I've never found my ISP ones a problem, except a couple of times when they had faults. That's at least eight providers. Currently Three Mobile and Three HomeFi router.

In reply to a post by pluralist:

I've never found my ISP ones a problem, except a couple of times when they had faults.

So you have never found your ISP's DNS a problem, until they gave you problems, i think that is what most of us who have had DNS issues will have found.

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Edited by Jack_Hackett (Sun 30-May-21 17:11:07)

A couple of faults spilt amongst 8 providers over a period of something like 30 years doesn't sound like a problem to me .

Given that any provider's network can and does go down more than that, so you can't do anything whatever DNS servers you use ....

In reply to a post by pluralist:

A couple of faults spilt amongst 8 providers over a period of something like 30 years doesn't sound like a problem to me .

Given that any provider's network can and does go down more than that, so you can't do anything whatever DNS servers you use ....

Mine hasn't gone down i am having issues with one sitre only all others work as they always have.

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In reply to a post by Pheasant:

So no problem in reality. Just a “user perception” issue as clients are being issued the correct / nominated DNS severs via DHCP.

Yes, just a mismatched expectation of what the web UI should show.

Most people aren't aware typically most home routers act as DNS proxy and forward to the ISP DNS, and by changing the local DHCP settings the clients just bypass the router proxy / cache.

Yes thought as much initially, which is why I asked what DNS was actually being served to clients in my first post. No point chasing your tail thinking you have a problem but don’t. OP subsequently confined that all is good in the hood.

DNS is one of the easier ways to track what people do on the internet. I wouldn't use Google DNS for this reason.

A Raspi running piHole and and Unbound is easy to setup following online guides and Unbound use the authoritative DNS servers so if these are down, the site is down for everyone.
DNS requests can also be secured so no one entity is tracking all your requests and selling them on.

In reply to a post by smouty:

DNS is one of the easier ways to track what people do on the internet. I wouldn't use Google DNS for this reason.

I am now using Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 after doing a bit of research.

https://digital.com/cdn-providers/cloudflare/

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In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I am now using Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 after doing a bit of research.

There is also Quad 9 as another alternative. But if you stream a lot of content you might find your ISPs servers give faster more reliable streams for other reasons.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I am now using Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 after doing a bit of research.

There is also Quad 9 as another alternative. But if you stream a lot of content you might find your ISPs servers give faster more reliable streams for other reasons.

Thanks.

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