[olug] Cox Speed Increase

Wed Jul 9 16:18:30 CDT 2014

Web pages can be full of separate dns queries as the page loads.
On Jul 9, 2014 2:30 PM, "Jason N" <dashrender at cox.net> wrote:

> I think for downloading, DNS won't make a bit of difference, unless I'm
> completely missing somthing.
>
> The only difference DNS makes is how fast your browser learns the IP
> address of the website you want to visit.  Once it knows that the download
> process itself should be affected what so ever.
>
>
>
> ---- Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> Nice, thanks, I recommending someone try SpinRight on a hard drive
> yesterday.
>
> I did the benchmark and then the make custom list and then did another
> benchmark.
> What I am/was doing still seems to be then best.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Jason N
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 12:58 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Cox Speed Increase
>
> Here's another utility that will help you find possible faster DNS servers
> to use.
>
> https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
>
>
> ---- Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> I was temporarily using Googles public DNS when I noticed the hijack.  It
> didn't notice the Cox redirected search page when the wrong url is entered
> thing....or whatever you call it, I would call it a custom 404 but that
> isn't really what it is because it isn't a webserver response.
> .......but my queries ended up going to 92.242.140.2.
>
> What I believe may have happened is Snort blocked 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and
> it
> switched to Cox's DNS somehow.  I originally thought they were doing
> protocol or port based DNS hijacking, I don't think they are, if they were
> the opt out seems to have corrected it.
>
> Thanks for the tool T.J.!
> Here is the graph of my benchmark.
> I am using the Cox DHCP provided servers with pfSense's  dnsmasq DNS
> forwarder.  It seems to be the fastest.
> 68.105.28.13
> 68.105.29.13
> 68.105.28.14
> 68.105.29.14
> http://omahax.com/img/dnsbench.png
>
> I used OpenDNS for a bit years ago but switched because it was noticeably
> slower.
> As far a privacy goes, it might be best just to use Cox's DNS since they
> already know where you are going, unless you are using TOR or something.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Chad
> Homan
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 10:30 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Cox Speed Increase
>
> +1 on OpenDNS. +1 on 50m
> On Jul 8, 2014 11:18 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
>
> > I assumed it were hijacking any dns lookups for residential period,
> > seems like something they would do. Although I had to deal with both
> > ATT and Time Warner today at the sales office, 2 different ISP's both
> > down due to a fiber cut. Ahh excitement, Makes me love Cox.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Justin Reiners
> > <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Ahh that explains it. I use my own DNS server.
> > > On Jul 8, 2014 8:39 PM, "T. J. Brumfield" <enderandrew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've been using OpenDNS rather that Cox's DNS for years so I've
> > >> never
> > seen
> > >> their DNS hijacking.
> > >>
> > >> Google also has a Namebench tool to help you find the DNS server
> > >> that
> > will
> > >> give you the best performance.
> > >>
> > >> http://www.beststuff.com/gadgets/google/29622/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > http://www.omaha.com/money/increase-in-cox-residential-internet-speeds
> > -comin
> > >> > g-this-week/article_d62501ac-05f2-11e4-ba25-0017a43b2370.html
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > So Cox residential is getting a speed increase this week, I hope
> > >> > the Ultimate tier gets a boost.  Any luck getting Century Link
> > >> > gigabit to
> > >> work
> > >> > well?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Last week I opted out of the "advance error page" DNS hijacking
> > >> > (I
> > >> thought
> > >> > I
> > >> > had already done this in the past)
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > http://www.cox.com/residential/support/internet/article.cox?articleId=
> > bd71bb
> > >> > c0-6446-11df-ccef-000000000000
> > >> >
> > >> > My Cox Ultimate internet now seems laggier than normal.  By doing
> > >> > this
> > >> did
> > >> > I
> > >> > get added to some goofy traffic filter group that is really laggy?
> > >> >
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