Mixing DNS Providers

Mixing DNS Providers

It is generally not recommended to mix DNS providers. Most routers and systems will randomly select which DNS server receives which packets. This will certainly cause problems in both filtering and reporting due to mixed rules in system cache.

This means that you should only use ScoutDNS resolvers as primary and secondary if ScoutDNS is your selection.


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