When compared to VPN products, SmartDNS has a number of advantages and disadvantages. Some of the main ones are listed below: Advantages of SmartDNS over VPN providers No speed loss. Ideally suited for streaming media Extremely easy to setup Cheaper than VPN, on average. Disadvantages of SmartDNS over VPN providers No encryption IP Address does […]

With SmartDNS, only traffic to a supported website or service is re-routed and other browsing is unaffected. This means that, for example, when you attempt to access internet banking or email accounts, this data is not re-routed through the product’s servers. Each SmartDNS product on the market has a different number of supported channels or […]

The question of whether to use SmartDNS or VPN products is not straightforward, because both have their advantages and disadvantages and both are suited for different types of use. It is also worth noting that SmartDNS only works on supported websites, so if the website you wish to use is not supported, VPN is the […]

One of the major plus points of SmartDNS technology is its range of compatibility. Due to the fact that no software is required and all that is needed is for DNS settings to be altered, SmartDNS services are available on the vast majority of different devices and operating systems. Common devices used for SmartDNS streaming […]

SmartDNS is relatively new and somewhat similar to VPN technology, in that it allows users to bypass geographically restricted content online. In particular, it is widely utilised to circumvent regional restrictions on streaming video and media services, such as Netflix, Youtube, Amazon Instant Video and Hulu. The technology works by re-routing a user’s DNS queries […]