How To Change UniFi Router Primary and Secondary DNS Address

Jun 24

wingloonTechnology 9 Comments

Today I would like to share how to change the primary and secondary DNS address in the UniFi D-Link DIR-615 wireless router (aka residential gateway) provided by TM. The steps is pretty simple and straight forward. All you need to do is login to the wireless router using the administrator login below: -

Username: operator
Password: h566UniFi

Once you logged in, you will see the Internet Setup in the SETUP menu page as below. Next, click on the Manual Internet Connection Setup button to go to the PPPoE setting page.

Internet Connection

Once you are in the PPPoE setting page as below, you can now starting to change the primary and secondary DNS address to your preferred address provided either by Google Public DNS or OpenDNS.

PPPoE

You can select to use either Google DNS or OpenDNS. However, I am using one address from both provider as you can see the screen shot above.

Google Public DNS
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

OpenDNS
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

After changing the primary and secondary DNS address, please click Save Settings button to have the wireless router acknowledge the changes. Perhaps, if you know other good DNS addresses, I would like to hear from your suggestions and comments. Thank you.

9 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. jax
    Jul 25, 2011 @ 12:20:18

    My router doesn’t look like this, its not a DLINK.. this stupid router drop my connection very frequent, I need to keep ping the router else my connection will drop (WAN/WIFI).

    I have tried manytime to reset the connection type, it just won’t work.

    Sometime it even reset all the setting by itself.

    TM = Rubbish!

  2. Tool
    Oct 29, 2011 @ 17:46:46

    To jax: TMs are also good (I used D-Links and TMs so I can compare), you just do not know how to “cook them right” :) Use alternative firmware!

  3. Yap
    Oct 31, 2011 @ 23:48:51

    yes you are right, many customers i encountered saying loosing connection very often. yes, rubbish. this is call malaysia boleh, need to learn from china.

  4. Jessica
    Nov 07, 2011 @ 13:09:49

    Great tips. I think it is a good idea to change the DNS to Google’s… hopefully it will give me better speed on Unifi.

  5. Kee
    Nov 09, 2011 @ 14:37:56

    I used to connect TP-Link router with customized firmware…no idea y it wont work since last month….now I’m using Aztech repeater + D-Link, it works well and very stable

  6. wakeboards
    Nov 28, 2011 @ 15:07:43

    The tips are very nice.Thanks for sharing this information…

  7. Alan
    Dec 07, 2011 @ 14:47:45

    Thanks for the tip, but currently TM giving another type of router which has a different interface which I cant seem to find there to put the DNS.

    Cheers

  8. Kenneth
    Dec 24, 2011 @ 15:35:33

    Hi I just got my Unifi installed in my office yesterday.

    I currently have a OpenDNS account. May I know what are the benefits of using both Google DNS and OpenDNS like you did with your setting?

    Thanks!

  9. wingloon
    Jan 10, 2012 @ 17:11:10

    Kenneth, to prevent failure.

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