DNS Address Server (location)

ad2066

New Member
Hello guys! First of all I'm sorry if I make grammatical mistakes; my English is not perfect.

My question is that why my dns server address (location) is different from my IP address (location) when I'm using VPS?
I wanted to have a Russian IP and got a Russian VPS. Now when I check ipleak website, it shows that my IP if from Russia but my DNS server address is for Finland. How can I solve this issue and have the same location(Russia) for both IP and DNS?

I thought maybe it's normal that DNS server can be from another country but I wanted to know that can websites detect that I'm using VPS and/or my location isn't Russia?
I mean does it make sense that I'm from another country only for the reason that my DNS (not IP) shows another country?

I've checked my real IP (lets I'm in Italy now and my real IP is for Italy) with ipleak.net and it shows my DNS address from some other countries but Italy is also included. I've also tested it with some other computers with real IP and all shows only Italy or one of DNS address server locations is Italy.

Thanks in advance and sorry for long question!

Looking forward for your help/guide

Best,
Ali
 

ad2066

New Member
Thanks Agent Smith, I know difference between VPN and VPS and need to confirm that what I meant was VPS.

Do you know is it safe if I use a public DNS? (except of google public dns).
Many IPSs provide public DNS and I want to use one of those. The speed of their DNS server is not important for me. I just want to use something except of Google public DNS and want to know all of them are safe?
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
If you're worried about it you can just roll your own DNS server using root hints.
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
And nobody knows how... Interesting. Thanks.
I just don't understand where are experts...
That's because your question doesn't make sense.

Unless you're hosting a DNS server on your VPS that you're using (such as tunnel over SSH or OpenVPN server), then you'll be using an external DNS server that is separate from your VPS address.
 
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