The speed of the Wi-Fi connection matters. For this reason, it never hurts to know what are those simple changes that we can make for ourselves at any time to improve it. Also, in this particular case, it does not matter if you have a router or another, since changing the DNS is one of the small adjustments that we can quickly make to speed up the WiFi.
Not all tricks or adjustments work in the same way to improve the wireless network. But, among those that do help us, we find that the adjustment that is going to be very useful for us is to manually configure the DNS.
Configure the router's DNS
Changing the DNS of the router on our own does not have any difficulty. However, if you do not understand much, we are going to give you all that series of steps that must be carried out. Therefore, it will not be any problem to make this adjustment on the computer that we have at home right now. In addition to that, as we said, with this simple adjustment the Wi-Fi speed will be even better.
Keep in mind that the DNS is used to translate the information we put in when browsing the Internet. And, in most cases, we will use the ones provided by the operator that we have contracted at that moment, be it Orange, Movistar, Vodafone... Although, that is where the problem arises, since, at different times, not everything always works how well it is expected.
This time, we will use Cloudflare's DNS. To do this, the first thing to do is to enter the router configuration, entering the address 192.168.1.1 in the address bar of the web browser you are using. When you are inside, enter the username and password of the device. However, the router settings window may be different depending on the model we have. Although, in general, we can guide ourselves with these steps:
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Let's go to the Advanced Settings section at the top.
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We touch on the Internet tab.
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Look for the DNS option to put them manually.
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Type 1.1.1.1 in the Primary DNS field and 1.0.0.1 in the Secondary.
Once finished with this adjustment, we will only have to save. As simple as that. However, it is good that we are looking at the DNS of the router. Basically, because operators have the option to change them remotely. Although, there is no doubt that with this small change we can increase the speed of the WiFi.
How do you change on mobile?
To carry out this change on a mobile (although it may vary depending on the model we have), we will have to go to Settings and follow this series of steps from the smartphone configuration app:
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Enter the Connections or Networks and Internet section.
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Tap on the Wi-Fi or Internet tab.
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Enter our network and tap on the button to modify it.
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Find IP Setting , select Static, and change the DNS servers to your chosen ones.
Some of the most recommended are those of Google (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or, also, as we saw in the previous example, Cloudflare's DNS (1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1) can help us. In any case, we can try these alternatives to see which one works best for the wireless connection at home.
