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Speed up DNS lookups, HA
This has to be one of the dumbest hints ever. About the only thing this hint does is turn all the people who use it into little hamsters running someone else's machine. I have seen this pop up several places and unless you have inherent problems with your internet provider, that you should probably bring up with them, then you have no use for this service. Unless you like being someone else's tool.
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
I used this for a bit but I found that many and I mean many DNS enteries were not resolved. You may see a tiny increase in speed but the two DNS servers mentioned are no good.
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
Isn't then the right thing to do to first list your local ISP DNS servers and then these OpenDNS servers in your Nerwork preferences, as a sort of reserve if your ISP's servers fail?
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
Possibly, but chances are if you ISP primary and backup dns are down then your ability to get anywhere might be as wel But you could place it as a tertiary option for a backup to the backups.
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
We provide more than just speed benefits for people... There are all kinds of reasons to use OpenDNS. But hamster? wheel? Not really. I think I'm more of the hamster in the wheel, but I don't mind it. :-)
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
I'm curious as to what you think are the reasons people should use your "service."
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
Maybe you're higher up the DNS food chain than I am, but like many others I know, when I run a DNS query, I'm using someone else's machine, no matter which service I use to connect to the Internet -- I don't run my own comprehensive DNS server. Imagine that!
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
I use the default name servers verizon provides me without issue. If you run your own server then you should look at running a caching name server. Most linux distros offer it as a simple package you install and forget about. Windows is a bit more of a challenge but the rewards should be an even faster lookup than using a remote service.
Speed up DNS lookups, HA
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