
Eero won't let me set my own DNS servers
Hi all,
Odd one: I've setup Eero on my home network, and wanted to set my own DNS servers: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1. However, after I do that, Eero is passing to DHCP clients 3 different DNS servers: itself (192.168.1.4) and then the ones I specified.
That's far from ideal obviously. I though that that's because I had DNS caching enabled, but I disabled it and the result is the same.
Any help would be most appreciated.
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This is caused by local DNS caching being enabled. I just tested to confirm this. I know you said you you still see the 3 DNS servers after disabling local DNS caching, but did you try disabling WiFi on your device and then re-enabling? You also have to wait for your eero network to restart after disabling/enabling local DNS caching.
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I called tech support and they were a little stumped. They had to reset my profile to temporarily disable Security features, then they requested I fully close the eero app. I opened the app back up and was able to set my DNS manually - for IPv4 they recommend 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. When you save the config, it requires a reboot and then all is set correctly...and you can edit it again if necessary.