I'm a little confused regarding the settings used in order to bypass my ISPs DNS server and use an alternate DNS server. I started to think I may have this wrong when I decided to run a few Tracerts. And, it could be that either I don't understand or I do in fact have something setup incorrectly.


My ASUS RT-AC3200 router
DNS Server 8.8.8.8
Wins Server 8.8.4.4


I have also noticed that in my Chrome browser settings under privacy and security there is a setting "Use secure DNS" and this allows me to set it to the Google DNS if I like. I guess I'm wondering if one of these settings may be negating the other? It may also be that I don't understand the Tracert process and what I'm getting as results. Do I have this right or am I missing something?


Example:


Tracing route to speedguide.net [68.67.73.20]
over a maximum of 30 hops:


1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms RT-AC3200-A8B0 [192.168.1.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 9 ms 10 ms 7 ms lag-60.dtr02lnbhca.netops.charter.com [96.34.63.98]
4 11 ms 15 ms 10 ms lag-25.crr03rvsdca.netops.charter.com [96.34.96.28]
5 11 ms 11 ms 10 ms lag-811.bbr01rvsdca.netops.charter.com [96.34.3.18]
6 12 ms 16 ms 11 ms lag-801.prr01lsanca.netops.charter.com [96.34.3.129]
7 * 13 ms 12 ms lag-22.ear4.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.68.37.153]
8 80 ms 78 ms 78 ms ae1.3510.ear1.Jacksonville5.level3.net [4.69.132.70]
9 79 ms 84 ms 79 ms SBA-EDGE-LL.ear1.Jacksonville5.Level3.net [65.57.158.82]
10 92 ms 91 ms 97 ms te-4-1-1131-40g-east.core-a.jcvnflcq.jax.as19844.net [216.238.150.207]
11 80 ms 79 ms 79 ms xe-0-1-2-1131.scolo-c10.jcvlfljb.jax.as19844.net [216.238.150.131]
12 78 ms 76 ms 77 ms speedguide.net [68.67.73.20]


Trace complete.