Have you ever wondered the procedure that is carried out on your computer every time you write an email address in your browser and you are returned, as a result, the display of said online space? The fundamental factor that you can see that website is the use of DNS or Domain Name System .
In addition, the concept becomes very important in order to control a user’s browsing territory, so that they are preconfigured on your router and DDoS can be avoided. The government also controls the external Domain Name System so that some web pages cannot be entered, which you could skip by changing said DNS, which is what we teach you to do from this post .
If you have the need to change these addresses and thus be able to control access to some web sites or not you should know that even less expert users can do so; It is very simple. Even so, along the next lines we will give you all the steps in detail, to be able to configure the DNS in Windows 10.
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Steps to change the DNS in Windows 10 and configure them correctly
These steps that will be indicated in the next lines will make you move between some complex concepts, but if you have Windows 10 as an operating system on your computer and a few desire to learn it does not have to be complicated. Any user can follow the tutorial and change the Domain Name System to which it connects:
- From the Home screen; press the «Start» button on the keyboard or click on its icon in the start bar.
- Then click on the “Settings” menu , with the icon in the shape of a cogwheel.
- A menu with several options will be displayed at the bottom. Open “Network and Internet” , a section related to the characteristics of your Internet connections.
- Select “Change adapter options” .
- The next step will be determined by the way your device is configured to the Internet. In the next window you will find different methods of connecting to the network. If you use a connection cable, you will see an option called «Ethernet» . Click on it.
- Otherwise, if your device does not use cables and you connect to the wireless network, you must press the «Wi-Fi» option with double click.
- Now click on the “Properties” button at the bottom of the small window full of options that opens.
- Search for the option “Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP / IPv4)” . Double click on it.
- From among all the new options below, choose chosenProperties :.
- Once inside this menu, only we will have to choose the option «Use the following DNS server address» . It is likely that you have previously checked the option, “Obtain the DNS server address automatically”, as it is the default within the system itself. But by enabling the option we have indicated, a preferred and alternative DNS will be disabled.
- Now fill in the spaces with dots with the numerical addresses of the DNSs of your interest .
- Finish by pressing equally Accept for.
- You will have to reconnect to the network for the changes to take effect.
List of operational public DNS servers
Of course, we are not going to leave you with the perfect instructions and no resources to use. Below you have an extensive list of Public Domain Name Servers addresses that you can connect to.
List of the best DNS servers with their addresses:
- Alternate DNS : 198.101.242.72 / 23.253.163.53
- CleanBrowsing : 185.228.168.9 / 185.228.169.9
- Cloudflare : 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1
- Comodo Secure DNS : 8.26.56.26 / 8.20.247.20
- DNS Advantage : 156.154.70.1 / 156.154.71.1
- DNS : 77.88.8.8 / 77.88.8.1
- Dyn : 216.146.35.35 / 216.146.36.36
- Fourth Estate : 45.77.165.194
- FreeDNS : 37.235.1.174 / 37.235.1.177
- Google : 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4
- GreenTeamDNS : 81.218.119.11 / 209.88.198.133
- Hurricane Electric : 74.82.42.42
- IBM Quad9 : 9.9.9.9
- Level3 : 209.244.0.3 / 209.244.0.4
- Deny : 156.154.70.1 / 156.154.71.1
- Norton ConnectSafe : 199.85.126.10 / 199.85.127.10
- OpenD NS Home : 208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220
- OpenNIC : 50.116.23.211 / 107.170.95.180
- puntCAT : 109.69.8.51
- SafeDNS : 195.46.39.39 / 195.46.39.40
- SmartViper : 208.76.50.50 / 208.76 .51.51
- UncensoredDNS : 91.239.100.100 / 89.233.43.71
- Verisign : 64.6.64.6 / 64.6.65.6
- WATCH : 84.200.69.80 / 84.200.70.40
How to repair DNS when they do not respond in Windows 10?
It may be the case that when configuring the DNS you get the problem « The DNS server does not respond «. You will see how you are unable to connect to the Internet and cannot perform the tasks you need. Well, what can we do in this case?
Continue reading to solve this problem, which is nothing more than a simple repair:
- Press the legally Start button accounted for.
- Now type “Control Panel” in the bar.
- Click on the homonymous option you are advised to.
- Here, click on “Networks and Internet” .
- Now do the same in the option “Network and Sharing Center” .
- Once there, we choose the option “Change adapter settings” .
- Press right button on the network adapter that we use in our equipment.
- Within the possible options, we mark “Properties” .
- We look for the “Internet Protocol Version 4” line and select it.
- Also check its “Properties” .
- Enter the following DNS:
- 8.8.8.4 or 208.67.222.222
- 8.8.4.4 or 208.67.220.220
- Click on the “Validate configuration on exit” box , which allows us to validate the new configuration before closing the menu.
You could also fix the configuration by resetting the DNS through the Command Prompt. This can be interesting for more expert users but it is also very easy to do.
Let’s see it:
- You will open, through an executable, a system console. To do this:
- Type “cmd” in the “Start” bar.
- Now click on “Symbol of the system ».
- When the black screen opens we introduce the following instructions followed by an« Enter »each:
- ipconfig/flushdns
- ipconfig/registerdns
- ipconfig / release
- ipconfig/renew
- Netsh winsock reset
With this you would have solved the incident and you could perform your Internet browsing with total normality.