What is Google DNS. Google Public DNS represents two servers with IP addresses for IPv4 – 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. 8.8.8.8 is the primary DNS, 8.8.4.4 is the secondary one. Google DNS service is free to use and can be used by anyone who has access to the Internet. You can use Google servers IP addresses as alternate DNS instead of such provided by your ISP with the purpose to resolve Internet
You have two ways to solve this. By firewall or giving 3 DNS to your network clients thru your DHCP server. By firewall you can block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to all your network, excepting the pihole (or use other servers in you pihole), or you can block all everything on 53 excepting your pihole (like @diabillic said). Stop Using 8.8.8.8 for Your Production Network | Mirazon DNS forwarders that only point to 8.8.8.8 are using your ISP connection to hop to 8.8.8.8 when resolving DNS. You have a local DNS resolution solution much closer that will speed up requests if used instead. Additionally, if your DNS is set to 8.8.8.8, DNS failures may seem to be an ISP outage when your ISP connection is fine. How to Switch to OpenDNS or Google DNS to Speed Up Web Aug 30, 2017 Query another different Nameserver for DNS using Dig and Aug 03, 2011
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8.8.4.4 is the secondary DNS server for Google Public DNS. Google Public DNS is a DNS service that is run by Google for the purpose of making the Internet and the DNS system faster, safer, secure, and more reliable for everyone online. More information on Google Public DNS and what 8.8.4.4 is for, check out the Google DNS page. ← DNS Check Google's Public DNS turns '8.8.8.8 years old,' teases Aug 13, 2018 networking - ping 8.8.8.8 works but ping www.google.com or provide Google's DNS server IP (any one of them): 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4. nameserver 8.8.8.8** P.S You can understand better how DNS works here. share | improve this answer | follow | edited Dec 28 '18 at 3:58. Pablo Bianchi. 6,022 3 3 gold badges 34 34 silver badges 63 63 bronze badges. unknown 8.8.8.8:53 packets | Wilders Security Forums Dec 01, 2013