I tested this a while back, and it appears they no longer engage in DNS hijacking, but they do lock the settings out on the modem.
You can set your own by placing the modem in “bridge mode” and using your own router.
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oh man i figured there was a work around. i’m still new to all of this stuff so definitely not knowledgeable enough. i went to set up pi hole and that’s when i realized the DNS issue.
Yeah, if you buy yourself a wireless router, just follow these directions:
https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wireless-gateway-enable-disable-bridge-mode
Once you’ve enabled bridge mode, you can follow the directions that came with your router to set it up, and it’ll auto detect everything. You can do DNS in your router.
I can’t recommend ubiquity enough:
https://store.ui.com/us/en/collections/unifi-dream-router
Even a router from Walmart should do DNS, just avoid the Google ones if you want control. They work good, but very few options. I’ve heard TPLink is good.
beautiful, going on my list. thank you so much!