Agreed Tony, it works, no maintenance, and low cost. simpledns. We run it on I7s with win8 - 20GB, over kill, but never have to worry about it.
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Tony C. Loosle <wl-t...@loosle.com> wrote: > Check out Simple dns. Runs on windows and ready to go in a few minutes. > I have used it for years. > > simpledns.com > > t > > > Mike Hammett wrote: > > I (and others) keep saying it because it's a fact. > > CDNs use latency to your DNS resolvers (among other things) to optimize > the delivery of content. If your DNS resolver isn't on your network, you > simply aren't best able to take advantage of that infrastructure. You're > more likely to be going to a worse node increasing latency, decreasing > throughput, increasing chances of unreliability, etc. > > Setting up local resolvers is a relatively simple and painless process. > Just do it. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Shawn C. Peppers" <videodirectwispal...@gmail.com> > <videodirectwispal...@gmail.com> > *To: *"WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> <wireless@wispa.org> > *Sent: *Friday, July 8, 2016 7:25:12 AM > *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP > > You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years now > and can't recall ever having any issues, not even once. > > Shawn C. Peppers > Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment > 866-680-8433 Toll Free > 480-287-9960 Fax > http://www.video-direct.tv > > On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Daniel Mullen" <daniel.mul...@metrocom.ca> > *To: *"WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > *Sent: *Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM > *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP > > I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact > there let me know, off-list. > > Daniel > > At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote: > > Self hosted. I suggest unbound or bind. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor" <colton.co...@gmail.com > wrote: > What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP > and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name > resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where > a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that > would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in > their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, > and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client > having to enter opendns IPs into their router right? > > Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where > traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow > etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We > wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know > the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example. > > If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing > listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- -- Clay Stewart, COO/CTO SCS Broadband A Division of Acelanet, LLC 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@scsbroadband.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Please send sales inquiries to sa...@scsbroadband.com Please send service/repair requests to supp...@scsbroadband.com
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