Solved: DNS services

I have an inexpensive D-Link DIR-601 router that is capable of only 150Mbps, but has always worked flawlessly. The speed is plenty for my situation where I'm usually the only person in the house on the Web; wife gets on it occasionally. Comcast's download speed at the modem is ~90Mbps, well below the pass-thru capability of the router. However, I obviously want to maximize the router's performance. To that end, I have Steve Gibson's DNS Benchmark software. It almost always tells me that Comcast's server (75.75.75.75) is the fastest, so I have not set any fixed IP addresses in the network configuration. Fact is, I no longer know how to do that; could find that program easily in XP, can't find it in Win 7.

In any case, one of the things Gibson's software says is that "consumer" routers don't provision DNS services very well, per this quote from the program:

Unless you have some specific reason not to, you should give serious thought to disabling your router's provisioning of DNS services (which it is providing for all computers on your local network). After this is done, a fresh reboot of your computers will likely reveal the multiple DNS nameservers provided by your ISP. This is a superior configuration, without an under-powered router acting as a incompetent middleman and impeding all DNS access.

I've logged into my router but cannot find anything titled "DNS provisioning". Can anyone explain what "DNS provisioning" is and what I should look for in my router's configuration that would allow me to disable it?