How To Change Resolvers/Preferred DNS Server On Your Local Machine

A DNS resolver is a DNS client-side system. Known as Resolvers on Linux distributions and Preferred DNS on Windows. It is in charge of converting an IP address from a domain name and vice versa.

How to change resolvers on your linux distro ?

Open the the resolvers file in your favorite editor. Add your resolvers which should look like in the screen grab below.

#nano /etc/resolv.conf

How to change resolvers on your windows machine ?

In your status bar open the Icon which shows the network connection.

Click on the Properties button

Click on Internet Protocal (TCP/IP) tab & click Properties button.

Tick the radio button which says Use the following DNS addresses. Enter your preferred DNS servers and click Ok.

If you wish us to change the Preferred DNS OR Resolvers, initiate a chat with our support team & they will do it for you. We will need Team Viewer OR Ammyy admin access for it.

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