#DNS
How to Block Adult Websites on Windows and Mac
Published: April 27, 2024
The Internet offers several websites and services to read, listen to, or watch. Without supervision and proper filters, your kids may get exposed to adult sites inadvertently. You can adjust parental controls on popular video streaming sites to safeguard your kids from mature content. But it’s crucial to create a safer and more comfortable browsing experience for the […]
How to Change PS5 DNS Settings for a Better Experience
Updated: October 10, 2021
The PS5 connects with the internet and fetches websites with the help of DNS that’s usually offered by your ISP. Using the default DNS is fine but there are notable advantages of changing the DNS to a third-party DNS such as reliable domain resolution, faster connection (not faster browsing speeds), content filtering, and even bypassing […]
How to Enable DNS-Over-HTTPs (DoH) on Google Chrome
Published: December 13, 2019
In July 2018, Google’s started marking non-HTTPS sites as ‘not secure’ in the Chrome browser. Meaning if you open a website that doesn’t support HTTPS right of the box, you will see “Not Secure” warning with a red triangle in the URL box. This makes sure no one, including your ISP, knows what you are browsing. […]
How to Change the DNS on your Samsung Smart TV Running Tizen OS?
Updated: October 10, 2021
Changing the DNS on your devices can have a number of positive effects such as accessing geo-restricted content, better speed, and removing ads among other things. Just like most devices that connect to the Internet, you can also change the DNS on your Samsung Smart TV running Tizen OS. Let’s see how. Change DNS on […]
How to Change DNS on PS4 and When Should You?
Updated: October 10, 2021
Unlike popular believe changing DNS on PS4, does not boost your Internet speed. All a DNS does is translate a URL into an IP address. Yes, it can speed up that initial connection but has no effect on data speeds once you have that connection establish. That said, there are still other reasons to change DNS on PS4, […]
How to Change DNS Server: An In-Depth Guide for All Platforms
Updated: January 9, 2024
DNS Servers are usually assigned to you by your ISP. You may want to change it for a better Internet speed or for blocking certain websites. Other reasons might be that websites are loading slower. Using a public DNS server helps is a good troubleshooting method to identify the problem. Irrespective of the reason, I […]
How to Find Out the DNS Server A Device Uses
Updated: May 21, 2024
You’d sometimes feel the internet connectivity crawling on your phone or computer. You still need help after restarting your router/modem and your device. One of the solutions is to use a new DNS server instead of relying on the one from your ISP. But first, you’ll need to find out which DNS it uses. You can use the command […]
8 Best DNS Servers For Speed, Stability, and Security (2019)
Updated: March 29, 2019
To access the internet you need a proper and speedy DNS server that can quickly translate domain names (like google.com) into IP addresses (like 209.85.135.103). Depending on how quick the DNS server is, your internet browsing experience can be snappy or dreadful. To find your current DNS server, type ‘ipconfig /all’ at the command prompt […]
8 Best DynDNS Alternatives You Should Try
Updated: October 16, 2021
Unless you are paying a premium, often, ISPs only provide you with dynamic IPs. This is understandable because the number of IPv4 addresses is very limited. In case you don’t know, a dynamic IP is nothing but an IP that changes every time you connect to your ISP network or when your ISP decides it’s […]
How to Clear DNS Cache on Chrome, Firefox and Safari
Published: May 10, 2018
To reduce unnecessary DNS queries, our computers and even our browsers keep a cached copy of the DNS records. And although they get updated or renewed after intervals of time, one might need to manually flush the DNS cache so that the earlier cached resolutions can be deleted and based on the new DNS settings, […]
Change Android DNS settings With These 5 DNS Changer Apps
Updated: October 16, 2021
When you type – www.google.com on your web browser, your smartphone asks the DNS server for the corresponding IP address where that site is located and once it has that information, you are able to open Google on your browser. In simple words, the job of DNS servers is to match the domain name (like www.google.comg) […]
Best Apps to Encrypt DNS Traffic
Updated: March 21, 2018
Since you are coming here to encrypt DNS traffic, you must already know what DNS is. In a nutshell, when you type an URL into the browser – say facebook.com – your computer contacts a DNS server and requests the IP address of the website; once it has that information, it routes your browser to […]
3 Best DNS Benchmarking Tools To Find the Fastest DNS Server
Updated: October 16, 2021
Whenever you try to access a website, a DNS server is the one that is responsible for resolving the IP address of the website address you just typed. Typically, your ISP (Internet Service Provider) provides with a default DNS server so that you can access the internet properly. However, the default DNS server provided by […]
How to Flush DNS Cache on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS
Updated: March 19, 2024
You are having trouble opening a specific website on your computer, while it works fine on other devices on your network. Or you’ve just changed the default DNS on your system to say a custom server, but the changes aren’t in effect. Now, you can either wait out the 5 minutes to 24 hours for DNS […]