{"id":1390,"date":"2019-03-27T10:57:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T05:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2019-04-16T14:57:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T09:27:56","slug":"change-windows-10-dns-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/change-windows-10-dns-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change windows 10 DNS servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are he steps to change windows 10 DNS servers,<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-the-raid-configuration-for-web-server\/\" title=\"Control Panel\" alt=\"Control Panel\">Control Panel<\/a> from the Start menu<\/li>\n<li>Click Network and sharing Center<\/li>\n<li>Click Change adapter settings<\/li>\n<li>Right click on your active network adapter &amp; choose properties<\/li>\n<li>Choose Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4) and click properties<\/li>\n<li>Enter the new DNS servers into the boxes under \u201cUse the following DNS server addresses\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Change windows 10 DNS servers:-<\/h3>\n<p>In general windows will set the DNS servers from your internet connection or ISP internet service provider.In all he cases these would be done by ISP.The main drawback in ISP is it tend to cache DNS entries longer than they should and does not update its records properly.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid this or due to this you may wish to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/use-google-dns-in-your-domain\/\">use google's public DNS servers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To modify your DNS servers within Windows 10 (and other versions of Windows), you\u2019ll need to modify the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/need-of-dedicated-ip-address\/\" title=\"network adapter\" alt=\"network adapter\">network adapter<\/a> properties. First, locate the Control Panel from within Windows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows.png\" alt=\"google dns windows10\" width=\"837\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows.png 837w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows-768x579.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div id=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-1887\" class=\"post-1887 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advanced category-dns category-how-to-guide category-networking tag-google-dns tag-google-dns-windows-10 tag-windows-10 tag-windows-10-dns\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Next click on \u201cControl Panel\u201d from the search menu to open the Control Panel &amp; then click \u201cNetwork &amp; Sharing Center\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows1.png\" alt=\"google dns windows10\" width=\"1365\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows1.png 1365w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows1-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows1-1024x488.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After, you\u2019ll open the Network &amp; Sharing Center which will show basic network connection information. From here, on the left side of the page, click \u201cChange adapter settings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows2.png\" alt=\"google dns windows10\" width=\"1363\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows2.png 1363w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows2-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows2-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows2-1024x361.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1363px) 100vw, 1363px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you\u2019ve clicked \u201cChange adapter settings\u201d, you\u2019ll be taken to the list of network adapters. You\u2019ll want to locate your current adapter that is in use &amp; right click &gt; Properties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows3.png\" alt=\"google dns windows10\" width=\"1127\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows3.png 1127w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows3-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows3-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows3-1024x542.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After clicking \u201cProperties\u201d you\u2019ll need to locate the option for \u201cInternet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4)\u201d and then click \u201cProperties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows4.png\" alt=\"google dns windows10\" width=\"367\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows4.png 367w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows4-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After clicking \u201cProperties\u201d from the previous step, you\u2019ll now see the connection properties which has options for network settings including the option to specify DNS servers. As shown below, you can enter the Google public DNS servers into the bottom set of boxes titled \u201cUse the following DNS server addresses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1396 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows5.png\" alt=\"change windows 10 dns servers\" width=\"461\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows5.png 461w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/google-dns-windows5-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After entering the DNS servers you wish to use into the boxes, click \u201cOK\u201d. Please note, for these steps, you should modify ONLY the bottom two fields stating \u201cUse the following DNS server addresses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some public DNS servers. We recommend using either Google DNS or <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/announcing-1111\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CloudFlare DNS.<\/a> Prior to using the DNS servers, it is recommended to ensure these IP addresses are still in use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Public DNS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8.8.8.8<\/li>\n<li>8.8.4.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CloudFlare DNS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.1.1.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That is you can now updated the google DNS for your windows 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are he steps to change windows 10 DNS servers, Open the Control Panel from the Start menu Click Network and sharing Center Click Change adapter settings Right click on your active network adapter &amp; choose properties Choose Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4) and click properties Enter the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DNS-servers.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa2YU7-mq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}