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The DNS server 8.8.8.8 is not a valid IP address error


2020-11-08 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Troubleshooting



If you see this error:

The DNS server 8.8.8.8 is not a valid IP address

You probably have selected the IPv6 instead of IPv4 setting:

IPv4 DNS servers could be 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

While IPv6 in this case should be:

  • 2001:4860:4860::8888
  • 2001:4860:4860::8844
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