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Can you use manual DNS while getting dynamic IP address from provider?
I can't seem to set the DNS address which will be used by my network. Is a manual DNS address verboten if you're getting your router's IP address via DHCP?
Yes, both actually.
Well (sigh) this appear to be your situation. As I recall, one user was able to turn off Disney Circle, set custom DNS entries, and then turn Circle back on again. (Search the forum posts for DNS)
Worked for me, thanks for the tip.
- Went to Basic -> Parental Controls
- Toggled Circle from Enabled to Disabled
- Went to Advanced -> Internet
- Left Internet IP Address set to Get Dynamically from ISP
- Set DNS Address to Use These DNS Servers and entered my custom servers
- Apply to save the changes
- Went back to Basic -> Parental Controls
- Toggled Circle from Disabled to Enabled
Now I have custom DNS servers set with Circle parental controls enabled.
I never would have thought about Circles. I turned it on and never used it. Lately my ISP has had issues with their DNS servers and while I can manually modify them in Windows for the adapter, that isnt the ideal solution. So I decided to try to change it on the Orbi and same issue you had. After disabling Circles, I can manually set to google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Thank you for posting a spot on solution.
I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1.
Cloudflare's less data hungry - more internet infrastructure minded.
I shudder to think how Google may see this a data harvesting opportunity.