CuriousInBerlin
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Q: Frustrating DNS problem - works with Chrome, not with Safari

Hello --

 

I use a paid DNS service that is authenticated by my IP address. In my network settings, I add the IP address of this DNS server, and it works fine in Chrome.

 

My DNS list looks like this:

[custom DNS IP]

192.168.1.1

 

Chrome uses the custom DNS with no problems -- I know this because this DNS service allows me to view certain streaming sites here in Germany, and it works fine.

 

However, when I use Safari, it's not using the custom DNS. (There is a test page to confirm that it is working.) It is using my ISP's default DNS, which I gather it is getting via the gateway 192.168.1.1.

 

If I remove 192.168.1.1 from my DNS list, Safari cannot resolve ANY name -- apple.com, google.com, etc. Nothing at all.

 

Why is that? Why won't Safari simply use the custom DNS, as Chrome does?

 

I have tried flushing the DNS cache, deleted all Safari temp data, flushed the Safari cache -- but no change.

 

Safari will only resolve sites if I re-add 192.168.1.1 to my DNS list.

 

Very frustrated -- any ideas?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 8, 2015 2:40 AM

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    CuriousInBerlin CuriousInBerlin Sep 10, 2015 8:25 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Sep 10, 2015 8:25 AM in response to Linc Davis

    I don't think changing routers is an option -- I think I have to use the one o2 provided.

     

    Is there *any* way that it can be explained why, on my home network, the router gateway must be present in the DNS list for Safari to load any page, either by name or IP?

     

    What is the difference between Chrome and Safari in this regard? If Chrome has no problems, why does Safari?

     

    When I don't have 192.168.1.1 in the DNS list, what precisely is failing, and how? Surely someone at Apple can answer this, yes?

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