The IT Nerd

I as a rule have never used an ISP’s DNS servers. Regardless of whom the ISP is, they can be slow. Or worse they could do some sort of redirection so that if you mis-type a URL, you get redirected to a page that looks like Google’s search results page with suggested sites that it thinks you wanted to go to along with a healthy dose of ads that no doubt make the ISP money. Now in the past, I’ve recommended OpenDNS. But now I’ve backed away from that recommendation for the simple reason that they do a version of the same thing for the same reason. Google has its own DNS service as well. But I am becoming less of a fan of handing over my Internet experience to a company that claims to “do no evil” but has been caught doing the exact opposite.

Thus I decided switch to the Level 3 public DNS servers. Level3 Communications is the company that provides most of the ISPs in the US their access to the Internet backbone. So, by using their public DNS servers, you will automatically route to the nearest DNS server operated by them and your access will be very fast.

Here are the address that you’ll need to enter into your router or onto your computer:

Primary DNS: 209.244.0.3

Secondary DNS: 209.244.0.4

Now if you need help changing the settings on your router or computer, try this link or drop me a note and I’ll see what I can do to help.

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