Using alternative DNS Server other than current ISP

Most of time we tend not to know what is the DNS server that is being provided by our ISP.

Just assign a Dynamic IP then login, let it handle the rest of the process.May be because we are lazy or just too busy to do other important work . 😎

But recently , the surfing become incredibly slow, as
at the status bar of the browser can be seen as

“Resolving google.com.. ” bla..bla..

Hmmm… something is a miss..

Upon checking up.. it turn out the DNS server is not resolving correctly.Then thing can be better if we are using alternative DNS Server other than what is being provided by ISP.

One of the example for alternative DNS server is

1. jaring DNS server at 192.228.128.20
2. OpenDNS server at 208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220.220
3. Own DNS server for intranet/WAN structure.

I prefer the OpenDNS server, because of some sort of smart-cache feature..which somehow pointing user to some direction whenever the real DNS record is unreachable..
Eliminating frustrating authoritative DNS outages to the end user..

To use OpenDNS DNS server for resolving all DNS query
we have to change some setting in our own pc/laptop/router.

For Linux user just need to edit /etc/resolve.conf

to have something like this.


nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Plus, no maintenance needed at all, compared to our own DNS server.

More info about DNS.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system
2. http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm

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    1. Open Start, Control Panel, Add Hardware.
    2. Click Next on the introduction dialog box.
    3. Select ‘Yes, I have already connected the hardware’ and click Next.
    4. Scroll to the bottom of the list of hardware, select ‘Add a new hardware device’, then click Next.
    5. Select ‘Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)’, then click Next.
    6. Select ‘Network adapters’, then click Next.
    7. Select ‘Microsoft’ as the manufacturer, select ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter’ as the adapter, then click Next.
    8. Click Next to confim the installation.
    9. Click Finish to complete the installation.
    2. Configure the newly created adapter:
    1. Open Start, Control Panel, Network Connections.
    2. Select the newly created connection (should be named ‘Local Area Connection N’, where N is its order number).
    3. Right click on the selected connection and choose Properties from the menu.
    4. Confirm that ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter’ (or ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter #N’) is displayed in the ‘Connect Using:’ field. If it isn’t, return to step 2 and retry properties for another adapter.
    5. Uncheck (disable) everything except ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’.
    6. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click Properties to open ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties’.
    7. Select ‘Use the following IP address:’ and fill in the ‘IP address:’ and ‘Subnet mask:’ fields (e.g. 10.10.10.10, 255.255.255.0).
    8. Click Advanced to open ‘Advanced TCP/IP Settings’.
    9. Switch to WINS and select ‘Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP’.
    10. Click OK to close ‘Advanced TCP/IP Settings’.
    11. Click OK to close the ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties’.
    12. Optionally (on XP only) uncheck (disable) ‘Notify me when this connection has limited or no conectivity’ to remove the connection warning icon from the system notification area.
    13. Click OK to close the connection properties.

    If you later want to uninstall the Microsoft Loopback Adapter (once it is not needed any more for the forwarding of a Windows file share), you can uninstall it using Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager.

    Tunnel Windows shares

    Main page

    MSLA on WinXP/2003

    MSLA on Windows 2000

    MSLA on Windows NT4

    Various tips
    How-Tos and Tutorials

    How the internet works

    Using WinSSHD for SFTP

    Port forwarding guide

    Tunnel Remote Desktop

    Tunnel Windows shares

    Tunnel WinVNC
    Try out WinSSHD!

    WinSSHD is an advanced SSH server for Windows with secure remote access, file transfer and tunneling features. Supports public key authentication, SCP, SFTP. Its advantages include speed, reliability, ease of use, configurability, and bvterm – the best remote console on the Windows platform. Try it free for up to 30 days!
    Try out Tunnelier!

    Tunnelier is a friendly and flexible SSH client for Windows which includes state of the art terminal emulation, graphical as well as command-line SFTP support, an FTP-to-SFTP bridge, powerful tunneling features, and also remote administration for WinSSHD. Free for individual use!

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