Works great, at least for me. I simply plugged the Open DNS addresses into my router, the wait time for a complex Web page went from 3-4 seconds down to 1-2, on all my PC’s for the entire network.

In short, Open DNS works by caching a key phase of Web-page requests (namely, DNS requests) from its thousands of users, so that the site you want is blasted to you in a fraction of a second.

There’s no fee, no software to install, you don’t give them any information about yourself, and you don’t have to do anything different once you change your router’s DNS server addresses. (Sounds technical, but the site walks you through the instructions.) As a bonus, Open DNS intercepts phishing scams and corrects Web-address typos, sparing you those headaches. (The typo-correcting feature is where Open DNS plans to make its money; read the site to learn the whole plan.)

The other great feature for us is the ability to block adult sites from all computers on the network with just this one change and a simple setting on the OpenDNS site. My family and I are totally loving the new speed and the extra relief of the free filtering on our teenage daughters computer.

If you have any questions or need assistance on setting this up on your network or computer, feel free to contact us and we can take care of it for you.

 

-mike