I'm giving it a try too with my Windstream DSL. Hopefully it will improve things. It already seems faster.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Patrick Pence <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
