http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opend...equired-2/2587/

he job of a DNS server is to translate this human-readable web address (like www.yahoo.com) into a computer-readable number also known as an IP address (209.131.36.158). Once your computer knows the IP location of a web domain name, it opens the website in your browser.

DNS is such an integral part of our Internet life working behind the scenes every time we connect to a website. In most situations, our Internet Service Provider specifies the DNS Server address that we key into the browser network settings or the router.

Unfortunately, this can prove to be the weakest link in the entire workflow. For example, if the DNS server of your ISP is slow, the time it takes to resolve the web address adds up to the overall loading time of the website.

To solve this problem, we look at a simple and reliable service called OpenDNS that speeds up your Internet connection and also handles some other very important issues. There are no software to install, it’s very easy to set up and the price is just right - $0.

opendns-ip-address

To use OpenDNS, all you have to do is open your Network Connections or Router’s settings page and update the default DNS server to point to the OpenDNS nameservers that are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.

The whole process takes a few seconds but with this single step alone, you just made your computer safer and increased the overall browsing speed. Here’s why:

Unlike the DNS servers of your less reliable ISP, OpenDNS servers store the IP addresses of millions of websites in their cache so it would take less time to resolve your requests. So if you have asked for an IP address of a website that has been previously requested by another OpenDNS user, you will get the reply instantly.

thanks for the advise, changed my dns and it worked

thanks

thanks. this helped much.

I am wondering if they are running out of bandwidth or poor routing or both

Whichever it is, we will continue to suffer. I wonder what excuse they will give out, probably something to do with our fault again. They always shift the blame to us as usual.

When the problem is recitfied we change back to normal DNS?

I think its something wrong with the default streamyx DNS.
Just now i can only access google and google search. Any other website kena time out. So i change to OpenDNS and it works fine again...

EDIT: How come no streamyx announcement yet? Also anyone want to try the other streamyx DNS?
202.188.1.4 and 202.188.0.132

This post has been edited by StealthSyndica: May 27 2009, 06:00 PM

Lol I gotta use VPN cos, my hsemate locked the router and I can't change the DNS. KNS la TM. WTF man.

Ya DNS down, i change the dns work fine

Hope TM can fix this problem soooooon

what is the port for the open dns server??

better ask them to eat shit lar
wat the hell with this????now no any international website can surf!!!!
really idiot of the stupid tm net!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can change dns in ur internet connection properties there

No use it doesn't reflect I tried. Gotta set at the router.

no need port lah....just put in the IP add and enjoy

OpenDNS are:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

This post has been edited by StealthSyndica: May 27 2009, 06:06 PM

yap..i mistaken with proxy server...alrady put the dns server in my router and its working well..

lol exprience here, i am piskin, after set DNS , all problems solve

off-topic, anyone experiences problem with MSN? hotmail, messenger etc having a hard time getting connected to these.

yea...u can it change thr