Bill wrote:
> 208.67.222.222
> 208.67.220.220
>
> more instructions at https://www.opendns.com/start
>
> On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Bill wrote:
>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:27:48 -0500 (EST)
>>>> From: Eben King <eben01@verizon.net>
>>>>
>>>> When I go to a web site that would ordinarily give me "no such host" or
>>>> similar, my ISP (Verizon) redirects me to wwwz.websearch.verizon.net. I'd
>>>> much prefer to get a normal error, so I can correct the URL and try again.
>>>> How do I ch*nge this behavior? I entered an addr*ss of 0.0.0.0 inti
>>>> /etc/hosts. Now the browser tries to go to wwwz.websearch.verizon.net and
>>>> then gets an eror; that's worse, as the erroneous URL isn't in plain text
>>>> in the error page's URL.
>>> would possibly changing your dns servers to open dns fix this?
>> It would. What is that address?
>>
>> --
Just to add, If you have an actiontec router (you said Verizon so I
assume FIOS) make sure you change the settings for Broadband Connection
and not Network(Home/Office). The instructions on the opendns.com
website for the actiontec are incorrect and state to change
Network(Home/Office). That's what worked for me anyways.
And... opendns does the same thing as verizon when you mispell URL's.
It either guesses for you or provides search results.
So, I guess you are back at square one :o
FWIW, I like opendns URL guess-o-matic better than websearch.verizon.net
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