Hi there this is mrinal from smart dns proxy In our previous video we have showed you how
to setup smart dns proxy On wins and mac, android and iOS etc
And well, today I’ll show you how to setup it up on a router.
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Now, the cool thing about, Setting up smart dns on router
instead of your individual devices like window and mac is that’
It’s a one stop shop, i.e. if you setup smart dns on your router then all the device
connected to your router like computer and smartphones etc, they will automatically start
using smart dns proxy server.
So, you don’t have to configure individually
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Now, we are going to do this in 3 simple steps -
Login to your router Admin Panel Find DNS Settings and Change them to Smart
DNS Proxy DNS IPs.
Restart your Router.
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Now, this is going to be a detail guide, where I’ll consider every possible situation,
So, stay calm and watch the entire video I’m sure it’ll answer all your question.
For this instance, I’m going to setup smartdns proxy
on my home router from my windows laptop But like I said, the steps should be similar
for most routers and modems.
Before we begin, let’s just quickly go to netflix and search for the office
But since I’m not in US, I see nothing, So, let’s see if we can bypass the geo restriction
with smart dns proxy
So, step 1: Login to your router Admin Panel
Now, in order to get in to your router’s control panel,
We need two things the router’s login IP address
And login username and password
You can find this information at the back of your router/modem
Or you can do a quick google search and go to routerpasswords.com
To find all default credentials for popular routers.
But, In general you can get access to your router admin panel
with entering one of the followings to your Internet Browser.
So, open up your fav web browser, and in the url box
Type in either of these value
192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1or
192.168.2.1
You can also pause this video and type one of these IP address corresponding to Most
Popular Routers.
I’ll also have them in the description of this video.
Another thing you can do is, type in Ipconfig on your cmd or ifconfig on your mac/linux
terminal and look for the value next to default gateway, this is your router’s IP address.
Now, to check which one works for you, type that IP address and press enter.
For 90% of you - 192.168.1.1 will work,
Next, you need to key in the router’s username and password.
In general most router/modems are using "admin" or "root" for default username, and "admin",
"password" for default passwords.
If these doesn’t work, again you can go to routerpasswords.com
Or contact the guy, who has set up your network, He or she might have setup a custom password.
(which is a good security practice, but now you need to get in touch with them)
Step 2.
Find DNS Settings and Change them to Smart DNS Proxy DNS IPs
Once you login, your router’s interface might a little bit diff from mine,
But all you have to do is, look for a section where it says for DNS Settings
Again, you can pause the video and see this list
On how To Change DNS Servers on Most Popular Routers
In most router you can find these settings under Setup, or DHCP
And it’s label something as PRIMARY Server and SECONDARY Server, or DNS
SETTINGS 1, DNS SETTINGS 2
Once you find it, You have to replace the existing DNS server
that you get from your ISP To smart DNS server
Use the closest DNS servers to your physical location.
You can find the list on the screen or from our website, the link is in the description
as well as YouTube cards.
Now some people confuse, these smartdns proxy server like vpn server,
For instance, if I put canada dns then I can use netflix canada or if I use japan server
then I can stream netflix japan.
No, it doesn’t work like that.
You can select any server from the list and result will be same
It’s just that, it’s recommend to select closest server to your physical location,
so that you get faster streaming.
If you want to switch country, you can do it from -- regional summary option, under
my account tab.
So for this instance say, if I’m in Canada, then I’ll use two dns server from canada.
And once you are done, save changes.
Step 3.
Restart your Router
To make sure the setup is done properly, it's always suggested to have your router restart
once after the new DNS Settings.
It goes without saying, that while you restart your router, the internet will down for few
seconds So, make sure, you give a heads up to members,
they might be doing a imp banking transaction, It did happen with me once.
So yeah, better safe than sorry.
And that's it.
Your router is setup properly.
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Now, just as we did in the computer and mobile device setup.
you to LOGIN to your Smart DNS Proxy MyAccount section
and make sure that you see 3 green ticks.
If your IP shows not active, simply click UPDATE IP button.
Also, remember whenever your IP changes which will happen from time to time
As most home users have dynamic IP address,
Then our service will stop working for you.
You will need to LOGIN to Smart DNS Proxy and UPDATE your IP address.
So our system can add your new IP address to our database.
And then you will be able to continue using our service.
But wait the DNS setup is still showing cross here,
So what’s going on here?
We did all the steps right,
Infact if I check my router’s status, it does show I’m using manual dns.
So, what’s the catch?
Well, Most devices on your network will not begin using the new DNS settings until they
have been rebooted.
So, I can just reboot my computer
Or being a techy, I can just flush my dns using ipconfig /flushdns command from cmd
And then if i refresh my smart dns account, well I’ve there you go, all green ticks.
But, yeah, if you guys still face any issues, just contact our customer care
And one of our guys will set a teamviewer session with you.
Now, if I go to netflix, and there I’ve my the office us version,
So, there is it.
And that’s it.
The steps are pretty simple but, since every router has different
Your router interface will look different from mine.
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I’ll show you a general outline which should work most of the routers.
So, let’s get started.
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Well
That’s how you setup smart dns proxy on router.
If you are a regular smart dns user, I would highly recommend using smart dns proxy
On your router instead of setting up on individual device
This would make your life a lot easier.
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If you have got any question about it, Let me know in the comment section below
And don’t to like like and subs To this channel
We have a lot of videos on coming soon next month
So, this is mrinal signing off and like always thanks for watching