I am trying to setup a custom DNS server located on a separate computer using the ASUS RT-AC66U router. I tried installing ASUSWTR-merlin custom firmware with no success, still stuck on regular firmware.
What settings do I need to get the DNS server working.
Under the WAN Internet Connection tab I have WAN DNS Setting, "connect to DNS Server automatically" set to NO and DNS Server1 pointing to an internal address 192.168.0.150 and DNS Server2 pointing to 8.8.8.8 Googles DNS Server. Which seems to not be working.
Under LAN DHCP Server, I do have the DHCP server enabled, and the "DNS and WINS Server Setting" DNS Server pointing to 192.168.0.150 as well. Again no success.
1 Answer
To set the DNS on your ASUS router, navigate to WAN > WAN DNS Setting.
Enter the following values:
DNS Server 1: 8.8.8.8
DNS Server 2: 8.8.4.4Then Apply your settings.
All computers and devices connected to this router should now use your new DNS settings.
Note: Once you make these changes, devices already connected to the router (before the changes were made) will need to wait until the Lease Time Expires or until they get the new settings before they can start using them. On windows machines you can use ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew to force the machine to renew its connection.
