[TriLUG] Opendns experience?

[James Tuttle]

So, I just switched to OpenDNS at home.  DD-WRT makes it pretty simple. 
  Also, I'm using DD-WRT to update DynDNS of my dynamic (TWC) IP 
address.    dnsomatic keeps track of my IP address at DynDNS and updates 
OpenDNS so I can look at stats and change configurations that follow me 
as my address changes.

I'm at work, but using an ssh tunnel (ssh -D 8080 home) as a SOCKS5 
proxy, I tested it out and it works great.  Faster than Time Warner, 
anyway.  Plus, I have a handy url that always points to my home machine 
in spite of dynamic IP addresses.

Thanks for the feedback, all!

Jim


NB- Using ssh as a proxy requires a change to Firefox config to send DNS 
requests down the proxy tunnel.

http://www.opendns.com
https://www.dnsomatic.com/
https://www.dyndns.com/
http://www.dd-wrt.com/


James Tuttle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think my DNS at home (TimeWarner crappy class) is flaky occasionally 
> and I'm less than pleased with their typo/404 advertising.  Have any of 
> you experience with Opendns?  I was thinking of configuring my DD-WRT 
> router to use it.  Fast? Reliable?  Issues?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 


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