Best DNS Servers in LA? in Road Runner http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21568034 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:58:24 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:58:24 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21593019 djrobx : That's what I like about the gtei/Verizon/Level3 DNSes. 4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.3 are SO easy to remember in a pinch! I'll be heartbroken if they ever try to limit access to members of their own network.

OpenDNS works great too.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21593019 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:32:31 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21588591 nmarshall : A few days ago our internet connection (Time Warner Road Runner) went down and my roommate was so mad because he was just about to buy something on woot.com during a "woot off." He was freaking out since this was the first "woot off" he'd ever seen. After trying to fix it for a few minutes I tried Google's IP address »64.233.187.99/ and it worked. Since »google.com wasn't working I knew Road Runner's DNS was down again.

I started thinking, "Hmm I remember reading about some free DNS servers out there... but how do I find them, without access to the internet?" I was able to trick google to do a search for "free dns server" then follow the google cache link, all with numeric IP addresses. There were no images and no CSS since no DNS names were being resolved. The first result was OpenDNS.com and the cached front page had their DNS servers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

The Road Runner DNS servers were down for hours but OpenDNS saved the day!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21588591 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:53:40 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21583182 Kingcarcas : Haha, what's the Host name? I just set the DNS, cloned my MAC address but didn't enter a host name so i'm guessing that's why my internet went down :huh: I reset it of course. Maybe i should just get openDNS they claim to have better reliability than most ISPs....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21583182 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:49:06 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21578605 Reinvent3d : And one other one. You usually need a Primary DNS server, and a secondary.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21578605 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:57:27 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21578093 Kingcarcas : Ok cool, so i just input 4.2.2.2 on my router right?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21578093 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:40:58 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21577933 prestonlewis : Difference? Not really a difference using OpenDNS. If you don't plan to open a free acount, I see no big difference between OpenDSN and Level3s 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2 etc. However, if you do open an OpenDNS free account, you can filter a great deal like anti-phishing sites etc. You can also do some geo-location blocking (I block China for example or all web addresses ending in .cn). OpenDNS is as fast as other DNS servers that I've tried but no one offers filtering like OpenDNS does. Personally, I wouldn't need filtering but I have kids who can't recognize problem links.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21577933 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:58:52 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21573818 Kingcarcas : Ok lets get into this, i've heard about openDNS and i'd like to know if you guys noticed a difference when you started using it? I'm a curious nerd so if an expert would like to explain just how and why it's better that would be great :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21573818 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:22:33 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21571586 anon : First thing I thought of when I heard it was a DNS problem I thought of OpenDNS. Then I remembered 4.2.2.2]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21571586 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:36:37 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21571133 b10010011 : The best DNS server is your own.

Treewalk DNS »ntcanuck.com/

Free and easy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21571133 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:25:08 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21570938 jnc2000 :
said by daveinpoway See Profile :

I recommend OpenDNS:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
I second that recommendation. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21570938 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:51:11 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21569310 daveinpoway : I recommend OpenDNS:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21569310 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:46:09 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21568230 pianoman1976 : Thanks ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21568230 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:38:13 EDT Re: Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21568072 Anonymous_ : level 3 are great

4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21568072 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:06:44 EDT Best DNS Servers in LA? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21568034 pianoman1976 : I have Time Warner RR cable service in Northridge CA. DNS recommendations?

Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21568034 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:00:04 EDT