Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA writes:
On 10/11/13 19:28, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA writes:
>
>> No, it won't allow any other DNS server, no matter what I configure it for
>> it always goes to theirs, that's why I gave up open.dns. This was a change
>
> DD-WRT does not give you the option to use fixed DNS servers, instead of
> whatever DHCP servers it gets via DHCP from your ISP?
>
> I'm surprised to hear that. Or, rereading what you earlier wrote, maybe
> you're saying that your ISP blocks port 53 traffic, and will only let you
> use their DNS servers.
>
>
DD-WRT will let me use any DNS I want, it's Viasat's system that changes it.
They do some sort of caching to reduce traffic through the satellite
apparently ... Initially I had it configured for open.dns but it wasn't long
before I found it wasn't going there.
The only option I can think of is to use an SSL-based VPN tunnel, to a
friendly VPS provider. Of course, this is going to kill your bandwidth.