You got 5Mbps broadband. You’ve tweaked your XP modem settings. But websites still crawl like turtles on a lazy summer day. Is it a virus? Nah. It could be a DNS problem.
For the uninitiated, DNS (Domain Name Service) transforms a domain name such as connectedinternet.co.uk into standard IP that your computer comprehends. By tweaking some DNS settings you can easily get a speed boost on your laptop.
You probably know that your ISP operates least two DNS servers through which you tunnel into the internet, These DNS parameters are populated realtime by your ISP via DHCP. Is that greek? Don’t fret. All you have to know is that DHCP assigns networking parameters in the background, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, dns servers.) The problem is that due to congestion of numerous surfers going online, your ISP DNS servers might crunch to a stop?
The key, then to attain blissful Internet browsing is to apply for an alternate DNS. Simply replace your default DNS settings with better DNS servers and you may may resolve domain names faster than what you get with your ISP.
The question now is where you can find these alternatives. For starters, check out http://www.opendns.com. It doesn’t matter whether you’re on AOL or MSN. Whatever DNS your ISP uses, this site will provide you with ip addresses to use and thereby enjoy superior DNS servers. Don’t restrict yourself to just this site. Google can unearth alternatives to OpenDNS.
Get down to business. Visit http://www.opendns.com and obtain the ip address of two dns servers. Within windows open the control panel, fire up on “Network connections” and check out your your network connection; right click on your connection and select properties, in the next window select “use the following DNS server addresses” now enter the two ip addresses here. If you want to change back to your ISPs DNS servers at a later time select “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Do the change and bam! You’ll find yourself blazing a long.
Happy surfing!
