Do you use OpenDNS?

[lodore]

ive used opendns for ages now.
i set it up on my computers manually since the black bt home hub doesnt seem to allow me to change dns.

[Singh400]

ive used opendns for ages now.
i set it up on my computers manually since the black bt home hub doesnt seem to allow me to change dns.

Try telnetting into the BT Home Hub. Had to telnet into my BeBox to change mine.

[Drobbins]

I use OpenDNS becuase Orange's DNS is horrible.

[chuckskull]

Yup, switched to it a while back, when BT's servers were failing all over the place.

[MarcLister]

Just wondering really. Switched over to OpenDNS from Be’s DNS servers last night. Mainly because Be’s DNS servers are notoriously unreliable.

Yep. Same issue. Be* DNS servers not reliably fast for me so I tried OpenDNS and tbh I've forgotten I'm using it. Very good.

I switched from O2 DNS servers (same as Be?) to OpenDNS due to problems and wouldn't go back.

Yeah. Different brands but same company at heart I think.

[Lourdes]

I run my own server, faster still.

[Georgy291]

i use open DNS instead off tiscali mainly because i like to use internet

i swear tiscali are having a laugh with their customers by turning them off every so often to take the mick

[Phil_P]

nope, I use CentOS and bind

Yep, nothing beats the speed of running your own DNS caching name server

[da.Guvna]

I use OpenDNS when setting up family and friends because I like the fact it provides a phishing filter service. I don't trust any of them to be able to distinguish between genuine and malicious sites, so it just adds an extra safety net and peace-of-mind for me

[MarcLister]

Does anyone here use Google Maps at all? I get terrible loading times with the Google Maps site and then again when I want an address to load. I've done some googling and it seems there could be a link between Google Maps' performance and my using OpenDNS. Is there a setting I can tweak at all or should I look for an alternative to OpenDNS? Don't want to go back to Be's own DNS servers for obvious reasons.

[Singh400]

Does anyone here use Google Maps at all? I get terrible loading times with the Google Maps site and then again when I want an address to load. I've done some googling and it seems there could be a link between Google Maps' performance and my using OpenDNS. Is there a setting I can tweak at all or should I look for an alternative to OpenDNS? Don't want to go back to Be's own DNS servers for obvious reasons.

Ping google.com and paste the results here. I have a sneaky suspicion that your are using OpenDNS's Google servers...

You can turn that off in the OpenDNS Dashboard...

C:\Users\Singh400>ping www.google.com

Pinging google.navigation.opendns.com [208.69.34.230] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=59
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=59
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=59
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 208.69.34.230:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 18ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 22ms

C:\Users\Singh400>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.l.google.com [216.239.59.104] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=246
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=246
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=246
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.104:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 30ms

[MarcLister]

C:\Users\Marc>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [209.85.171.100] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=241
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=241
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=241
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=241

Ping statistics for 209.85.171.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 172ms, Maximum = 173ms, Average = 172ms

Crazily slow pings compared to yours say.

Posted this on another forum. Have been asked if a mate has a Linux box and if so to get them to run a nameserver on it. None of my mates do run a Linux box. Could I use my spare PC to do this? Is there a specific Linux derivative to use? Or could I get away with using Ubuntu say?

[Singh400]

Try pinging www.google.com

WWW bit is important to find out if you are being redirected by OpenDNS.

[MarcLister]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Marc>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.google.com [208.69.34.230] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=58
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=58
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=58
Reply from 208.69.34.230: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 208.69.34.230:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 27ms, Average = 26ms

Okays.

[Singh400]

Nope, normal servers. No re-direction by OpenDNS. It's something else mate.

[MarcLister]

Really? So what else could be affecting the loading time of Google Maps and its terrible performance when I actually put an address in?