Verizon recently (I think) put in a handy DNS "helper" that redirects DNS requests that result in a "not found" to their own servers. This completely breaks lots of stuff, and they should be lashed 50 times with a wet noodle for doing so. It breaks the internet.
To their credit, they have an "opt out" option that you can use. If you go to the configure page for your router, note your DNS settings. Get to the point where you can choose to take DNS settings from DHCP, and hard code your own DNS settings to the same addresses that DHCP had given you, but replacing the '.12' with '.14', e.g., "192.168.0.12" would become "192.168.0.14". So I wanted to tell Verizon what a stupid move this is, and at the same time tell them thanks for making opting out so relatively painless, but I found that Verizon internet doesn't actually let you speak with people. Maybe those big windowless buildings *are* a sign that the phone company is really and truly run entirely by machines. >sigh< _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/