I've been getting DNS name resolution errors from the stock Unifi DNS servers recently, so I've been looking into changing DNS servers on the router.

My question is: Is it still possible to use Google Open DNS on the DIR-615 router with v7.17 firmware? I've heard from some other posts here that you  can't do so from v7.15 up, but it's a 136% resolution speed increase according to Namebench...

I am using ASUS RT-N12 3-in-1 Wireless-N Router that supports Unifi.

opendns has dnscrypt feature for protection last mile.

unifi dns they block access to certain websites .......

but if use thirdparty dns like opendns or googledns, you get some latency, and probably slower download speed. Not to mention when you use third party dns, your bandwidth quota MAY be used up quicker, because unifi dns uses because it may interfere in your pc connecting to the closest akamai servers. You can read more about that here.
So me personally, i leave default unifi dns normally. But when i want to circumvent the website restrictions, i use opendns with cryptdns enabled.

The best router to work for Unifi is Linksys E4200 V1 with a third party tomato variant firmware installed e.g. Victek's RAF, Toastman, Shibby..... because they have

1. VLAN management, which you need to get it to work for Unifi
2. Has very good bandwidth monitoring. I use CIFS to store my bandwidth logs,
3. for shibby and victek's RAF they have dnscrypt for opendns if you need that extra protection.
4. there is VPN functionality, which is best used on the router rather than on your pc. Although not everyone wants to pay for VPN service, at least the feature is there if you need it.
5. tons of improvements over stock firmware which usually remains stagnant in development, so not much incentive to improve, when they can just sell you the newer model instead 

Anyway got newer routers available, so as long as it's broadcom cpu based, and is supported by the top 3 tomato variants, and it checks out in the performance department over at smallnetbuilder, then that should be fine.

are you sure ? Because they did send me a notification my speed would be throttled cause i had exceeded mine.

So i don't think your statement is necessarily true (maybe for the average joe, but not for the higher than average users) :/ because i got a different personal experience.
Also it was mentioned that download adds toward the quota, but uploading doesn't. I'm not sure if that is true now or whether they changed their policy 

in the new thread, IPV6 seems to be available now for some areas. So this could possibly improve latency  nice for gamers.

If she is from Maxis, how did she know that I subscribed to UniFi? An 'undercover' for Maxis? 

anybody here set "fixed IP" for their pc/laptop?
on my streamyx time, i always used "202.188.1.5" as primary and "202.188.0.133" as secondary.

but now on unify liao, what should i set it?I am currently using " 8.8.8.8" and "8.8.4.4".
why in fixed ip these must be entered?cant it be automatic?
*meanwhile still trying to figure out why capped at 290kbps per thread.

Hey guys, I just upgraded my unifi to VIP10 from VIP5.
They just sent me the confirmation email but the speed still hover around VIP5...

Normally how long would the speed of VIP10 in effect?

Speedtest show 4.xx Mb/s
Torrent download around 500-600 kB/s

I'm expecting at least double in number, if not close to double.