OpenDNS now local

[nerf]

For those who don't know, OpenDNS provides some really cool features, such as filtering, anti phising etc

https://engineering.opendns.com/2015/04/08/welcome-south-africa-opendnss-25th-datacenter/

 

[Thor]

Tell me more !!

 

[Necuno]

Tell me more !!

just use ?


208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

I get (http://ipleak.net)

Reverse Lookup: m5.jnb.opendns.com.

 

[Thor]

What is opendns, help a noob out

Crash course me

 

[Necuno]

What is opendns, help a noob out

Crash course me

...readup?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS
https://www.opendns.com/

 

[Thor]

That helped


Okey, so how can I use it?

 

[nerf]

Register and create an account on their site, set your settings or blocking preferences, download the Dynamic IP updater if you don't have a static IP and finally use their DNS servers.

Easy as that !

That helped


Okey, so how can I use it?

 

[Thor]

Register and create an account on their site, set your settings or blocking preferences, download the Dynamic IP updater if you don't have a static IP and finally use their DNS servers.

Easy as that !

Omg! I love you guys thanks.


Pros and Cons of using this instead of the ISPs?

 

[ashfaak]

I use it for blocking ads on non-rooted phones.

 

[nerf]

Omg! I love you guys thanks.


Pros and Cons of using this instead of the ISPs?

Cant really think of Cons , its like googles 8.8.8.8 just with more intelligence.

See this http://www.afasterinternet.com/howitworks.htm

 

[Thor]

Nerf ! Thanks man!! That helped A LOT

 

[Big Bean]

On Telkom Internet it is giving a dns IP from UK still.

 

[kianm]

Tears of joy. Tears of joy. Tears of joy. One less concern for me at work as it has always been one of my points of weaknesses when we had to query international servers with those 170ms+ latencies, now 3-4ms just like Google. This is totally awesome for business implementations.

However at home i have blocked opendns queries to ensure my Unotelly and Netflix work uninterrupted