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Pros and cons of changing DNS servers?

Hello guys, First of all I am a non technical person related to DNS servers. So I want to know what are the pros and cons if you change your DNS servers?


I wanted to access Netflix but its not yet available in my country so I came across http://unotelly.com/ . They provide a method to access but by changing DNS. Can someone guide should I do it? What are the pros and cons? Thank you

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Feb 19, 2015 9:58 AM

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Posted on Feb 19, 2015 10:06 AM

The DNS is what translates in and outgoing URLs to your local domain server. Changing it may have no adverse effect. It could result in faster or slower translations, but you may not even notice either. However, if it does not work properly, then you will not get web sites in your browser until you revert back to a DNS that you know works or delete all added DNS entries which returns to the system default.

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Feb 19, 2015 10:06 AM in response to kashif789us

The DNS is what translates in and outgoing URLs to your local domain server. Changing it may have no adverse effect. It could result in faster or slower translations, but you may not even notice either. However, if it does not work properly, then you will not get web sites in your browser until you revert back to a DNS that you know works or delete all added DNS entries which returns to the system default.

Pros and cons of changing DNS servers?

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