Not sure which DNS to use with Movistar ? If you have contracted an ADSL or fiber connection with this operator, you may be interested at some point in changing the DNS with which you browse, so we are going to show you some options to take into account.
While it is true that Movistar has its own DNS , the truth is that you may need to change them promptly. The DNS or domain name system is basically the “name” that you assign to an IP address to make it easier to remember.
When we try to access a website, the computer does not understand text addresses such as https://www.google.es but rather IPs. Because the IPSs are difficult to remember, especially when there are many, the PC connects to a DNS server where this translation is carried out.
Therefore, when the user opens a browser, he will write the previous address and not the IP that would correspond to that web page, since it would be impossible to remember each and every one of the IP addresses of the millions of webs that exist.
DNS that you can use with Movistar
Being from Movistar, you can use the DNS of the service itself or opt for others that may offer you greater speed or privacy, be able to avoid some type of block or restriction, obtain some extra utility and for other reasons.
Changing the DNS in Windows is very easy, although if you have an Android phone, this process of changing the DNS in Android will not be very complicated for you to put new DNS and be able to obtain some of the benefits that we have told you in the previous paragraph.
On which IPs to use, we leave you some in a small list that you can use , they are the following:
- Movistar DNS: 80.58.61.250 (primary) and 80.58.61.254 (secondary).
- Google: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
- OpenDNS Home: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.
- Verisign: 64.6.64.6 and 64.6.65.6.
- FreeDNS: 37.235.1.174 and 37.235.1.177.
- Level3: 209.244.0.3 and 209.244.0.4.
- UncensoredDNS: 91.239.100.100 and 89.233.43.71
- SmartViper: 208.76.50.50 and 208.76.51.51.
- OpenNIC: 96.90.175.167 and 193.183.98.154.
- Dyn: 216.146.35.35 and 216.146.36.36.
With Movistar, you can also make use of the new Cloudfare DNS , which are 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1. They are completely free, compatible with Movistar and guarantee greater speed and privacy to users who use them, in addition to other advantages.
There are many more DNS, but the best known and used by the vast majority of users appear on the list, which are those of OpenDNS and those of Google , although you may also want to change them again and choose those of Cloudfare for all that they offer. .
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The question is: should I change the DNS that I currently have with Movistar for others or do I leave everything as it is just in case? Well, neither one thing nor the other, you can try to change them or leave them again as they were before because, fortunately, it is a reversible process.
That is, many leave the DNS field of your computer or mobile devices blank to be assigned automatically, but it is advisable to try to put a manual like those shown in the previous list.
What are you not convinced? No problem, you point out that the system automatically assigns them to you or you delete them and that’s it, everything will be as before and nothing will have happened. You can change and undo whenever you want .
We have left you a small list of the possible DNS that you can use with Movistar ; You can use the operator’s own or try one of those that we have recommended, although the decision of which one to use will always depend on the user and how it will go with those new DNS.
