TSGL: : Make your internet faster, safer, smarter.

[H Davis]

Chuck,

I'm at home and using DSL with a small (3 machine) network and it has 
improved things for me.

The problem, as I understand it, is that when you request a page by 
domain name, your ISP has to find the IP address for that domain name to 
route your request. ISP's keep lists of frequently requested domain 
name/IP combinations and can route popular page requests easily unless 
they happen to be very busy.

However, if you request a less common domain, your ISP must send a 
request to one of the dozen or so domain name servers around the world 
to get the IP address. This takes time. Sometimes so much time that my 
browser gives up.

OpenDNS claims to improve the speed of the domain name to IP address 
look up process. Check their FAQ's for more info at:

http://www.opendns.com/faq/#why_is_opendns_faster

In my case the router determines where domain name requests are sent by 
way of 3 IP entries in its control panel. Three, I guess, in case some 
servers are down.

If you don't have a router I don't have a clue where to enter the 
OpenDNS IP addresses but I'll bet some of the list members living where 
winter is approaching might know and if you ask _real nice_ they might 
tell you (and me).

HTH

H Davis


Chuck Neuenschwander wrote:
> don't quite understand
>   is this opendns appropriate only for in charge of a network
>   or is the individual at home to benefit when using DSL or dial-up  also ???
>   -chuck
>   
>
> H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   John & Ray,
>
> I missed the beginning of this thread (if there was one) but I've been 
> using OpenDNS for about 4 months now with really good results.
>
> When I used my ISP for the DNS lookup, Yahoo would almost always time 
> out when looking up a news story but if I then clicked on the "Try 
> again" button the page would come right up. I assume the IP address 
> arrived at my ISP just after the time out so they had it the second time 
> I requested the page but it was a real PIA.
>
> No problems at all with OpenDNS. Had to set their IP addresses into my 
> router though for Internet access.
>
> H Davis
>
> jonpan wrote:
>   
>> Ray,
>>
>> Have you successfully tried the tests they suggest for open dns?
>>
>> I entered the changed addresses and the PC operates fine as before, but none 
>> of the tests work. Have been trying for months to achieve this - ipconfig 
>> shows their servers, flushdns, registerdns, DNS Client Service running - no 
>> joy. MMCDV
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John
>> Od/G
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ray" 
>> To: "TSGL" 
>>     
>
>   
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:58 AM
>> Subject: TSGL: Make your internet faster, safer, smarter.
>>
>>
>> No commercial here but just read about this over at PC Magazine and thought 
>> it might be of interest to someone.
>>
>> openDNS : OpenDNS is a better DNS, free to all. OpenDNS uses its 
>> distributed network of DNS servers to speed up your Internet experience, 
>> increase reliability, improve security and make DNS smarter for users all 
>> over the world.
>>
>> www.opendns.com
>>
>> It seems pretty good in the 24 hours I've been using it. Guess time will 
>> tell. YMMV
>>
>> Good luck, & cheers,
>> Ray
>>
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H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com