Mac OS ignore manual DNS

[OllyBsv]

Hi there!

Mac OS Catalina.
Manually pointed DNS server is ignored by the system.

Mac OS continues to use automatically DNS settings by WiFi router.


Are there any tricks to force Mac OS to use the needful DNS or it's a some bug?

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Enable DNSmasq and set DNS servers in router.

 

[OllyBsv]

I would like to do that in Mac OS network settings cause Wifi router is not mine.

 

[BrianBaughn]

How are you verifying your DNS servers?

 

[OllyBsv]

I did nslookup command in Terminal and it showed my WiFi router DNS instead of DNS manually pointed in the network settings.

 

[NoBoMac]

Might not be able to do this, as the router and or firewall might have the ability to block DNS traffic. They might be able to setup a rule to block all traffic on port 53 except for the DNS servers they want you to use.

 

[mfram]

Keep in mind that nslookup is a Unix utility and might not act like most MacOS apps which use the special MacOS DNS Resolver service. I wouldn't make any assumptions based on how nslookup behaves. How are you trying to change the DNS server manually?

 

[OllyBsv]

Might not be able to do this, as the router and or firewall might have the ability to block DNS traffic. They might be able to setup a rule to block all traffic on port 53 except for the DNS servers they want you to use.

It seems it's my case. Thank you.