is OpenDNS superior DNS?

[mattkime]

whenever someone has network problems that could be dns related, everyone says "OpenDNS!"

is it better than using your ISPs dns servers? always? usually?

[graylocks]

i can't tell if OpenDNS is any better but i certainly appreciate the filtering controls it gives you.

[jesse]

From http://compnetworking.about.com/b/2008/0...pendns.htm

OpenDNS theoretically helps speed up Web browsing by using better DNS servers to resolves URLs faster than your Internet Service Provider (ISP). The increase is probably too small for you to notice on a regular basis, however. More importantly, the service gives you better control over the Web sites you and your family visits, and contains built-in controls to protect against hackers hijacking your browser.

I don't use any of the filtering, I just put the IP addresses for their DNS servers in my network settings, there is a very noticeable difference when I use Open DNS servers compared to my ISP servers.

[anonymouse1]

Better and faster for us.

[Shakes]

I've been using it with the filters for about 2 years now.

[Doc]

Since the point is to circumvent troublesome local DNS servers, any accessible DNS server with a decent response time would do as well.

I recommend Verizon DNS servers as often as OpenDNS.

[prof]

I've been wanting to try it. I'm on Comcast with a Linksys router running Tomato but OpenDNS tech support couldn't tell me how to configure it properly.

[kj4btkljv]

I don't know how Tomato modifies the router setup stuff, but plugging the OpenDNS DNS server numbers should be where you specify the other WAN info. Can you at least find that stuff in your router?

OpenDNS also has instructions on router configuration. I was just there, but didn't really need them.

Jeff