The most basic task of DNS is to translate hostnames such as theos.in to IP address such as 74.86.49.131. In very simple terms, it can be compared to a phone book. DNS also has other important use such as email routing.
This is my list of better, fast public dns servers and free dns server (as compare to your ISP / DSL / ADSL / cable DNS service providers dns servers). These dns servers are free to all. I was able to improve my browsing speed with following DNS servers. Use any one of the following provider.
Free Public DNS Server
Service provider: Google
- 8.8.8.8
- 8.8.4.4
Service provider: ScrubIt
Public dns server address:
- 67.138.54.100
- 207.225.209.66
Service provider:dnsadvantage
Dnsadvantage free dns server list:
- 156.154.70.1
- 156.154.71.1
Service provider:OpenDNS
OpenDNS free dns server list:
- 208.67.222.222
- 208.67.220.220
Service provider: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
Public Name server IP address:
- 4.2.2.1
- 4.2.2.2
- 4.2.2.3
- 4.2.2.4
- 4.2.2.5
- 4.2.2.6
How do I change or setup DNS server IP address?
Visit below mentioned site to setup DNS as per your operating system:
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Thank you DNS Server
Thanks, very useful! I was looking for something exactly like this list.
Thanks, never heard about ScrubIt and DNSadvantage, I changed my computer settings to these nameservers: 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3. All the best.
thanx for the list i tried google dns and yes i am seeing a boost in speed. its great
Hi,
Is there any public ipv6 DNS server ?
thx
Randil
Thanks very match
Thank you so much. I use google now, but maybe there’s a chance to use the rest.
I just did a test with over 150 name lookups to a large number of known public DNS servers. I tested both cached and uncached as well as invalid domains. Your results may vary, but this is what I found.
Google’s DNS server where among the slowest in the group. Lookups took almost twice as long to resolve as OpenDNS.
OpenDNS servers led the pack. In fact there was only one group of DNS servers that were faster.
Time Warner Telecomm has the fasted servers hands down.
64.129.67.101
64.129.67.102
64.129.67.103
I use OpenDNS because I have a paid account and use the multiple tracked networks and the dashboard. I also use customized branded search pages for the invalid lookups and content filtering for the Ad networks and Phishing.
If you don’t want or need these advanced features and you just want standard errors returned for invalid lookups, Time Warner does not mess with the responses and would make an excellent choice.
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