DNS problem -

[Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA]

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.

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