AgreeableLandscape to Privacy · edit-24 years agoSo my ISP's router doesn't support changing the DNS servermessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareSo my ISP's router doesn't support changing the DNS serverAgreeableLandscape to Privacy · edit-24 years agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
Presumably so you’ll be forced to use their DNS, which lets them know what sites you go to. So thanks for that Shaw.
minus-squarexe8linkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 years agoYou shouldn’t be using an ISP-supplied router anyway, right? You don’t know what they’ve put in the firmware for remote management. Even buying the same model router from a store to replace the ISP one would be preferable.
minus-squareAgreeableLandscapeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 years agoI know, but I live with my parents who don’t want to do that.
minus-squarexe8linkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 years agoIn that case I would look into switching ISPs, or maybe connect another router and put the ISP-supplied one in bridge mode if possible.
You shouldn’t be using an ISP-supplied router anyway, right?
You don’t know what they’ve put in the firmware for remote management.
Even buying the same model router from a store to replace the ISP one would be preferable.
I know, but I live with my parents who don’t want to do that.
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In that case I would look into switching ISPs, or maybe connect another router and put the ISP-supplied one in bridge mode if possible.