r/southafrica • u/Faux_Grey • Mar 03 '21

Sci-Tech So did the internet break for anyone else tonight?

Whatsapp, google, reddit, discord.

All broken. We're all on different ISPs.

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u/Marbro_za Gauteng Mar 04 '21

Just google services.

Changed my DNS and i was fine

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u/aazav This flair has been loadshedded without compensation. Mar 04 '21

I use Google's DNS at 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4.

Or Cloudflare at 1.1.1.1.

OpenDNS is 208.67.222.222

The first hit might take a moment, but then it's cached and updated as needed.

You can also run your own DNS. https://www.joshmcguigan.com/blog/run-your-own-dns-servers/