How do I set a custom DNS on a Windows device Surfshark?

How do I set up DNS on Surfshark?

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How do I set a custom DNS on a Windows device Surfshark?

I have a Windows 8.

1 tablet that I can't seem to set a custom DNS to be used when connecting to the internet via wifi.e. The current DNS address that is being used is from my ISP. I would like to change this to a custom DNS address, how do I do this?

I have a Surface Pro and the same issue. I tried using these settings to no avail: I have a Windows 8. I tried using these settings to no avail: Please help! Ok, first of all, I will try to explain how my ISP has set up my DNS. It is a very small network, but it works just fine for me. When I use a different device, I can also use my custom DNS. But with my Surface Pro, I cannot connect to the internet without using my ISP DNS, so I am asking if anyone knows how to fix it.

Regards. I use to use a dns service provided by my ISP for my router. I can't remember if it was on the router or if it was something I added on my computer but it worked fine for me. It was all based on my ISP DNS (the dns ip's) and not the one I use for my computer.

I use to use a dns service provided by my ISP for my router. It was all based on my ISP DNS (the dns ip's) and not the one I use for my computer.

Does Surfshark use its own DNS?

And how?

It uses its own DNS, you can change it at this address: But how does it do that? I mean, they are a DNS registrar (like Google), and DNS registrars have their own IPs (for example 208.67.222 - but they also use OpenDNS and GoogleDNS which they can update themselves. Surfshark also has a DNS which is not managed by them, and when you visit the DNS of Surfshark, there is also www.surfshark.com listed (just with a different IP from the one the DNS domain name points to).

I was able to change the DNS configuration on my phone (not really android user so I used a browser, but the same should apply for a PC), and when I accessed the website (www.com) from there, I could see the www.com domain name and the other domain names I listed (like surfshark.com) and that it uses OpenDNS instead of GoogleDNS. So I think Surfshark has some internal DNS server.

But how does it know what DNS to use on the website, and how does it manage the IPs that they are sending to you? A small example: let's say you type "www.com" in a browser. When you send the DNS request, it will first resolve "www.com" to an IP, let's say 192.168. Then how does it know that it must send the request to 192.1, and not 208.222 or whatever other DNS it is using?

I'm trying to understand this stuff because I'm looking into changing ISPs to have a cheaper connection, and there's been rumors that people who had a good experience in Australia with a different ISP than the one I'm using in Spain, were complaining about their DNS (or DNS servers) which I guess are running on the new ISP. So, I think I've now understood that if I would like to change the DNS on the PC I use, I'll have to use a third party DNS.