Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Can't access Wikipedia in India...

It worked after a techie friend advised me: Change your DNS in your router. Use 1.1.1.1 Some 3-4 others on Twitter were also saying they could not access Wikipedia at the same time. Now sorted out. FN So, here's the rundown. *DNS* servers translate human-friendly domain names to machine-friendly IP addresses. *You're* probably using a *DNS* server supplied by *your* ISP, one whose quality is unknown. *Switching* to a third-party *DNS* service can both speed *your* internet activity and protect against tricky *DNS*-based attacks.May 17, 2019 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's Fastest, Privacy-First DNS ... - Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 › dns <https://1.1.1.1/dns/> <https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+1.1.1.1&oq=dns+1.1.1.1&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.2789j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#> 1. <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aEdgrQIsYqkJ:https://1.1.1.1/dns/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in> The independent DNS monitor DNSPerf ranks 1.1.1.1 the fastest DNS service in the world. Since nearly everything you do on the Internet starts with a DNS request ... On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:32, &lt;pavanaja(a)vishvakannada.com&gt; wrote: