Last updated: December 31, 2022
You may not know it, but by default you use your Internet service provider's DNS servers to browse the Internet.
If you want increase your browsing speed, improve your safety or access blocked sites then it's time to change your DNS servers.
In this tutorial, you will discover how to modify DNS servers on Windows with a quick and easy solution.
What is DNS?
DNS are servers that allow domain names to be transformed (like www.funinformatique.com) to an IP address (type 104.18.59.143).
For simplicity, DNS allows to make the relation between the domain name and IP address. It's a bit like your phone book matching the name Ahmed to his phone number.
Why use DNS?
Here are some advantages that should push you to change your default DNS servers:
- Change DNS allows to'speed up your internet browsing with faster updated DNS.
- Change DNS allows to'improve your security protecting you against Phishing and DNS poisonning.
- Change DNS helps you bypass internet censorship filters.
How to change DNS?
It is possible to manually change your DNS servers in the control panel Windows but here I show you an alternative solution which is much simpler and faster.
There is a small software called QuickSet DNS Which allows you to easily change DNS servers used for your internet connection. You can set the DNS servers you want from the user interface, choosing from a list you define.
To add a new server just click on File -> New DNS Server and enter the name of it as well as the corresponding IP addresses and you're done.
Note that QuickSetDNS provides the IP addresses of Google's public DNS servers by default.
Among Free DNS the most popular are:
Level3 DNS
- 209.244.0.3
- 209.244.0.4
Norton DNS
- 199.85.126.10
- 199.85.127.10
Google DNS
- 8.8.8.8
- 8.8.4.4
Open DNS
- 208.67.222.222
- 208.67.220.220
Comodo Secure DNS
- 8.26.56.26
- 8.20.247.20
Yandex-DNS
- 77.88.8.1
- 77.88.8.8
And if you want to find others Free and fast DNS, try www.opennic.org