Ok, to be honest, I searched a lot on the internet to change ISP DNS servers to 3rd party servers (which you should !) for my router and couldn’t find a direct article / steps to do that. Hence, this article.
Steps
- Open the router login page, which is mostly : 192.168.1.1 in your case.
- After logging in, navigate to Network page, LAN IP Address tab.
- Change the Lan Dns Mode to : static
- Set the primary and secondary DNS address and click on Save/Apply.
- Perform a reboot of router to apply the changes.
There are a lot of DNS providers out there most of them for free. However, please be wise while choosing them.
I have chosen 1.1.1.1 DNS as my primary server which is provided by Cloudflare.
I have set the secondary server to 8.8.8.8 which is provided by Google so that if one of the service is down, it will fallback to another.
List of some of the best DNS providers list in r/sysadmin
Psst…… Feeling Geeky ?
Perform DNS benchmark tests : https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
Cloudflare DNS validation test : https://1.1.1.1/help
Need more? Read the detailed guide for BSNL FTTH : (Fiber optimization
Worth reading about 3rd party DNS resolvers