How To Change Dns On Linksys Router

This tutorial will evidence you lot how to ready upwardly Smart DNS on Linksys Router using the SmartyDNS services. If you don't have a SmartyDNS account, you can try our services for costless for 3 days.

Function I. Validate your IP Address.

If you take validated your IP address, skip this stride and go to Part Two of this tutorial.

Sign in to Your Account on our website and go to Setup -> Validate Your IP Accost.
Click the Validate IP push button (1).

Your IP address have to be validated every time it changes. If Smart DNS is not functioning, make sure your IP is validated past following steps 1-4.

If you see the "Your IP address has been validated!" message, y'all tin go to Office Ii from this tutorial.

You tin can Validate a specific IP address (2). Use it to validate an IP address different to your current IP address. For example, enter your existent IP when you are accessing this folio while being continued to VPN or enter your abode IP while you are at work.

Another selection to validate your IP address is to Validate your IP using a spider web address (three). Past choosing this option you lot don't have to sign in to your account on our website each time you desire to validate the IP address. By adding this link to your browser favorites / bookmarks your IP address will be validated each fourth dimension you load this URL into your browser.

It is important to not share the Validate IP Link with anyone! It is particular and unique for every unmarried client. If you give or share information technology with other people, your Smart DNS service won't be working.

Part II. Change your Linksys Router DNS server addresses

This has to exist washed only in one case.

Before yous switch to our DNS addresses, make sure you write down your current DNS addresses, so yous can keep these numbers in example yous need to get dorsum to your original settings. If your original configuration were set up to "Automatic", only change your DNS settings back to "Automatic" in lodge to get back to your original settings.

Log in to your router.
Click on "Connectivity" (three).
Choose the "Local Network" tab (4).
In the "Static DNS 1" field (5) nether the "DHCP Server" Setting enter the SmartyDNS DNS Addresses.

You lot can find the entire listing of all available DNS addresses by signing in to your account on our website, by going to Setup -> DNS Servers.

If yous don't have a SmartyDNS account, you lot can try our services for gratis for 3 days.
Click "Apply" (vi).
Click on "Reboot" and yous are washed!
Examination if the Smart DNS service is configured correctly.