Change DNS on Smart TV
If you use your Smart TV to browse, access services and websites, you may need to change your DNS to be able to access all websites without incorrect blocks or redirects. Here is that by changing the DNS (Domain Name Server) on our device, we will be able to access everything again without blocking.
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The DNS are of the Servers that take care of translating an IP Address into a Name, for example, if in the address bar you write 64.233.167.99 it will refer you to the site www.google.it. So the DNS are Servers that convert the IPs to the name displayed in the URL bar so that they can be stored faster than a series of numbers.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to change DNS on all Smart TVs, even on some Samsung models that use the Tizen OS operating system and therefore all the latest ones sold in Italy. Here in this article, we will guide you step by step on how to configure DNS on Samsung Smart TV.
On all other models of different brands, it is not possible to change the DNS. If there is any model that allows it, let us know in the comments.
Change DNS on Samsung Smart TV
- Press the Menu button on your Samsung Smart TV’s remote control and use the arrow keys to select the Network section.
- After pressing OK you will now have to enter the Network Status and wait for a few seconds to finish everything.
- Moving with the arrows, go to the IP Settings menu.
- Finally, choose the DNS Settings.
- If you have to enter them manually then you should enter the addresses 8.8.8.8 for Google or 1.1.1.1 for Cloudflare or an alternative DNS server.
- Click OK to save the Smart TV configuration.
- Now click on Return and exit from the submenus, to access the network with the DNS also modified on the Samsung Smart TV.
If you can’t change the DNS on your TV, then you’ll have to log in to your router and change the DNS directly from the first internet access source.
How to change DNS on the various Operating Systems
Change DNS on Windows
- Click with the Right Mouse button on the Network icon in the Windows notification area in the Bottom Bar
- Click on the item Open Network and Sharing Center and select the item Connection to the local network (LAN)
- Then click on the Properties button and double click on Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP / IPv4)
- Now you have to put the check on Use the following DNS server addresses and to use the Google DNS servers put on the Preferred DNS server address 8.8.8.8 and Alternate DNS server address 8.8.4.4
- While to use the OpenDNS DNS Server put on address Preferred DNS Server address 208.67.222.222 and on alternative DNS Server address 208.67.220.220
- Click on OK
Change DNS on macOS
- Click on the network icon in the Menu Bar and select Open Network Preferences from the Contextual Menu
- Select the Network in use from the Sidebar of the system preferences panel and click on the Advanced button
- Select the DNS tab and click on the “+” button located at the bottom left
- Now you have to put the check on Use the following DNS server addresses and to use the Google DNS servers put on the Preferred DNS server address 8.8.8.8 and Alternate DNS server address 8.8.4.4
- While to use the OpenDNS DNS Server put on address Preferred DNS Server address 208.67.222.222 and on alternative DNS Server address 208.67.220.220
- Click OK and Apply to save the settings
Change DNS on Linux
- Click with the Right mouse button on the network in the notification area and select the Edit connections item from the contextual menu
- Select the connection you are using and click on the Edit button
- Go to the IPv4 Settings tab and set Automatic (DHCP) addresses only in the Method drop-down menu;
- Now you have to put the check on Use the following DNS server addresses and to use the Google DNS servers put on the Preferred DNS server address 8.8.8.8 and Alternate DNS server address 8.8.4.4
- While to use the OpenDNS DNS Server put on address Preferred DNS Server address 208.67.222.222 and on alternative DNS Server address 208.67.220.220
- Click Apply to save the settings
