Speed up Your Internet! Change your DNS (Any PPC or Home PC)

[Alwaysbelieve1]

I found how to do this at home, but I thought my ISP has a dynamic IP and changes all the settings every couple days? Is this true or will it keep my changes permanently until I change it back?

I just don't want to screw anything up with my ISP.

Please assist.

Thanx

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by Alwaysbelieve1

I found how to do this at home, but I thought my ISP has a dynamic IP and changes all the settings every couple days? Is this true or will it keep my changes permanently until I change it back?

I just don't want to screw anything up with my ISP.

Please assist.

Thanx

Dynamic IPs and DNS Lookups are two very different things.

One is your address the latter is how your system looks up other addresses.

Your ISP cannot change your router settings.

[Alwaysbelieve1]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

Dynamic IPs and DNS Lookups are two very different things.

One is your address the latter is how your system looks up other addresses.

Your ISP cannot change your router settings.

Thanx

[TambourineMan]

Ok, I'll bite. What's "Alt dna"? Mine shows DNS, alt DNS, WINS and alt WINS, but no "alt DNA". Is "alt dna" an alternative to the genes that make you guys geeks? Why use a term that a search on BroadBand Reports and Dogpile doesn't identify?

[bluesgeek]

I have the same options. Perhaps it is the difference between Spring, which I believe Malatesta is on, and Verizon, which I am using.

[Alwaysbelieve1]

Or maybe it was a typo cause I have DNS. Never heard of DNA except thru genetics.

[Alwaysbelieve1]

I do have a serious question though.

Once a lot of people use these DNS settings won't the server slow down because of all the traffic?

Why or why not?

Thanx

[TambourineMan]

I am on Sprint so that is not the reason.

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by TambourineMan

Ok, I'll bite. What's "Alt dna"? Mine shows DNS, alt DNS, WINS and alt WINS, but no "alt DNA". Is "alt dna" an alternative to the genes that make you guys geeks? Why use a term that a search on BroadBand Reports and Dogpile doesn't identify?

I'd tell you but you don't have enough posts yet

(and it has nothing to do with fast typing and 'a' is next to 's')

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by Alwaysbelieve1

I do have a serious question though.

Once a lot of people use these DNS settings won't the server slow down because of all the traffic?

Why or why not?

Thanx

DNS lookups only take brief milliseconds to do, so you are not hogging bandwidth. once a site is found, you are done with the lookup portion.

the fact is, opendns is a company who's only purpose is DNS lookups:
http://www.opendns.com/

so I'd suggest just go read how they do it and see why this won't be an issue to worry about.