dns in a nutshell is how you computer knows how to find a web site.
so you get (among others) timeout errors, the answer to this? OpenDns its (in most cases) faster, It blocks Phishing sites (as does Firefox), its easy to set up and its free.
how to set up OpenDns on:
Windows
Mac osx
Linux
or on you home network
example: you want to go to "www.Google.com" but theres not a server named "Google" instead its "name" is a number called an ip address. your computer asks your isp's dns server for the ip address, the your computer (using it newly found ip address) connects to googles server. then loads the web page. (there is a bit more to it, but thats the basics.)the problem is that most isp's dns servers are underpowered for the number of users they have
so you get (among others) timeout errors, the answer to this? OpenDns its (in most cases) faster, It blocks Phishing sites (as does Firefox), its easy to set up and its free.
how to set up OpenDns on:
Windows
Mac osx
Linux
or on you home network
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