Switch Your Internet Connection To Free DNS Servers

After months of unreliable Internet connection at my office, and after exhausting all other options, I decided to try switching our DNS servers to the servers freely available at OpenDNS.com. Since then we have not had one single Internet outage. There’s no indication that this is a coincidence, and if I’ve noticed anything about the speed of our Internet connection it’s that it has gotten slightly faster.

OpenDNS simply provides free, open DNS servers to anyone, whether it’s for personal use, small business, university, etc. There’s no need to install any software, you’ll simply just need to configure your Internet settings so that you’re using their servers:

• 208.67.222.222
• 208.67.220.220

You can even sign up for an account with OpenDNS.com and have access to web stats, content filtering, phishing protection, customized pages (complete with logo and instructions) in case someone tries to access a page that you have blocked, and zero downtime network.

So, whether you’re having Internet connection problems like I was, or if you’re just wanting a way to monitor and manage some of the traffic happening at your home or office, OpenDNS.com offers a solid service at a great price. Free!