[DM-MUG] DNS settings and youtube stutter

[Chris R]

I first changed it at work to OpenDNS to protect the pc's from  
malware, worms, etc. I did it at home because we have one pc laptop.  
I really dont remember the old settings and cant find them in any of  
the qwest doc's. I'm not sure if this is the cause and just wondered  
if anyone else had a similar expericence with youtube. Thanks Chris


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On Aug 24, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Chris R Rinehart  
> <big.smelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All
> A while back I changed the DNS settings on my router due to security
> concerns. My wife has an older g3 ibook and since I did this youtube
> is virtually unwatchable. I've adjusted the buffer settings and
> increased the cache size. I'm not sure if the DNS setting have
> anything to do with it. Does anyone else have any experience with this
> problem?  We have the 7mb DSL and other downloads are fast. Thanks
>
> You should share what DNS setting you used and why you chose that  
> specific setting (i.e. why you think it is more secure). If the two  
> events are truly related the only logical explanation I can come up  
> with is that the new DNS servers you're using send you to a youtube  
> download location that is less than ideal for your connection.
>
> A way to test if this is the case is to take your computer to  
> Panera for lunch (or some other wifi hotspot, maybe the library)  
> and see if watching a video works better. Or you could revert your  
> DNS settings to the original value temporarily. (Personally I  
> prefer an excuse to go to Panera for lunch)
>
> -- 
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