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    tnpapa replied to the thread Diversion Blocking percentage.
    That would be a very small percentage of the web browsing going on in my network. 5 computers and 50 other iot and media devices. It...
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    tnpapa posted the thread Diversion Blocking percentage in Asuswrt-Merlin AddOns.
    I recently moved from running AGH on a Mac, to Diversion on my RT-AX86U. I am running the same blocking list, OISD large, but I see...
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    I ma going to try ATT servers for a few days and see how it goes.
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    My latency to the various public DNS servers is good. The real question is, which one routes me to the best CDN PoP. I would suspect it...
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    Yes, I understand anycast. I feel we are drifting off topic though. I ran several DNS tests today using Gibson Research and WhatRoute...
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    I know but the only way I will connect to off network DNS servers is using DOT or DOH.
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    I do see an immediate performance improvement with streaming services(Netflix etc) when ECS is on and using DNS servers not provided by...
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    tnpapa reacted to RMerlin's post in the thread ControlD with Merlin with Like Like.
    But lack of ECS can also be problematic to performance as you will end up using the wrong CDN POPs. Typical ECS will be a /24, which...
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    nope not concerned. When security is needed I have a VPN.
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    but not ECS
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    ISP has two DNS servers, one is flaking out and only responds to about 30% of the pings sent to it. Neither supports ECS. Google DNS...
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    tnpapa replied to the thread ControlD with Merlin.
    Same thing I noticed. Even though ControlD is only 25ms ping away, page loads seem slow and do stall sometimes. Cloudflare and OpenDNS...
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    tnpapa posted the thread ControlD with Merlin in Asuswrt-Merlin.
    I have been testing ControlD DNS with encryption. I have been entering the server settings directly into the Merlin interface for DOT...
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    tnpapa replied to the thread Using DOT DNS breaks ECS.
    Script is working. I have ECS now over DOT. Thanks
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    tnpapa replied to the thread Using DOT DNS breaks ECS.
    Perfect, I will add this and give it a shot. I find my streaming services are much more reliable when ECS is passed. Yes I know the...
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