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DNS turns a domain name into an IP which can then be used to send data through your router, a dns server is the server which is used to do this conversion (www.google.com turns into an IP 1.2.3.4 (that isn't the actual IP of google)).
There are many dns servers, normally your local devices use your router as the dns server, which forwards it to your ISP which they further transfer it over global dns servers.
Alternatively you could use Google's DNS server (8.8.8.8) or cloudflares DNS server (1.1.1.1) but if the one on your router works then just use it.
nameserver is the same as DNS server
Tldr: set the router IP as your dns server, you only need this one.
With a few more words: set the router to use 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1 and then set your computer to use 192.168.1.1 (or whatever your router's IP is). Hope that is clearer for anyone who needs it.
I put my gateway there. Fuck, man. This is so stupid and annoying.. I'm about to fucking nuke the whole fucking thing. I'm running out of patience. Why the fuck would they push a hardware update that fucks shit up like this?