PCTechNotes :: PC Tips, Tricks and Tweaks » internet protocol http://pctechnotes.com PC Tips,Tricks and Tweaks Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:05:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Speed up your web browsing with OpenDNS http://pctechnotes.com/speed-up-your-web-browsing-with-opendns/ http://pctechnotes.com/speed-up-your-web-browsing-with-opendns/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:06:29 +0000 slavezero http://pcremix.com/?p=41

When you type a Web site address like www.pcremix.com into your browser, that domain name needs to be translated into the actual IP address for the computer hosting that site. The job of the DNS server is to take the domain name you type in, look it up against a database of IP addresses, and then return the

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When you type a Web site address like www.pcremix.com into your browser, that domain name needs to be translated into the actual IP address for the computer hosting that site. The job of the DNS server is to take the domain name you type in, look it up against a database of IP addresses, and then return the correct address to your browser so that the site can be accessed.

The speed of your browsing also depends on how fast your DNS server perform it depends on how fast your DNS server translate a domain name into an IP address. Some users with overloaded ISP DNS servers can see delays in multiple seconds before web pages starts to load.

OpenDNS provides free alternative DNS servers that anyone can use with any internet provider. Unlike many national internet providers, OpenDNS’s DNS servers are very fast and reliable. Using OpenDNS servers instead of your ISP servers will help you speed up your internet browsing by cutting down on the delay between resolving a domain name and getting the IP address so your browser can start loading the web page.

Configuring your computer to use OpenDNS servers instead of your ISP’s is a simple change that works in both Windows XP and Windows Vista:

1. Click on the Start Button and type in ncpa.cpl and hit Enter. In Windows XP Click on the Start Button, click Run and then type in ncpa.cpl
2. Right click on your active network connection that you use to connect to the Internet and select Properties.
3. On the Networking / General tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (version 4 on Windows Vista) and hit Properties.
4. On the properties screen, select Use the following DNS server addresses and then type in 208.67.222.222 in the preferred and 208.67.220.220 in the alternate boxes.

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5. Hit OK twice and you are finished.

Visit OpenDNS.com to learn more about some of the advanced features of OpenDNS on top of the speed benefits.

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    • ]]>     If you want to access your Smartbro Canopy and be able to tweak it’s settings or fix your connection one better way to do it is know it’s IP address, but how can you do it? well, Here is a step-by-step procedure on how you can safely get the IP address of your SmartBRO Canopy so you can access and manage your SmartBRO Canopy settings.

    any new subscriber of smartbro will have the 10.xxx.xxx canopy address

    1. Go to network connections in the control panel
    2. Right click on the local area network
    3. Highlight Internet Protocol and click on properties
    4. Set to Use the Following IP address
    5. Set the IP Address to “10.20.30.40″
    6. Set the Subnet to “255.0.0.0″
    7. Leave the gateway blank
    8. Leave the DNS blank
    9. Apply the changes

    10. Then go to command prompt
    11. Type in the command prompt c:\arp -a

    arp -a – Displays current ARP entries by interrogating the current protocol data. If inet_addr is specified, the IP and Physical addresses for only the specified computer are displayed. If more than one network interface uses ARP, entries for each ARP table are displayed.

    12. It will show several IP address

    the example above shows that the canopy IP address is 10.245.180.126

    13. After you get the IP address of your canopy, open your browser (I prefer Mozilla Firefox)
    14. Type the IP address at the address bar to get access to the smartbro admin site.

    After you gain access to your smartbro admin site you can now be able to tweak some settings and troubleshoot connections.

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