News How To Change Your DNS Server in Windows

[Admin]

Changing your DNS server takes mere seconds and the benefits from making the change range from improved Internet security and performance.

How To Change Your DNS Server in Windows : Read more

 

[brandonjclark]

NameBench, DNSJumper.. tools like these can help you find the closest and fastest DNS server to use.

However, I run my own DNS server on my ubuntu-based PiHole using Unbound.

Sure, it's slower on initial cache, but the security value is immense.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Good article.

IPv6 also have their own DNS.

For cloudflare:

• 2606:4700:4700::1001

• 2606:4700:4700::1111

 

[Protopia]

Fastest DNS server for many is Quad9, a Swiss public-benefit foundation which also gives some protection as it has bad sites filtered out: 9.9.9.9

You can also apply a registry change to improve how DNS works when the primary server times out. The theory is that internet speeds are now much much faster on high speed broadband than on old dial up, so timeouts should be reduced to 1sec and fallback servers should be queried in parallel. I will see if I can find the precise registry tweak and post it here.

 

[Protopia]

Yes. With more and more users having internet connections which have ipv6, this article really does need to include the same details for ipv6 as for ipv4.

 

[derekullo]

An even better way is to setup the dns on your router so that anyone connecting to it gets those setting as well.

I've currently got the AdGuard dns setup for that at my house for my family.

They can always change that setting locally if they wanted to, but most don't know what a dns is and id rather they not click ads!

 

[DotNetMaster777]

Good article about DNS ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[TheOtherOne]

For Windows 10, easier, quicker and staying within Windows' new GUI style settings

Type "Network Status" in Start/Search >> Click on "Properties" under the Ethernet (Or whatever else is there for Wireless if on wifi) >> Edit IP Settings ... And bingo!