I have a brand new Mac i3 --It seems so slow!!

Test your Intenet speeds with speedtest.net

http://www.speedtest.net/

Put these numbers from openDNS into System Preferences>Network>DNS for Airport (in Advanced.) These servers may be faster than the ones your ISP is using and they're probably safer.

208.67.222.222

208.67.222.220

Go here to check it's working.

http://www.opendns.com/welcome/

Also, option-click on the Airport icon in the menubar to see what your Transmit Rate is.

Hi WZZZ,

Would you recommend using openDNS to anyone? I'm in wired mode on my iMac most of the time so i'm not sure if that makes a difference. (Sorry, still very new to all this)

I did visit their website http://www.opendns.com/start/ and noticed a few options. Which of these would you recommend for home use?

Thanks

pcrickman: glad to hear that helped. The Transmit Rate at 24 is kind of poor. In G mode, 54 is the best. Might be interference; try a different channel. Most people are on 1, 6 & 11. Try some channels in between, but not adjacent. Maybe play around with the antenna or the location of the router, if possible.

Not sure what you're supposed to be getting. The download speed is fine. The upload is OK but not great. You might want to call your ISP about that, since I would have thought, with that download, you'd be getting a better up. I'm on a slow DSL with 1mbps down and .38 up. But this is usually good enough for browsing and relatively small downloads. Not so hot for downloading a large file, though. The huge 10.6.7 combo update took me over two hours. Yours should be quite a bit faster.

Joseph: you don't need to use any of the options on the site or have an account with them. Just put those numbers in for Ethernet DNS. You'll only know if it helps, if you try it.

One good thing about openDNS is that their servers are patched against DNS poisoning, phony redirects.

Thanks WZZZ.