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Preferred DNS server: Router or ISP

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Mar 15, 202610780 views
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I'm making my computer have a static IP address so I need to set a DNS server, should I set the Preferred DNS server setting on my computer to the IP of my router, or should I set it to the IP of my ISPs DNS server? Basically should I go through the router or directly to the DNS server?

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As far as the DNS is concerned, it really doesn't matter. Your router will end up doing the lookup to your ISP anyway. As for performance, you will likely get better performance using your ISP directly since your router is pretty under-powered and w…

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