Dotan Cohen wrote: > Are there any known problems / gotchas with OpenDNS? I do know that > they redirect google queries through their own servers and return ads > in place of unregistered domains, but those 'features' can be turned > off. Anything else that I should be aware of?
Of course I'm sure you know that DNS has nothing to do with ping response times or network throughput. Maybe it's time to get a new ISP. I have 1Mbps/1Mbps ADSL and it's about 38ms to google, I also have 16Mbps/2Mbps cable modem and it's about 34ms to google. If you don't have any other ISP options then perhaps you should consider moving to a location where there are more options if internet performance is that important to you. Or perhaps other options such as T1 lines etc are available at higher prices. I find it funny that so many people out there seem to expect to be able to get 10Mbit+ speeds for $20/mo. Then they get upset when they find out the system is 100x oversubscribed and ends up being slow as hell. You get what you pay for. Co-workers at my company are all pissed off because one of the branch offices is off line because the $40/mo DSL line has been down for days and the provider doesn't have a ETA for recovery. You get what you pay for. At the same time the company spends about $35k/mo on roughly 800Mbit of internet bandwidth which comes out to around $43/Mbit(average across 4 ISPs). Which to me is dirt cheap, I'm used to buying bandwidth in lower volumes, and at least from Tier 1 ISPs it's easily $95/Mbit, and easily double that in Europe/Asia in many cases. I read an article recently estimating costs for Verizon FiOS to be roughly $4,000 per subscriber just to get them wired up. Doesn't even take into account ongoing bandwidth costs associated with those accounts. If you suspect OpenDNS as a problem you can always setup your own name server(s) for caching requests. I've never used OpenDNS myself though some systems at my company use it(not for much longer). I've run my own name servers for about 12 years now(my authoritative name servers are on my DSL, moving to co-location this weekend). nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]