Living Critic

I’ve been annoyed for some time with the slow connection times and the issues my Comcast service has offered me.  I knew I had to change from Comcasts DNS servers but I’d long since forgotten where a good source was.

I came across a LifeHacker post talking about a recent DNS vulnerability.  The post was about OpenDNS as an alternative safe DNS offering.

I went in and set it up right away.  I had some trouble figuring out where on my D-Link DIR-615 had its DNS settings, but after I located them (thank you Google and DSL Reports) I was up and running right away.

OpenDNS makes its money I understand through the error pages, so that when you attempt to go somewhere that doesn’t exist you are sent to a customized Google Adwords page.

More information on how to setup your OpenDNS account is posted here by webmonkey (not to be confused with bytemonkey).

I immediately noticed a significant improvement in my connection speed.  If you’re having trouble connecting to things online,  if the lag between click and finding the page seems to take longer than you suspect it should, give OpenDNS a try.