Google Public DNS released

[forkbomb]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Heh! Last "rugrat" is 15. Kicked the other 2 out years ago

Guess you're telling me that what I need to do it give it a go. Maybe it will help, maybe not. Currently under Comcast's thumb.

Yeah, pretty much. Can't really hurt anything to give it a try.

[tech291083]

Dear Friends,

If I am right then one can use open/public DNS when the ISP's DNS is down etc, but can anyone please tell me how to use it in the Fedora enviornment? What are the changes to be made to what files?

Thanks

[Camberwell]

you need to edit file..

/etc/resolve.conf

and put in it...

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

or whichever ip address you need

[Dan]

Originally Posted by glennzo

... Currently under Comcast's thumb.

Just a heads-up, Glenn. Comcast has been known to engage in the same shenanigans that SuddenLink has.



tech291083:

If you're behind a router, just drop into it and change the DNS entries there to OpenDNS (I've forgotten the URLS but they're easy to look up.) Then tell your OS to let it handle that duty. Presto! Problem solved.

[Gödel]

Originally Posted by Dan

tech291083:

If you're behind a router, just drop into it and change the DNS entries there to OpenDNS (I've forgotten the URLS but they're easy to look up.) Then tell your OS to let it handle that duty. Presto! Problem solved.

You can also edit your NetworkManager connection and under the IPv4 Settings tab select "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only", then set the DNS servers there. If you're using static addresses then you will need to set the DNS ip address anyway.

Editing /etc/resolv.conf will immediately take effect, but NetworkManger will reset it when it next connects, unless you edit the connection as described.

This will override any settings in your router. (Usually, with DHCP, NetworkManager will just set the DNS address to the ip of your router, which will then use the DNS settings you configured it with when you set it up, which is usually automatically retrieved from the isp)

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Originally Posted by tjvanwyk

Also, OpenDNS's founder with a few words on Google's DNS:
http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/

Thanks for that link, it makes some very good points.

[infestor]

benchmark your dns and compare with other dns resolutiopn providers: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
(sounded like an ad )