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
Google public dns server IP address:
- 8.8.8.8
- 8.8.4.4
=> Service provider:Dnsadvantage
Dnsadvantage free dns server list:
- 156.154.70.1
- 156.154.71.1
=> Service provider:OpenDNS
OpenDNS free dns server list / IP address:
- 208.67.222.222
- 208.67.220.220
=> Service provider:Norton
Norton free dns server list / IP address:
- 198.153.192.1
- 198.153.194.1
=> Service provider: GTEI DNS (now Verizon)
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
=> Service provider: ScrubIt
Public dns server address:
- 67.138.54.100
- 207.225.209.66
How do I change or setup DNS server IP address?
Visit below mentioned site to setup DNS as per your operating system:
- Linux operating system.
- FreeBSD operating system.
- Sun Solaris operating system
- Microsoft Windows 7 / Vista / XP / Server 2000 / 2003 / 2008 operating system.
- Home ISP router / wifi Router
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Hi
I live in Philippines, can anyone suggets me a great DNS server which can help in browsing
I’ve been using google’s and openDNS.. works fine. Perhaps you can use your internet service provider dns as last option
what about malaysia?
I need to know which is the fastest
Hi
I live in bangladesh, can anyone suggest me a great DNS server which can help in fastest browsing
Jimmy you can use google dns or norton dns.
open dns is best for you brother
You all should use google namebench to find best server for your broadband and put them as:
DNS1 : The fastest server
DNS2 : Second fastest server
DNS : Use your own ISP DNS (incase if DNS1 and DNS2 servers are down).
Thanks – Hope this helps.
I didn’t know about that tool, that’s excellent. Thanks a lot!
tried and tested, worked great , much much appreciated
Thanks a lot.. I did not knew about it!
That configuration only tests performance from Googles servers to the DNS server you tell it to test. Google is not in your PC….
That’s got to be the most idiotic thing I’ve read here. Congratulations!
Hi
I live in Indonesia, can anyone suggest me a great DNS server which can help in fastest browsing?
I live in India, can anyone suggest me a great DNS server which can help in fastest browsing?
open dns is super fast
Yes, absolutely true. I’ve tried Google DNS but later did I realize that not switching to OpenDNS was a mistake.
same speed dnt chngd….. :(
75.75.76.76 anycast works, but only if you’re on Comcast. It invariably works much better than the ones your comcast modem gets from it’s upstream headend.
I recommend using Google Namebench to compare all of these DNS servers lookup times, and not just ping times, as different networks get different DNS resolution times.
A server can have a great ping time but still be unreliable or slow at DNS lookups.
There’s a little secret to fast dns server.
Look at the the whois records for the largest isp’s in your country.
Then attempt to to nslookups with each of them.
You’ll find one’s that are very fast and don’t have aren’t nearly as heavily used as the public and easy to use remember ones.
thanks improve speed
did our Internet service provider charge for using them?
i live in philippines can anyone suggest me a dns for fastest browsing. thanks
The DNS riddle, is what is the best way to point a domain to a web host? You create a name server, that point to specific IP adress, correct?
So how does saying using an IP adress like Google’s 8.8.8.8 get your domain to point to the IP adress of the host?
It is preference to try it out, and we can experience another extraordinary faster loading , Thanks
i live in Nepal can you suggest me a best dns…..
thanks for list. I find my ISP’s DNS to be slower to respond.
hy, how to use free net in chaines mobile
opendns is the best i have ever used since i was a kid, but hate them now and they provide colleges with options to block websites.
i live in india my net speed is around 80kbps please help me
to increase my speed
FYI
http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
http://code.google.com/p/namebench/downloads/list
Perfect … OpenDNS is blazing fast
HEY, i am living in USA and i have a playstion 3.. and when i try to get online it either says .. “the attempt to obtain the IP adress timed out” .. or ” DNS error 80710102 or something like that… now when i try to make my adress settings all automatic it says IP adress timed out/… then when i go to custom, wirless and all that i go to manual on adress settings and i type my IP adress and all that stuff… when i test my connection it says “IP adress succeded but there is a DNS error 80710102.. NOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS I WANT TO KILL SOMEBODY… NOW ALL I AM ASKING IS FOR SOMEONE TO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS…
Thanks,
A VERY pissed gamer… ^_^
Mine was doing the same. I noticed I had my DNs on manual but right as soon as I put it on auto 8080 came up and all was good.
is it working for all countries if that right that is not working for me i’m from egypt and when i tried to make this it slown down my speed my regular download speed is 50-65 kb/s with this trick 30-33 kbs…!!!!!!!!!
excuse me for my bad english
Thanks; appreciate it.
I am in cebu philippines and this is what speeds i am getting
390 ms Service provider: Google
197 ms Dnsadvantage
90 ms OpenDNS
229 ms Norton
202 ms GTEI DNS (now Verizon)
timed out ScrubIt
THANK YOU sa info.. haha.. i almost had to test them out myself. salamat bai. :D
the best why to find which one is the best open run open cmd and ping one by one the best one is which one has the list ping time for example the best one for me is 4.2.2.1 (but I use my own win server dns server)
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 4.2.2.4
Pinging 4.2.2.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.2.2.4: bytes=32 time=210ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.4: bytes=32 time=210ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.4: bytes=32 time=209ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.4: bytes=32 time=212ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 209ms, Maximum = 212ms, Average = 210ms
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 4.2.2.3
Pinging 4.2.2.3 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.2.2.3: bytes=32 time=208ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.3: bytes=32 time=209ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.3:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 208ms, Maximum = 209ms, Average = 208ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 4.2.2.2
Pinging 4.2.2.2 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=204ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=203ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=203ms TTL=50
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=203ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 203ms, Maximum = 204ms, Average = 203ms
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 4.2.2.1
Pinging 4.2.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=245
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=123ms TTL=245
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=124ms TTL=245
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=124ms TTL=245
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 123ms, Maximum = 126ms, Average = 124ms
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 8.8.8.8
Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=215ms TTL=49
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=216ms TTL=50
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=213ms TTL=50
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=216ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 213ms, Maximum = 216ms, Average = 215ms
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 8.8.4.4
Pinging 8.8.4.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=225ms TTL=50
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=225ms TTL=49
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=223ms TTL=50
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=231ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 8.8.4.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 223ms, Maximum = 231ms, Average = 226ms
C:\Users\Administrator>
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hi wats the best dns for iran tanku
please i need dns server and win server adderss that can work with motorola surf 5101 cable modem,or how can i go about it, to make it work thanks.
http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/check-isp-dns-server-speed-compare-opendns-ip-address/2614/
Hi
my name is Reshad i living in Kabul/Afghanistan i have internet connection but it is 128 KB share. it’s very much slowly i get boring with such speed. how can i increase the speed? please help me i have DSL connection
Thank you
Best wishes
which best dns server for Pakistan….???
plz reply…
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