Comments on: OS X Leopard DNS performance problem – enabling local name server

By: SandraMillhouse

SandraMillhouse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:41:51 +0000

I don't get it, where's step 6? There are 3 steps and then you mention what we have to do in step 6.
Sandra Millhouse @ Virtual servers UK

By: Nico

Nico — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:37:59 +0000

thnx, works like a charm, also on Snow Leopard.
TIP: If you want to do it all from Shell,(like me via ssh) enter the following commands:
sudo networksetup -setdnsservers Ethernet 127.0.0.1 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220

change 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 (OpenDNS) to any dns server you like, in case of a problem with your own BIND server, you can still reach Internet.

do this for all your network connections: get the list with sudo networksetup -listallnetworkservices.

So for instance you will need to do: sudo networksetup -setdnsservers Airport 127.0.0.1 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220

By: Raphae Halim

Raphae Halim — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:55:16 +0000

Hey, thanks for your post. I wanted to improve my network performance. I found the same article but didn’t know if it would work well on Leopard. You article gave me the confidence to try it out.