Setting up Smart DNS - Router vs Device
Smart DNS comes with several options to use it. It can be directly set up on your device or on your router. If you set it up on individual device, your Smart DNS will work only on this specific device. When you are setting it up on your home router, this way you cover your entire Internet connection in your house. What is better among these two? Your choice depend on which way you want to use Smart DNS service, how often and who you wanna share it with. There surely is an answer that both are good choices but everyone in a particular case.
Let’s say you share your rent with a flatmate. Setting up your Smart DNS service on your home router that you also share with your flatmate is definitely not a great idea, as he might not need to use the functionality of this service at a certain point and time. Although, you may jointly use it, if you guys are “on the same wavelength” and love to watch Hulu, Netflix and many other regional restricted websites. And even here, we don’t see any problem if each of you will set up the connections on each of your individual device. As, even if being flatmates, soul-mates or friends you can easily relax and watch your favorite media websites separately, from any corner of your house:)
At the same time having Smart DNS service set up directly on a router takes you away from activating procedures on each device separately. Let’s say you have 5 devices in your home, if you don’t set up the service on your router you’ll have to set it up separately on each device, which takes more time and additional headaches.
Use it on specific devices while being home
Let’s say you have a PC Windows for your work, Android on your Smartphone and MAC for your music or photography passion. You can set up Smart DNS service on your home router so you don’t have to bother making connection on each of your devices. But what if you want to leave your work computer and MacBook for specific purposes? You don’t need to access blocked websites from these devices. Here is the option you have and take benefit of it. Just simply set up Smart DNS on the devices you need this service to be set to.
Have Smart DNS service on all devices in your place
You can anytime set up the service that unblocks geographically restricted sites on your router, so you could have limitless access to your favorite media from all your devices connected to it. For instance, you’re working and need a break. With Smart DNS set on your router, you won’t need to switch on another device. Just watch restricted websites from your workplace. Having Smart DNS service set up on your router would simplify accessing your media right from the place you work on your projects.
Wasn’t hard to identify when Smart DNS service needs or not to be set up on router and on individual devices. There are different situation and we would like you to have the right solutions and choice when facing them.
By the way, check out our easy to use software for Windows. With a simple click you will be able to access regional restricted websites from anywhere in the world.
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