If your pc stopped connecting to the internet, you need to learn how to fix DNS server errors. This can happen for several reasons, we will explain what the causes may be and what you can do to solve it. If you are interested in using a program to do this for you, you will surely be interested in an article that we did to get the best DNS server with Jumper 2.0 or Namebench.
These errors make our day-to-day life difficult, because on many occasions they do not allow us to connect to the internet. What prevents us from performing the daily tasks to which we are accustomed. Now, keep in mind that the DNS detection problem is caused by your router, if this is the case, you can look at this content that we made to know what the IP and DNS address of the router is.
DNS and the errors that can occur
The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for resolving domain names within the network. It converts IP addresses into names that we can perceive when we access a website. In this way, it is easier for us to remember a name than a number system.
The errors that can occur when browsing our computer are the following:
- DNS Error PROBE FINISH NXDOMAIN. This error is common in Chrome browsers.
- DNS PROBE FINISH BAD CONFIG error or errors in our Internet connection.
- DNS error PROBE FINISH NO INTERNET. This error appears in Windows 10 and occurs when we try to open a website.
There are several companies that offer their DNS services, one of them is google; If you usually use Google Chrome for your web browsing, you can look at this content and configure your DNS code to navigate safely with your Windows 10.
Fix DNS server error by configuring network adapter in Windows 10
To repair the DNS server error by configuring the network adapter in Windows 10 we will follow the following steps:
- Through the Control Panel, we select the Network and Internet option. Then we access the Network and Sharing Center. From there we can see where it says Change adapter configuration and with the left button of our mouse we select said option.
- A new window will open where we will see an icon that says Ethernet. With the right button of our mouse we will press click. Immediately a menu will be displayed, where we will choose the Properties option.
- Performing the above step will open a new window showing the Ethernet properties. Select the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) line and click on Properties.
- A new window will open, where the properties appear. We will activate the option to Use the following DNS server addresses and we can define with the following addresses:
- Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.4/8.8.4.4
- OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222/208.67.220.220
- After placing the addresses, we will check with our mouse where it says Validate configuration when exiting. After completing this step, we will press OK with our mouse.
- Then a message will appear indicating that Troubleshooting could not identify the problem. This means that everything is correct in the system.
- Next we open the Windows command line. We do it by pressing the Windows key plus the letter R. Now we write cmd in the blank line and press OK.
- In the command line we write ipconfig / all and click OK.
- We will look where it says Physical Address, which refers to the MAC address of our network card.
- Then we will return to the Network and Sharing Center. With the left button of our mouse we will click on the option Change adapter configuration. In Ethernet we will press the right button of our mouse and select the Properties option.
- When the Ethernet properties window opens again, we will select the Configure option.
- A window will open showing the properties and we will select Advanced Options. In Property we locate where it says Network Address and we will enable the Value option, where we will place the MAC Address of our network card.
- Then we will click on OK and in this way the changes made will be saved.
In a simple way, we explain how to fix DNS server errors in Windows 10. Now, if you want to know which are the most secure public DNS, we made a very interesting list to give you options and better connections.
