[nlug] Google DNS and DNS speed

2009-12-15 Thread Jack
I was perusing the net and found that Google has some pubicly available DNS servers. http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/intro.html http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html After ping their IPs and my DNS IPs (even 4.2.2.2 ) the ping times are slower using the google

Re: [nlug] Google DNS and DNS speed

2009-12-15 Thread Drew
I'm not certain how you'd time it for sure, but I've been using them for about 2 weeks and they're faster than charters ever were for me, plus I don't get search pages if I typo a url. On Dec 15, 2009 11:27 AM, Jack j...@coats.org wrote: I was perusing the net and found that Google has some

Re: [nlug] [OT] My day job doesn't use Vista

2009-12-15 Thread Howard White
William Turner wrote: Kinda curious...do any of the cellular cards (att, Verizon, that mifi thingy) function under linux? Bill I am similarly curious, Bill. The little bit of research I have done regarding the UM175 indicates that it works fine with linux and a wvdial configuration.

[nlug] Cherokee Project

2009-12-15 Thread Jim Peterson
Hey Y'all! Have any of you guys/gals heard of and or done anything with the Cherokee Project's web server? Opinions? Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 586-8397 www.gmpl.org Tweet me @GMLGeek Library Technology Blog -- You

[nlug] Re: Google DNS and DNS speed

2009-12-15 Thread Galen
Try out namebench. It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ On Dec 15, 11:27 am, Jack j...@coats.org wrote: I was perusing the net and found that Google has some pubicly available DNS servers.

Re: [nlug] [OT] My day job doesn't use Vista

2009-12-15 Thread Dave Manginelli
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 21:48 -0600, Steven S. Critchfield wrote: - Don McMorris don.mcmor...@gmail.com wrote: ... Everything I have seen about the MiFi and similar is that you pay a data connection fee similar to yet another full cell phone plan to get the MiFi service. Other benefit

Re: [nlug] [OT] My day job doesn't use Vista

2009-12-15 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
- Dave Manginelli dmangine...@comcast.net wrote: Are you saying that you don't use ATT or that you do use ATT but not the plan you are really supposed to pay for? Is your usage in line with the terms of service or not? On Howard Forums they always seem to use words like detectability

Re: [nlug] [OT] My day job doesn't use Vista

2009-12-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
Verizon has similar rules. I can use unlimited amounts of data as long as it is used only on my BlackBerry. If I tether the phone (so that a computer is connected to the Internet through the phone), the monthly fees go up by another $30. I sometimes listen to streaming audio, such as