How to set up Smart DNS on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick

This tutorial will show you how to set up Smart DNS on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick using the SmartyDNS services. If you don’t have a SmartyDNS account, you can try our services for free for 3 days.

Here are the steps you should follow:

1. Part I. Validate your IP Address.

   If you have validated your IP address, skip this step and go to Part II of this tutorial.

   1. Sign in to Your Account on our website and go to Setup -> Validate Your IP Address.

   2. Click the Validate IP button (1).

      Your IP address have to be validated every time it changes. If Smart DNS is not functioning, make sure your IP is validated by following steps 1-4.

      If you see the “Your IP address has been validated!” message, you can go to Part II from this tutorial.

      

      You can Validate a specific IP address (2). Use it to validate an IP address different to your current IP address. For example, enter your real IP when you are accessing this page while being connected to VPN or enter your home IP while you are at work.

      Another option to validate your IP address is to Validate your IP using a web address (3). By choosing this option you don’t have to sign in to your account on our website each time you want to validate the IP address. By adding this link to your browser favorites / bookmarks your IP address will be validated each time you load this URL into your browser.

      It is important to not share the Validate IP Link with anyone! It is particular and unique for every single client. If you give or share it with other people, your Smart DNS service won’t be working.

2. Part II. Change your Amazon Fire TV / Fire TV Stick DNS server addresses

   This has to be done only once.

   Before you switch to our DNS addresses, make sure you write down your current DNS addresses, so you can keep these numbers in case you need to get back to your original settings. If your original configuration were set to “Automatic”, just change your DNS settings back to “Automatic” in order to get back to your original settings.

   1. Go to “Settings” and choose “Network” (1).

   2. Choose your Wi-Fi network (2) and forget it by pressing the button with 3 lines on it.

   3. Now press the “Select” button.

   4. Choose again your Wi-Fi network that must be protected with a password.

   5. Enter your Wi-Fi password (3) and click on “Advanced” (4).

   6. Enter the first three groups of numbers of your IP address. For instance, if your IP address is “192.166.1.1″, enter “192.166.1.” For the forth group of numbers, you can enter “50” so the final IP address will look like “192.166.1.50” (5). Click on “Next” (6).

   7. For the “Default gateway” enter the full IP address of your router (7). Click on “Next” (8).

   8. Enter “24” for the “Network Prefix Length” (9) then click on “Next” (10).

   9. Enter SmartyDNS primary DNS Server address (11) and click “Next” (12).

      You can find the entire list of all available DNS addresses by signing in to your account on our website, by going to Setup -> DNS Servers.

      If you don’t have a SmartyDNS account, you can try our services for free for 3 days.

   10. Enter SmartyDNS secondary DNS Server address (13) and click “Connect” (14).

   11. Go to “Settings” and select “Time Zone” (15). Select an US Time Zone.

Note: In your Amazon Account, make sure you have a 1-click US address. On Amazon.com go to Your Account -> Manage Your Content and Devices -> Country Settings and set your country to “United States”.

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