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    Do you use OpenDNS?

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

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

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

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Switched from BT to OpenDNS and never looked back.
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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Switches from VM to OpenDNS. Sometimes OpenDNS is slow. I don't know if it's VM filtering/proxying going wrong or if it's OpenDNS being slow.
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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    I use a mix of openDNS and a few other reliable DNS servers.

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Just set it up on my server just now to give it a whizz

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    I also find it slow at times, but have stuck with it.
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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    running my own dns server..

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Tried it, didn't like being routed to "their" Google, switched back.

    o2 seem to have sorted their DNS out at last, so, so far, I wont be going back to OpenDNS
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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    I tried it, it seemed slower than Zen's so no advantage. Tried it again recently instead of Vodafone's - again no advantage.
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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    nope, I use CentOS and bind
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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    Tried it, didn't like being routed to "their" Google, switched back.
    You know you can switch that off, right? It's only required for the content filtering.

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    I use it over Be's DNS, was only a test, never really had a problem with supplied ISPs DNS, still use it only because I cba switching back

    Can't really tell which is quicker, fastpath really cuts the latency for pretty much everything.

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    Tried it, didn't like being routed to "their" Google, switched back.

    o2 seem to have sorted their DNS out at last, so, so far, I wont be going back to OpenDNS
    You can turn that off in the OpenDNS Dashboard...
    Code:
    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

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Using it instead of the god awful tiscali dns servers, which I swear regularly fall over along with the rest of there infrastructure.

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    Re: Do you use OpenDNS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Splash View Post
    You know you can switch that off, right? It's only required for the content filtering.
    <whistle> Yeah, I knew that

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    You can turn that off in the OpenDNS Dashboard...
    Maybe I'll give it another go then
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