View source for Changing your DNS provider

Amahi defaults to providing DNS forwarding through [http://www.opendns.com OpenDNS].

If you would like to change that to your router or your ISP or some other provider, follow the guidance below:

= Amahi 7 or greater (Fedora) =
Log in to your dashboard as your 1st admin user, the accomplish the following:

* Verify [[Advanced_Settings|Advanced Settings]] is enabled.  
* Select '''Network''' tab, then '''Settings'''.  
* Choose desired DNS provider:
** Preconfigured (Google Public DNS, OpenNIC DNS, or OpenDNS)
** '''Custom'''
*** Enter the IP addresses for the DNS provider.
*** Select Update DNS IPs


<b>NOTE:</b>  You may need to [[RenewIP|renew the DHCP lease]] on your clients to use the new DNS provider.

= Amahi 6 (Ubuntu 12.04.x) =
This has to be done via command line.  Issue this command, provided you have two IP addresses of the providers:

 hda-change-dns FIRST_DNS_IP SECOND_DNS_IP

For instance, if you would like to use [http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ Google's Public DNS] service, you would do:

 hda-change-dns 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

To revert back to the default OpenDNS settings use:

 hda-change-dns 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220

In some cases you may need to use the full path for hda-change-dns

example: /usr/bin/hda-change-dns 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220

= Clear DNS Cache (Optional) =
<u>Fedora</u>

Clear out DNS cache, do the following as '''root''' user:
 nscd -i hosts

<u>Ubuntu</u>
 sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean