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Vodafone home broadband DNS problem

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Bowdon:
Apparently there is a problem for vodafones home broadband users.

It seems to be a DNS problem. Here is a solution;

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/8297-problems-and-solution-for-vodafone-home-broadband-customers


--- Quote ---The solution: Switching to an alternate DNS provider works around the problem, different DNS servers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 which are both run by Google. Alternatively visit use.opendns.com which has details of their servers and instructions for most operating systems, you can reach the opendns instructions via its IPv4 address http://208.69.38.205
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jelv:
Why didn't they include Cloudflare's DNS (1.1.1.1) in the suggestions?

Westie:
I had trouble with Vodafone's DNS servers shortly after I contracted with them, almost a year ago. I haven't used them since, and currently use Quad9.

I haven't noticed any problems today!  :D

michty_me:
In general, Are the likes of Googles, Clouflare or Quad9 much better than the ISP supplied DNS? I've just been obtaining automatically from Zen.

Westie:
I only ever used the ISP's DNS until I had problems with the Vodafone ones. I use Quad9 because I prefer not to use Goggle, and to give some measure of protection from rogue websites, but I wouldn't say they are 'better' than any other. I think it's a bit like cars - no particular one is inherently better than another, but they all have different characteristics.

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