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If you can use them, use the following public DNS servers:
4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 4.2.2.6
Or, if you are inclined to, try OpenDNS. |
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 seropith Rou Premium join:2002-11-12 El Paso, TX clubs: 
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| So these are public servers, or servers for customer user?
OpenDNS adds a few ms response time.
We should be able to use the ISP's DNS server. Not some servers that we are not technically supposed to use (4.2.*) or sign up for stuff like opendns.
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If you can use them, use the following public DNS servers:
4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 4.2.2.6
Or, if you are inclined to, try OpenDNS. |
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| said by seropith :So these are public servers, or servers for customer user? OpenDNS adds a few ms response time. We should be able to use the ISP's DNS server. Not some servers that we are not technically supposed to use (4.2.*) or sign up for stuff like opendns. said by factchecker :
If you can use them, use the following public DNS servers:
4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 4.2.2.6
Or, if you are inclined to, try OpenDNS. You don't have to sign up for opendns, just put in 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 and off you go.
I still use my ISP's DNS servers as its 8ms to them or 60ms to opendns or 4.2.2.x and i see no difference between them and my ISP DNS servers. |
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  dvd536 as Mr. Pink as they come Premium join:2001-04-27 Phoenix, AZ
| reply to seropith said by seropith :So these are public servers, or servers for customer user? OpenDNS adds a few ms response time. We should be able to use the ISP's DNS server. Not some servers that we are not technically supposed to use (4.2.*) or sign up for stuff like opendns. said by factchecker :
If you can use them, use the following public DNS servers:
4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 4.2.2.6
Or, if you are inclined to, try OpenDNS. opendns also has redirects! -- You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth |
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 deleteme
join:2002-04-22 Chicago, IL | reply to seropith I think 4.2.2.* is technically Verizon's DNS (although IP lookup says it's Level3)
...anyway, they are wide-open, and several other ISPs don't seem to think twice about telling their customers to use them when their own DNS is messed up. |
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| said by deleteme :I think 4.2.2.* is technically Verizon's DNS (although IP lookup says it's Level3) Yes, they belong to Level3, but they are run as a public service to the internet since they are so easy to remember. They are anycasted, so when you use an 4.2.2.x address, you will be routed to the nearest server. |
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| reply to dvd536 said by dvd536 :opendns also has redirects! Those can be turned off on their end through their website. I'd recommend them only if you don't want to use the Level3 DNS servers (why I said, "if you are inclined to"). |
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  Pichin
join:2001-07-01 Altamonte Springs, FL | and what is a level 3? |
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