Comments on: Make your Internet connection FASTER and more RELIABLE in 20 SECONDS! http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/ a mac blog for newbies and nerds (and everyone in between) Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: macfan http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-34 macfan Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:42:29 +0000 http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/#comment-34 Must be that I'm using Verizon FIOS. Must be that I’m using Verizon FIOS.

]]> By: admin http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-33 admin Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:40:24 +0000 http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/#comment-33 Hi Macfan, It autofills without OpenDNS? If so, you're ISP probably provides that service with their DNS nameserver, which is nice. I can't think of any downside. One side-effect (but I think an improvement) is when you type a bad url (i.e. www.goog1le.com) the OpenDNS servers will take you to their "Bad URL" page which offers a search for the web site you typed it. Many ISPs offer their own "Bad URL" pages, but I like the OpenDNS one - although I don't use it much. Hi Macfan,

It autofills without OpenDNS? If so, you’re ISP probably provides that service with their DNS nameserver, which is nice.

I can’t think of any downside. One side-effect (but I think an improvement) is when you type a bad url (i.e. http://www.goog1le.com) the OpenDNS servers will take you to their “Bad URL” page which offers a search for the web site you typed it. Many ISPs offer their own “Bad URL” pages, but I like the OpenDNS one – although I don’t use it much.

]]> By: macfan http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-32 macfan Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:29:11 +0000 http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/#comment-32 I am able to type in "google," "yahoo," or even "corewerkz," in Safari and the autofill function does the rest (even after clearing the cache history). Do you know of any potential downside with going exclusively with OpenDNS? I am able to type in “google,” “yahoo,” or even “corewerkz,” in Safari and the autofill function does the rest (even after clearing the cache history).

Do you know of any potential downside with going exclusively with OpenDNS?

]]> By: admin http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-31 admin Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:10:40 +0000 http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/03/26/make-your-internet-connection-faster-and-more-reliable-in-20-seconds/#comment-31 I forgot to mention another great bonus feature if you register with OpenDNS and are running 10.5 Leopard: With Leopard for some reason, many people (if not all people) are unable to simply type "google" in Safari and have it autofill "www.google.com." With OpenDNS, you can set it up to automatically add "www." and ".com" PLUS it will find out if it's ".com" or ".org" ect and direct you to the correct page. I forgot to mention another great bonus feature if you register with OpenDNS and are running 10.5 Leopard:

With Leopard for some reason, many people (if not all people) are unable to simply type “google” in Safari and have it autofill “www.google.com.” With OpenDNS, you can set it up to automatically add “www.” and “.com” PLUS it will find out if it’s “.com” or “.org” ect and direct you to the correct page.

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