[rif]

Right now the router (actiontec with verizon fios) chooses two.  I'm thinking about overriding that and using either OpenDNS or google's DNS service in the router's settings.  Why?  I dunno, I've read that others do it.  Yes I would jump off the cliff if everyone else was.

Thoughts?

[skunark]

I switched one to Google's DNS, left the second one with verizon to diversify.   I initially did the switch to improve netflix/itunes performance on iTunes, but that is no longer an issue with me.   One advantage with using the Google DNS over verizon fios (and for me now frontier fios) is that  you aren't sent to a page of crappy advertisements.

[Bizarroterl]

If you have kids use opendns.  With it you can filter out porn, nazi, etc sites.  I've been using it at work for several years and it has proved very effective.

[rif]

So I took the plunge and changed the dns server info in my router. Had to change it in 2 places. Anyway as you can see I can still get online!

But as far as I can tell, the dns info on my devices still say their dns is 192.168.1.1 (my router). Is that right? Since the router acts as a dhcp server, I thought the devices would update their info.

[kc8apf]

Your router likely acts as a DNS cache and forwarder as well.  The DHCP server will configure your machines to send DNS requests to your router.  If it has cached the record, it will return it.  Otherwise, it will forward the request to the DNS servers you configured and will then cache the result.  This has a slight performance advantage over having your machines query the DNS servers directly.