Who owns dns server 4.2.2.2

With normal browsing the slowest part of a page load was the DNS look up. Doing anything vaguely automated - even when being nice - would result in loads of timeouts.

I've since switched to openDNS free, non-member and it's been excellent. Same goes with O2. Their DNS gets flaky from time to time. Shaw's DNS here in Edmonton is completely down at least a few hours a week; when it is up, it's slow. Curious - what obligates them to provide DNS service? Zak on April 21, root parent next [—]. From a legal point of view, it would be fairly easy to make a case that it's implied when you sell internet access. From a business point of view, failure to provide DNS would appear no different from an outage to the vast majority of users.

I've used this for pinging for years when there are dns problems. If dns is working I usually hit google or yahoo. If we aren't supposed to be using 4. Estragon on April 21, parent next [—].

I learned one during grad school which is meant to serve the school network but accepts requests from anywhere. I've just kept using that. You can easily configure OpenDNS to work exactly like a normal resolver. People always seem to forget this point.

John Hawkinson had set aside 4. My opinion is that among the reasons it is so well known are that it was designed from the very beginning to be memorable, and they folks setting up this service had the foresight to realize that having it on an easy IP was valuable. I don't agree with the author's idea that an easy IP address is especially valuable.

They're not making any money when technicians use their service because the IP is memorable Is it popular IP for troubleshooting? Thanks, Alan. Where did you find this IP address? What problem are you trying to solve? Thanks for reply. Someone referred me to it as a free DNS server. The concept of free DNS server is too good to be true. Somebodyunfamous Distinguished. Jan 5, 1 0 18, 0. Their IP addresses are: 4.

Dec 2, 1 0 18, 0. I am going to take credit for 4. Early on in training these guys, I told them to ping 4. One day 4. I immediately responded with, "Well, then what about 4. It soon became our defacto test host to ping. After a very short while, we were curious as to what this address was used for But we soon found out So when we needed a quick DNS server to use I think it spread- not only as a DNS server to use, but also as a ping host test.

I've definitely used it in my network administration career and told others to use it. But to hear it come back as a suggestion to me makes me smile. Personally I think it's insecure that Level3 which now controls it allows it to continue to resolve for clients outside of it's network Feb 15, 1 0 18, 0. That's a fine story. Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you're taking credit where credit is not due I'd say that most of the credit for it goes to BBN Planet and specifically John Hawkinson for having the foresight to reserve the 4.

Finally, in case there was any confusion, free DNS servers do not give you free internet access. You still need an ISP to connect to for access—DNS servers just translate between IP addresses and domain names so that you can access websites with a human-readable name instead of a difficult-to-remember IP address. Here are several more public DNS servers. Let us know if we're missing any major providers. Some of these providers have several DNS servers.

Visit the link above and select a server that's geographically nearby for the optimal performance. Verizon DNS servers are often listed elsewhere as 4. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights.

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