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I have a D-Link DIR-655b router configured as an access point connected to another router provided by my ISP. The 655 is assigned a fixed IP address and has DHCP etc. turned off. The two routers use different wireless channels and SSIDs and everything works well.

I'd like to make use of a DNS service such as unlocator but the router provided by my ISP is locked down and the DNS settings are unavailable. The question is will I be able to configure DNS addresses on the 655, while it is configured as an access point, so that any devices connected to it use those rather than the ones from my ISP?

I'd like to confirm this is possible before I sign up to any DNS service, I considered testing this out by using Google's DNS servers instead but I wasn't quite sure how I could confirm they were being used.

[FurryNutz]

Link>Welcome!

• Link>What Firmware version is currently loaded? Found on the routers web page under status.
• What region are you located?

Internet Service Provider and Modem Configurations

• What ISP Service do you have? Cable or DSL?
• What ISP Modem Mfr. and model # do you have?

I order to use any custom DNS services, you'll need to use the 655 in router mode and connect the router to the ISP modem using the WAN port. In wired AP mode, any DNS configuration would be done on the main host router, and not the wired AP mode 655.

• Turn on or off DNS Relay under Setup/Networking. Link>Finding Faster DNS Addresses using Name Bench and input new DNS addresses under Setup/Internet/Manual.

Any chance you can bridge the ISP modem?

• If the ISP modem has a built in router, it's best to bridge the modem. Having 2 routers on the same line can cause connection problems: Link>Double NAT and How NAT Works. To tell if the modem is bridged or not, look at the routers web page, Status/Device Info/Wan Section, if there is a 192.168.0.# address in the WAN IP address field, then the modem is not bridged. If the modem can't be bridged then see if the modem has a DMZ option and input the IP address the router gets from the modem and put that into the modems DMZ. Also check the routers DHCP IP address maybe conflicting with the ISP modems IP address of 192.168.0.1. Check to see if this is the same on the ISP modem, and if modem can't be bridged, change the DIR router to 192.168.1.1 or .0.254.
  Example of a D-Link router configured for PPPoE with ISP Modem bridged: PPPoE Configuration on a Router

[FurryNutz]

Any status on this? 

I have a D-Link DIR-655b router configured as an access point connected to another router provided by my ISP. The 655 is assigned a fixed IP address and has DHCP etc. turned off. The two routers use different wireless channels and SSIDs and everything works well.

I'd like to make use of a DNS service such as unlocator but the router provided by my ISP is locked down and the DNS settings are unavailable. The question is will I be able to configure DNS addresses on the 655, while it is configured as an access point, so that any devices connected to it use those rather than the ones from my ISP?

I'd like to confirm this is possible before I sign up to any DNS service, I considered testing this out by using Google's DNS servers instead but I wasn't quite sure how I could confirm they were being used.