Reliable DNS resolvers
Block malicious sites, ads and trackers
DNS is an abbreviation of Domain Name System. You can think of it as the phone book of the Internet. A DNS translates domain names (such as www.aboutprivacy.nl) into IP addresses so that browsers can load Internet resources.
Each time you use a DNS server, it records your IP address (and therefore your approximate location), the domain name you looked up, the current time and the name of your Internet service provider. Many organizations that run DNS servers understand that there is money in those logs. Even Google (dns server 8.8.8.8), of course, has known this since the beginning of time.
If you do notset up your ownDNS servers (manually) on your computer or router, your DNS requests willrunon your Internet provider’s DNS servers .
Changing the DNS servers is usually a good idea:
- It improves your Internet speed and web page load time
- More stable connection
- Provides greater online security and privacy
- Blocks ads and trackers
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Reliable DNS resolvers
Setting up a DNS provider
Below is an example of how to set up Adguard DNS on different devices. We advise you to use the default servers to block ads, counters, malicious websites.
- Click on the Apple icon and go to System Preferences.
- Click Network.
- Select the first connection in your list and click on Advanced.
- Select the DNS tab, press + and add the following addresses to the list of DNS servers:
IPv4
For “Default” servers:
94.140.14.14
94.140.15.15For “Family protection” servers:
94.140.14.15
94.140.15.16IPv6
For “Default” servers:
2a10:50c0::ad1:ff
2a10:50c0::ad2:ff
For “Family protection” servers:
2a00:5a60::slecht1:0ff
2a00:5a60::bad2:0ffNote that the “Non-filtering” DNS servers provide a secure and reliable connection, but they do not filter anything like the “Default” and “Family protection” servers do. Please don’t use them unless you know what you are doing.
IPv4
For “Do Not Filter”:
94.140.14.140
94.140.14.141IPv6
For “Do not filter”:
2a10:50c0::1:ff
2a10:50c0::2:ff
- Open the Control Panel from the Start menu or by searching in Windows.
- Go to the Network and Internet category and then Network Center.
- On the left side of the screen, find Change adapter settings and click on it.
- Select your active connection, right-click on it and choose Properties.
- Find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) in the list, select it and then click Properties again.
- Choose Use the following DNS server addresses and enter them:
IPv4
For “Default” servers:
94.140.14.14
94.140.15.15For “Family protection” servers:
94.140.14.15
94.140.15.16IPv6
For “Default” servers:
2a10:50c0::ad1:ff
2a10:50c0::ad2:ff
For “Family protection” servers:
2a00:5a60::slecht1:0ff
2a00:5a60::bad2:0ffNote that the “Non-filtering” DNS servers provide a secure and reliable connection, but they do not filter anything like the “Default” and “Family protection” servers do. Please don’t use them unless you know what you are doing.
IPv4
For “Do Not Filter”:
94.140.14.140
94.140.14.141IPv6
For “Do not filter”:
2a10:50c0::1:ff
2a10:50c0::2:ff
- Download AdGuard for Android. From the application’s main menu, go to Settings -> DNS Filtering.
- Select the DNS server item and you will see AdGuard DNS and AdGuard DNS Family Protection on the list of providers.
- Select one of them and click Use this server.
- From the Home screen, tap Settings.
- Choose Wi-Fi from the left menu (it is impossible to configure DNS for mobile networks).
- Tap the name of the currently active network.
- Click Configure DNS manually
- In the DNS field, enter these DNS addresses:
IPv4
For “Default” servers:
94.140.14.14
94.140.15.15