Alter your DNS server

Domain Name Systems (DNS) are similar the net'south phone volume. They maintain a directory of domain names (like "google.com") and interpret them to IP addresses. Google Nest Wifi and Google Wifi both operate as a DNS proxy. This ways the device will automatically offer to receive DNS queries from clients on your network, contact a public DNS server, and answer to your clients with the response. With Nest Wifi and Google Wifi you can set a new DNS server accost.

How do I modify my DNS server address?

  1. Open up the Google Domicile app.
  2. TapWi-Fi and then Settingsand thenAdvanced Networking.
  3. Tap DNS.
  4. Cull your desired public DNS server. If you choose a custom DNS server, enter a master and secondary server address.
  5. Tap Salve.

How DNS works

When you blazon a URL into your browser, your browser looks up the office of the URL that contains the domain name in DNS. For case, if you blazon "www.google.com" into your browser, your browser asks DNS for the IP address of "google.com." DNS returns the IP address assigned to Google's domain name such as 74.125.239.35. Your browser then connects to that IP address, taking you to the webpage.

A helpful illustration is your phone. When y'all want to call your mom, you lot select "Mom" from your contact list. Your phone associates the name "Mom" with her phone number and dials it for you.

Which DNS server should I choose?

Google Wifi and Nest Wifi give yous 3 options:

  • Automatic: This uses Google Public DNS or your Internet Service Provider's (ISP) DNS if certain conditions are met. Automatic is the default DNS selection, although the default may be different depending on how y'all obtained your device.
  • Isp'due south DNS: This uses your ISP's DNS.
  • Custom: This lets you specify a custom or third-party DNS. Custom DNS supports two singled-out lists of servers, main and secondary for both IPv4 and IPv6.

    Note:Be conscientious if you cull to use a custom DNS. If you specify a DNS that doesn't work (either the incorrect IP or the DNS goes down), none of your connected devices volition be able to access the cyberspace (unless they are provided manual-override DNS entries). Your router or principal Wifi indicate itself volition still exist able to connect to the net, allowing y'all to revert to a different (working) DNS, if you have a telephone or tablet that has admission to some other connection to the internet.

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