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You're welcome. Like I said above, I'm a networking dummy myself, so tools like this do help.
In Ubuntu, it has something similar for it's Updater. It let's you know which server is fastest for a download mirror(repository location) for apt and apt-get.

 

Just a word of advice, if you are using multiple devices to access the internet, it makes good sense to add the "best" DNS server data to the router and set any or all that allow to get their DNS from the Router, ( This is normally the default for most devices anyway) which means you only have to change the server addresses once to act on all devices should you decide to change servers in future

 

I haven't done anything yet, but I would suspect, changing the router, would also be easier,
seeing I use Hyper-V, and in doing so my system(VMs and host alike) uses a virtual Ethernet switch,
meaning if I just change the router, I won't have to fiddle around creating new switches and having to reset my al 3 of my VM's to it.
Or is that assumption wrong?
I did say, networking is my weak point.

 

The way I understand how routers work with virtualisation ( not a lot of depth), they should use the main settings from the physical router to set the virtual device so setting the physical DNS server should work as it does for "real" devices
@Kari, may be the best person to ask for specifics with VMs

 

Thanks Nigel, you tagged him, so he should show up soon*Smile

 

The answer to your question is a very clear Yes, Maybe and No *Smile

Yes: if new router has same default gateway IP, in my case 192.168.2.1, and if network name remains the same, then your previous virtual switches should work.

Maybe: MAC addresses might cause issues with using old switches with new router.

No: If default gateway and / or network name changes, you need to either edit the switches or remove them and create new ones.

 

Or use a VPN service provider?

 

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I'm sorry Kari, I said I'm a network dummy.
If I just make the change here;



Will I need to change anything else?

 

My apologies, I think we have a misunderstanding here. You wrote:

I read that as if you were talking about replacing old router with a new one, but apparently you meant changing DNS settings on the router instead, not change / replace the whole physical device *Redface.

No. You are correct here; changing the DNS settings on router forces your vEthernet switches (virtual switches) use those settings even if they are not overridden in individual virtual machine's DNS settings.

 

Great, thanks Kari, now to decide if I want to do it*Biggrin

 

That was my bad. I answered a totally wrong question based on that misunderstanding. That answer will be valid when you ask "Do I have to recreate my external virtual switches if I replace my router?" *Wink

 

We were talking about DNS settings, I meant to write "change the router's" apostrophe "S" to show possession. my bad.

 

I just entered 208.67.222.220 and 208.67.220.222 into my Netgear router and saved it. Is that all I need to do?

 

I just checked my phone and I had to reconnect to the wireless. It's working so I guess I did it correctly.

 

Yes that should be it as long as you have not manually altered the defaults in your actual devices, or used the auto fill in options in one of the Dns applications that offer this option