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cmurf ◴[01 Apr 18 17:57 UTC] No.16729556[source]▶
A big PITA for me right now with friends and family is changing DNS. They all have these Xfinity cable modem boxes that have integrated WiFi and Ethernet. It's not possible to change the DNS through the web interface. So I have to convince everyone to buy a separate AP or a 3rd party (but ISP approved) cable modem, and then what ensues is I'm now responsible for that device because Xfinity washes their hands entirely if there are any problems.

It's also a PITA to change this on each device.

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RKearney ◴[01 Apr 18 18:35 UTC] No.16729740[source]▶
I'm not sure which modem you have, but the Cisco modem I used to use with the built-in WiFi just as you describe absolutely has the ability to go in and edit the DNS servers assigned by DHCP under Connection > Local IP Network.

I also have the remote access enabled for my family members so I can diagnose and make changes like this directly on their modem.

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1. cmurf ◴[03 Apr 18 00:14 UTC] No.16740704[source]▶
ARRIS Group, Inc. TG1682G less than a year old. This is what everyone has in Denver, as far as I'm aware. Most of the devices settings aren't managable by its own web interface, I have to go to xfinity.com/myxfi and login to the account, and then it pushes changes to the cable modem/AP. This includes the login password for the device's web interface. Thoroughly screwy in my opinion.

Anyway, there is a Connection > Local IP Network. But no DNS settings anywhere.