[GRLUG] Open DNS was Re: grlug Digest, Vol 20, Issue 24

[Ben Rousch]

On Nov 9, 2007 7:33 AM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have nothing but trouble with openDNS.  I tried it for about two
> weeks when comcast DNS servers were flaky a while back.
>
> The issues I had were, I had to (I forget the wording for this)
> reregister google with the service at least twice a day.  This is
> where I would get the message saying that OpenDNS didn't think
> www.google.com was a valid domain name and it went to an openDNS
> webpage where I had to type in a captcha and click a link so I could
> go to Google.  This was a big issue because I use gmail and google
> calendar.
>
> Also, I would get google maps with part of the map not showing up.
> Nothing I did would fix the issue.  It wasn't consistent as to which
> parts of the map would be greyed out but there was usually 3-4 squares
> gone.
>
> The reregister thing happened to a lot of other sites as well, but not
> as consistently as google.
>
> Am I the only one that has the issue?  I remember googling it but not
> finding any remedy.
>

I have been using OpenDNS at work and at home for about a year and have not
experienced any problems with it. I also use Google and Gmail all the time.
OpenDNS did help clear up about 3/4 of the problems he was having with
Comcast a while ago.
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