BSNL Broadband Hack

Fed up of frequent network down on BSNL Broadband. The solution? There is small hack on BSNL for this. Use third party DNS servers instead of BSNL DNS serversor run your own one like djbdns. The easiest options is to useOpenDNS. Just reconfigure your network to use the following DNS servers:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Detailed instructions specific to operating system or your BSNLmodem are available in the OpenDNS website itself. After I reconfigured my BSNL modem to use the above 2 IP addresses, my DNS problems just vanished! Other ‘freebies’ that come with OpenDNS are phishing filters and automatic URL correction. Even if your service provider’s DNS servers are working fine, you can still use OpenDNS just for these two special features. After you hack BSNL DNS servers, you will see a noticeable improvement in your broadband speed.