How do I access my Google DNS server?

I have set up my home network to use Google's DNS servers.

However, it would be really handy to access the servers from outside of my network. I have been struggling for a couple of days and I am not sure if I am missing something.

How do I access the Google DNS servers? When I type in www.google.com or www.br in my browser, the connection times out. In the browser address bar, I can see the IP addresses assigned to Google's DNS servers but I don't know how to access the servers directly.

My router has a setting where you have to enter an IP address that can be accessed on the internet (I think it has to be an IP from another country though). For me, the router was set to 192.168.0.1/24 so that I could access the routers web interface. That way I can easily setup my network and get the configuration files for my wireless router and access other networks. But, this seems to be limiting me to that one IP address. So far, I can't see any option that allows me to specify more than one IP address for Google's DNS server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to access the Google DNS servers outside of my home network. Thanks.

Thanks for the information. I am running a home network. The problem is that it appears that I only have one IP address that I can use on the internet. I have some knowledge with computers and networking but I am still learning about what it takes to setup an IP address pool and assigning each IP address to something else. So, I may have some of the solution but not enough to explain how it works.

I haven't ever experienced this so maybe I'll figure it out as I go along. But, I'll answer your questions that I think I know so far.

Does your router have a setting for "Static IP"? If yes, then I don't think the IP address is being used from another country but from the default settings that the manufacturer decided to use in their testing environment. In any case, if this is the case then you would have to set a different static IP in the same pool as the router IP and assign that one IP to Google's DNS servers. I believe that this is the default setting that your router offers.

How do I log into my DNS server?

I am using bind9, with the standard file for zone.

Any ideas on how to log in to my server via putty (since I cannot access the web UI, as it gives a 401 auth error when I try and login.

On your DNS server, you can't login to the web UI, but you can use the CLI to manage the DNS. You can do this by ssh'ing into the server and typing: bind9 -k /path/to/zone. Where the path to the zone file is where the zone file resides on the server (eg. /etc/bind/named.conf.options).

What is the IP address of Google DNS?

Go to About Android, scroll down the page and you will see a field labeled IP addresses.

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If my device is at home with a Wi-Fi connection, I get Google's IP: Your IP address is not available when you are roaming unless you specify that it is in your settings. This setting is for use in home networks where it is necessary for security purposes. You must request that it be made available when you are roaming. It can take up to 48 hours for it to be updated. Once updated, this option is permanent and cannot be reset or changed.

This setting only affects some devices. For details about this change, see Help on what's new in Android.

The IP addresses listed may be assigned by various network operators, and should not be taken as definitive. If your Wi-Fi router allows port forwarding it's possible that the web traffic might be forwarded through the WAN link before reaching your home network. A possible solution for this problem is to assign that part of your LAN's IP range to your WAN's DHCP server which would make it harder for an attacker to gain access to your router's management interface over the WAN line. However, make sure that you do not forward any ports to your WAN's DHCP server. The latter has very dangerous implications. Your router's firewall may need to be configured differently also.

If you have problems resolving IPs that require your external IP address to be provided, or if Google's IP seems to remain unresolved, then the possible causes include: A NAT router blocking connections to Google's DNS servers. If your router (ie the device that connects your internet access service to the internet) is NAT enabled, and your DSL router is handling packet forwarding, then the NAT router will block connections to google DNS servers, and will drop packets addressed to the DNS servers. In order for the router to be able to pass IP traffic to the internet, your DSL router has to forward packets from your laptop to the NAT router, which then has to forward the traffic to your router. However, since your NAT router blocks queries to the Google DNS servers, it prevents your router from passing traffic on to your router.

Possible solutions: Configure your NAT router so that traffic passed through it will reach Google's DNS servers.