How to change DNS on Linux and improve your Internet speed

How to change DNS on Linux and improve your Internet speed -

DNS stands for "Domain Name System". Without DNS, you need to remember the IP address of each . site you wanted to visit instead of just the site or the domain So instead of simply remember "google.com" you would have to enter 193 105 163 249 It is like an address book. instead of having to remember your friends mobile phone number, simply remember their name.

Using the DNS server of your Internet service provider (most homes have this set "Automatic ") can give you slow speeds and can also block access to certain websites

please note :. When connecting Hide My Ass! Pro VPN, you are automatically using OpenDNS. Changing the DNS settings of your LAN adapter / WLAN does not change this, because the DNS settings applied alone affect your (non-VPN) " normal "and the prevention of possible DNS leaks when using VPN (for withdrawal).

to change the DNS settings for the VPN connection, they must be applied to VPN adapters (eg Windows: OpenVPN = TAP adapter, PPTP = hmavpn connection), or by adding the line " 8.8.4.4 the DHCP- DNS option "in a profile .ovpn *)

This tutorial explains how to change DNS settings on Linux to avoid slow speeds.

If you use Mac, Windows, iOS and Android see the following tutorials:

How to change the DNS settings for Mac
How to change the DNS settings for Windows
How change the DNS settings for iOS
How to change the DNS settings for Android

How to change the DNS settings on Linux

To change your Linux DNS settings, follow the steps below.

We recommend using OpenDNS instead of other DNS servers.

is a list of DNS servers you can use:

• OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
• GoogleDNS: 8.8.4.4 + 8.8.8.8

Linux DNS change should only take minutes!

The first step is to go to Network Manager you'll see in the upper right corner of your desktop, then click Edit Connections as shown -Dessous.

Then, locate your active network connection. Select and press the button Change .

Now go to the IPv4 Settings and change the automatic method (DHCP) to Automatic (DHCP) addresses only as shown in the screenshot below.

then enter the address of the DNS server as shown below (in this example, we use Google Public DNS). Once you've done that, click Save

Close the window to confirm the changes you just made and press Close

Click option set network to disable it, then click again to reactivate it, to ensure that all necessary steps have been made.

That's it! You have successfully changed the DNS settings on Linux. Changing DNS Linux was not so bad, was it?

Visit the Hide My Ass! Help Center for more information.

If you need extra help on how to change the DNS settings on Linux or if you want to know more about HMA! Pro VPN, then please send us an email.

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