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    DNS "upgrade"

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vostro1400user, Jan 4, 2010.

  1. vostro1400user

    vostro1400user Notebook Deity

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    vostro1400user, Jan 4, 2010
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  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4

    Those are some nice ip's!

    EDIT: That's a nice little tool... thanks! I wonder what majority of people prefer Google DNS over OpenDNS or their ISP?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jan 4, 2010
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    plumsauce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Neither of the dns services mentioned above are "clean" in that they do not transparently deliver dns answers as contemplated by the internet community.
     
    plumsauce, Jan 4, 2010
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  4. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    also very old 'news'. Those servers are controlled and filtered by google in contravention to several RFCs.
     
    newsposter, Jan 4, 2010
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    this is true... which DNS servers do you guys use? I've been using OpenDNS but I'm wanting to try something else.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jan 4, 2010
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  6. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    Using my ISP's DNS server, don't like the idea of Google logging everything :)
     
    n0elia, Jan 4, 2010
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    OpenDNS and my local ISP servers.
     
    newsposter, Jan 4, 2010
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    default here.

    i could have 33% faster speeds at using 8.8.8.8...

    i might test this on a friends system, he has horrible instable internet somehow. might be related to this?
     
    davepermen, Jan 4, 2010
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