Comments on: ISPs who limit DNS changes…let’s talk http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/ Making the Internet safer and faster Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Keith http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-181311 Keith Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:22:22 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-181311 I have Starband Internet service and I couldn't get OpenDNS to work through Linksys router. However, when I setup WinXP to use the OpenDNS, it appears to be working! I'm not for sure it's working but it appears to show graphs and such in OpenDNS Dashboard. I have Starband Internet service and I couldn’t get OpenDNS to work through Linksys router. However, when I setup WinXP to use the OpenDNS, it appears to be working! I’m not for sure it’s working but it appears to show graphs and such in OpenDNS Dashboard.

]]> By: Michael Miller http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-69827 Michael Miller Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:24:34 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-69827 You can Put Comcast home users on That list also You can Put Comcast home users on That list also

]]> By: martyn http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-59776 martyn Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:27:23 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-59776 Hi iam also a NTL Customer or should I say virgin M anyway my wife who is a Student at Greenwich Uni doing Computer science has found out that although no Port Blocking is done Virgin Media do in fact blacklist the domestic account Ip addresses which will stop a customer from using smtp from say Outlook Express email client. answer around this is to use another email client such as Thunderbird which uses the email server directly and does not use port 25 from your pc Reason for Blacklisting of address is that you should have a business account, (I wonder if this would also cause DNS issues?) Thanks for your Blog V Best Hi iam also a NTL Customer or should I say virgin M anyway my wife who is a Student at Greenwich Uni doing Computer science has found out that although no Port Blocking is done Virgin Media do in fact blacklist the domestic account Ip addresses which will stop a customer from using smtp from say Outlook Express email client. answer around this is to use another email client such as Thunderbird which uses the email server directly and does not use port 25 from your pc Reason for Blacklisting of address is that you should have a business account, (I wonder if this would also cause DNS issues?)

Thanks for your Blog V Best

]]> By: OpenDNS Blog » Virgin Media (formerly NTL) allows third-party DNS, including OpenDNS http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-56524 OpenDNS Blog » Virgin Media (formerly NTL) allows third-party DNS, including OpenDNS Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:14:50 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-56524 [...] we heard from various NTL customers (Virgin Media was previously known as NTL) that OpenDNS was not an option for them to use, for unknown [...] […] we heard from various NTL customers (Virgin Media was previously known as NTL) that OpenDNS was not an option for them to use, for unknown […]

]]> By: David Bradley http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-52986 David Bradley Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:58:38 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-52986 The tech guy at NTL/VirginMedia just called me. "When our networks team were looking into this for us on the back of your report they found a configuration problem on a router that your Internet connection goes through," he told me, "which would have been causing the problems you reported." They've now fixed the fault. He reiterated that the ISP does not block any 3rd party DNS services, but told me that if any other customers are having issues with OpenDNS they should get in touch with the support team who will be happy to investigate. db The tech guy at NTL/VirginMedia just called me.

“When our networks team were looking into this for us on the back of your
report they found a configuration problem on a router that your Internet
connection goes through,” he told me, “which would have been causing the problems you reported.”

They’ve now fixed the fault. He reiterated that the ISP does not block any 3rd party DNS services, but told me that if any other customers are having issues with OpenDNS they should get in touch with the support team who will be happy to investigate.

db

]]> By: David Bradley http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-52592 David Bradley Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:53:13 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-52592 I spoke to NTL press office just now and they put me in touch with a tech guy who states categorically that ntl/VirginMedia does not block openDNS nor any other 3rd party DNS servers. I will report back again once I have more information from them. db I spoke to NTL press office just now and they put me in touch with a tech guy who states categorically that ntl/VirginMedia does not block openDNS nor any other 3rd party DNS servers. I will report back again once I have more information from them.

db

]]> By: David Bradley http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-50169 David Bradley Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:05:27 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-50169 Ironically, I gave OpenDNS a mention on my site http://www.sciencetext.com/switch-on-to-opendns-really-take-back-the-internet.html having heard so many good things about it, but being an NTL customer in the UK, I cannot actually use it myself. D'oh! Come on NTL...actually now VirginMedia, please open our connections so we can use OpenDNS db Ironically, I gave OpenDNS a mention on my site

http://www.sciencetext.com/switch-on-to-opendns-really-take-back-the-internet.html

having heard so many good things about it, but being an NTL customer in the UK, I cannot actually use it myself. D’oh! Come on NTL…actually now VirginMedia, please open our connections so we can use OpenDNS

db

]]> By: OpenDNS Blog » HughesNet satellite broadband customers cannot use OpenDNS at this time http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-28391 OpenDNS Blog » HughesNet satellite broadband customers cannot use OpenDNS at this time Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:50:18 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-28391 [...] I’ve publicly speculated before, I now have official confirmation from Hughes that HughesNet customers cannot use OpenDNS [...] […] I’ve publicly speculated before, I now have official confirmation from Hughes that HughesNet customers cannot use OpenDNS […]

]]> By: John Roberts http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-27057 John Roberts Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:26:59 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-27057 Tim, we later posted this: http://blog.opendns.com/2006/10/18/hughesnet-satellite-broadband-customers-cannot-use-opendns-at-this-time/ Which isn't good news, I'm sorry. Tim, we later posted this: http://blog.opendns.com/2006/10/18/hughesnet-satellite-broadband-customers-cannot-use-opendns-at-this-time/

Which isn’t good news, I’m sorry.

]]> By: Tim Grahl http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-27056 Tim Grahl Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:19:39 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/03/isps-limit-dns-changes-talk/#comment-27056 We are a new customer to Hughesnet and we are experiencing the same problem. We were going to use the Hughesnet service as a redundant ISP in case our first provider went down. We are using a Fatpipe box that is doing the DNS but incoming traffic through the satellite is not routing to the correct port. If you send out the request for DNS on port 53, it returns to port 2000. I have contacted Hughesnet multiple times and each time was told that we (customers) are not allow to use the static IPs in that manner and we absolutely cannot get it to work. It appears that we bought 5 static IP's that we can't even use. Any help or answers would be greatly appreciated. We are a new customer to Hughesnet and we are experiencing the same problem. We were going to use the Hughesnet service as a redundant ISP in case our first provider went down. We are using a Fatpipe box that is doing the DNS but incoming traffic through the satellite is not routing to the correct port. If you send out the request for DNS on port 53, it returns to port 2000.

I have contacted Hughesnet multiple times and each time was told that we (customers) are not allow to use the static IPs in that manner and we absolutely cannot get it to work. It appears that we bought 5 static IP’s that we can’t even use.

Any help or answers would be greatly appreciated.

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