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To: Gottfried who wrote (49287)	1/27/2006 11:34:17 AM
From: LTBH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

As one of my earlier posts stated, I no longer remember where/how I found the steps to determine the ones near me but it involved finding the correct numbers for different colleges/universities near me (the closer they are the less hops). However, I did a quick google search and found the following, which if not sufficient then suggest you persue the google search till satisfied. Note: that DSL Reports has a number of diagnostic tools and info available for various issues. dslreports.com Q: Are there alternative DNS servers that I can use? (#7472) A: [General] DNS - Open Root-Server Confederation Since it seems that many issues related to email, inability to load certain pages, etc, eventually are traced to problems with DNS, I've started using free DNS services from the Open Root-Server Confederation. They seem to have less trouble, and include all the new TLD (Top Level Domain) listings that many of the other DNS servers don't yet include. I've replaced the more usual 198.77.116.8 with 204.57.55.100, and it works well. Here is a list of the servers available ... I chose the one I did because it appears to be the one closest to the NOC. For an explanation of how and why to use "alternative roots" go to »support.open-rsc.org/[?] and for complete information on DNS and the Open Root-Server confederation, go to »www.open-rsc.org/[?] quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can freely use any of these servers instead of your ISP's nameservers if you want to be able to see ALL the domain names on the net, not just the ones in the US Government controlled nameservers. You will, of course be able to see all the "old" domain names like .com, but you'll also be able to see all the ORSC new top level domains, too. If you need instructions on how to use these please see our instructions. 199.166.24.253 (PS0.NS1.VRX.NET) - Toronto, ON, Canada 199.166.27.253 (PS0.NS3.VRX.NET) - Richmond Hill, ON, Canada 199.166.28.10 (PS0.NS2.VRX.NET) - Apopka, Fl 199.166.29.3 (NL.PUBLIC.BASESERVERS.NET) - Nederlands 199.166.31.3 (NS1.QUASAR.NET) - Orlando, FL, USA 195.117.6.25 (ZOLIBORZ.ELEKTRON.PL) - Poland 38.113.2.100 (NS1.JERKY.NET) - Boston, MA, USA 213.196.2.97 (PAN.BIJT.NET) - The Netherlands LTBH