The Ultimate Tweak for Your Internet Connections

I often find it difficult to browse Internet sites with my current broadband connection from the local ISP. Sometimes the URLs does not resolve and often it takes lot of time to resolve the addresses. Searching Google for some solution to run a DNS client on my own PC resulted in discovery of [OpenDNS] and I am glad I found it and since it solved all of my DNS related issues in no time, I think it can help you too!

What is OpenDNS and how does it work?

OpenDNS is a free service that offers you with addresses of its free DNS servers that you can use on your system to browse Internet sites. The DNS is on a geographically distributed network managed by OpenDNS and is very fast, free for all. I personally found it to be much faster than current DNS servers of my ISP and when tested it on some of my friends systems with different ISP connections, it was indeed faster than their current DNS servers too!

What are the advantages of using OpenDNS?

» It’s Safer - Since OpenDNS can identify and blocks sites that are known to cause phishing attacks, you are in fact much safer than before. Here is a screen shot of what you see when you try to open a site known to cause phishing attacks.

» It’s Faster - With a really BIG cache of addresses and geographically distributed network of DNS servers, you will find OpenDNS to be much faster than your current DNS server. Give it a try and you will feel the difference.

» Nothing to download - To use OpenDNS you don’t have to download any software on your system. All you have to do is make small change in your network connection and that’s it. Since you don’t download any software, you are free from risk of getting some spyware getting installed along with the software.

» Use it at Home and Office too! - Yes, OpenDNS can be used on your home PC and also for your Office network. You can even manage the DNS servers for your office connection. Brand the logo in the page that appears when it can not resolve the URL or when it encounters a phishing site, decide which internal network uses which DNS server entry etc. For more info, OpenDNS at Office.

» It corrects because it’s Smart - If you mis-spell a URL, the OpenDNS will automatically correct the address for you. All in no time.

How does OpenDNS make money?

By displaying contextual advertisement on results page wherein OpenDNS could not correct the mis-spelled URLs. It’s that simple!

Note: You may also be interested in the dynamic IP address announcement service from OpenDNS. Read more about their dynamic IP address service.