Cary- Thanks for the tip. I just switched mine from DHCP to the Google Public DNS, and it is a remarkable difference on my Comcast connection. Super fast pages now. :-) Patrick
______________________________ [email protected] "You can be the captain, and I will draw the chart..." Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:08:27 -0400 Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] a question for the networking savvy From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Comcast charges extra for a static IP (from what I read it's only available to business clients). As for the DNS, I have no idea. I'm still amazed at what a huge difference it's made. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:21 PM, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: Short answer is yes changing your dns to something that's actually working will increase response time from the internet. Does comcast assig you a static dns and ip? Sorry I am not familiar with their setups. Jim On Apr 19, 2011 8:59 PM, "Cary Preston" <[email protected]> wrote: > I had been having a ton of problems with my home network. Multiple calls to > Comcast resulted in little more than missed time from work. I replaced my > router (Time Capsule) but my iMac was still having wireless issues- even my > iGoogle home page would time out. Just on a hunch I changed my DNS from > Comcast to Google- and the change was profound. Before I rebooted iTunes was > timing out during app updates, now everything is just screaming fast. Is it > possible that such a simple change could have so much effect on my network > speed? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
