If you are a BSNL broadband user, chances are that you are facing
frequent DNS issues. Their DNS servers are just unresponsive. The look
up takes a long duration and many times just time out. The solution?
There is small hack on BSNL for this. Use third party DNS servers
instead of BSNL DNS servers or run your own one like djbdns. The easiest options is to use OpenDNS. Just reconfigure your network to use the following DNS servers: 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Detailed instructions specific to operating system or your BSNL modem
are available in the OpenDNS website itself. After I reconfigured my
BSNL modem to use the above 2 IP addresses, my DNS problems just
vanished! Other ‘freebies’ that come with OpenDNS are phishing filters
and automatic URL correction. Even if your service provider’s DNS
servers are working fine, you can still use OpenDNS just for these two
special features. After you hack BSNL DNS servers, you will see a
noticeable improvement in your broadband speed.
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