Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS it does seem faster. Patrick is right. you get to connect to sites much faster but the download speed stays the same. i changed the DNS on my APE and got the "Oooops" error. To fix it, i went to system pref, network and changed the DNS values. now, it works! thanks, elbert!
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS these are the results i got from Speakeasy: my original DNS settings after changing my DNS to OpenDNS' servers
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS last night i cant enter sites like www.neooffice.org , it revert me to opendns somewhere.. but now its ok.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS i read the articles in their site, i must have overlooked, so question: will this have a significant improvement on other programs such as limewire or azureus?
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS access to websites will improve but i don't think download speeds will (hhmm... anyway, will try on limewire tonight)
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS Nope. You'll only see improvements when browsing/surfing. DNS are for resolving domain names (i.e. www.philmug.ph) and finding their equivalent IP addresses. It just makes connecting to sites quicker in short. But it does absolutely nothing for your current bandwidth. With Peer to peer apps like limewire or azureus, peers are already identified as IP addresses.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS I've been using this for a while now (thanks to the boyfriend). It works pretty well for me.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS DNS servers resolve Name address to IP address, that's the only thing it does, it doesnt improve your bandwidth (since you will still traverse the same gateways). The reason why it seems to be faster is because it resolves Name to IP faster than our average DNS servers. Anyway, this is a great find! It's the best alternative to crappy nameservers (such as SmartBro's).
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS copy dat. tnx for d info. sayang i do a lot of downloading lalo na sa azureus.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS got the OOPS! message when i first did the setting on my router, had to do it on my imac first then on the router to enable on my pc laptops. thanks for sharing this.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS has anyone experienced the "website you are accessing does not resolve" issue? 2 days ago, i can't access our family web page and i kept getting forwarded to Open DNS site. i tried accessing from my .mac account and pages loaded. first time it happened since November. weird, well at least for me
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS yep, happened to me several times early this week (can't remember which sites though, sorry). i guess it still has to do with the taiwan quake? at any rate, it hasn't happened again.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS yeah, though of that as well. just recalled, i had our domain name hosted thru yahoo (yahoo was spotty then). well it was back to normal yesterday. thanks.
Re: A faster internet, for FREE: OpenDNS yeah, thought of that as well. just recalled, i had our domain name hosted thru yahoo (yahoo was spotty then). well it was back to normal yesterday. thanks. and now philMUG's spotty! sorry mods for the double post.
