why my dns server address (location) is different from my IP address (location) when I'm using VPS?
I wanted to have a Russian IP and got a Russian VPS. Now when I check ipleak website, it shows that my IP if from Russia but my DNS server address is for Finland. How can I solve this issue and have the same location(Russia) for both IP and DNS?

I thought maybe it's normal that DNS server can be from another country but I wanted to know that can websites detect that I'm using VPS and/or my location isn't Russia?
I mean does it make sense that I'm from another country only for the reason that my DNS (not IP) shows another country?

I've checked my real IP (lets I'm in Italy now and my real IP is for Italy) with ipleak.net and it shows my DNS address from some other countries but Italy is also included. I've also tested it with some other computers with real IP and all shows only Italy or one of DNS address server locations is Italy.

Thanks in advance and sorry for long question!

Looking forward for your help/guide

Best,
Ali
 
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Fair question and not too long....

For the most part the ISPs' server will provide DNS via some default IP. You do not even need to know that IP as it is all transparent and automatic once you get on to the internet. So you can expect, as you travel about, that different ISPs will provide or access different DNS servers - and the servers can be in other countries.

You also can set up your computer/network to go to a specific DNS. Google is (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4) is commonly used.

However, you may be in situations where DNS alternatives are blocked or otherwise controlled.

Here is a link that explains DNS and the DNS process in general.

http://dyn.com/blog/dns-why-its-important-how-it-works/

There are other such links and...
Fair question and not too long....

For the most part the ISPs' server will provide DNS via some default IP. You do not even need to know that IP as it is all transparent and automatic once you get on to the internet. So you can expect, as you travel about, that different ISPs will provide or access different DNS servers - and the servers can be in other countries.

You also can set up your computer/network to go to a specific DNS. Google is (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4) is commonly used.

However, you may be in situations where DNS alternatives are blocked or otherwise controlled.

Here is a link that explains DNS and the DNS process in general.

http://dyn.com/blog/dns-why-its-important-how-it-works/

There are other such links and tutuorials available but I will leave it to you to pursue those. (Some were full of ads and other nonsense that basically made them worthless - be careful.)

And there are multiple sources with explanations about how to change your DNS server. Just find a tutorial applicable to your computer and setup.

 
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