open dns

[andy66]

saturday,i want to start using open dns on my router,ive been reading around and it seems ill benefit on browsing and my xbox and ps3.can you give me a link to how to do it?
im using the o2 box ii and i cant see how to change them

[Saturday]

From memory ( I don't use the O2 Box) you can't alter the DNS settings - could be wrong though.

Changing it in the PC/xbox should override the router. Instructions here (put the same entries in the DNS section of your Xbox dashboard):

https://www.opendns.com/start/computer/

[andy66]

after youve set up open dns it then says for you to register which i did.but when you go to there website to your control panel it said i havent set up a network yet...?(i went in to settings).what does it mean by set up a network?????

[Saturday]

Ah - that's for advanced usage if you want reports of sites visited, black/blocklists etc.

You don't need to register or do anything else other than enter the DNS server addresses into your devices, reboot them and you're done. To check you're now using OpenDNS servers, go back to their home page and in the middle of the page you'll see a message telling you you're using them.

[andy66]

cheers m8,done that and im using them.i put them in my ps3 last night and browsing is defo faster. gonna do the 360 today aswell.
will using open dns improve my gaming connection,i play fps so no lag is important...
its not too bad at the moment but will i see an improvement using open dns??

[Saturday]

No, it's a common misconception that "better" DNS servers will magically speed up a connection. DNS is a name translation that's all. All they can do is possibly speed up resolving the initial connection to the server (by quicker lookup) so can improve browsing of new sites - old sites are in your DNS cache so don't need to be looked up again (well not frequently). DNS servers can make no difference to lag in gaming.

[Saturday]

I've just seen a reference elsewhere and it would appear that you can set the DNS in the O2 Box router via the Superuser login (see tutorial section for details of that login).

HTH

[andy66]

ive logged in superuser the other day and i cant find any facility to change it.it only has 1 dns set of numbers and if you erase them and write the new open ones it just goes back a page when you press enter.
i have read a post on another site where you do it through your pc....cmd..telnet...then login superuser....very complicated and im pretty basic and dont want to mess with what i dont know....
thanks for the heads up m8

[Keltic]

Go to the START menu and in the RUN box type CMD

At the command prompt type telnet

Then type open 192.168.1.254

Enter your username and password


O2 Users log in with SuperUser (the ID seems to be CASE SENSITIVE, ie with S and U in capitals)
Password: O2Br0ad64nd ie with digits 2064, the first O & B being capital letters

cut and paste the following

dns server route flush
dns server route add dns=208.67.222.222 metric=0 intf=O2_ADSL2plus
dns server route add dns=208.67.220.220 metric=0 intf=O2_ADSL2plus
dns server route list
saveall

[andy66]

youve made it alot easier than the post i read,
nice one m8