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Google DNS
So in their attempt to take over the worl... Oops...I meant Internet; Google has its own public DNS servers.
Source - Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS
Google Site - Google Public DNS
So in their attempt to take over the worl... Oops...I meant Internet; Google has its own public DNS servers.
Source - Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS
Google Site - Google Public DNS
I'll give it a shot.
Yeah, I found that to be a bit interesting. I've never really had problems with my ISP provided DNS servers and in the rare event that I did, I just reconfigured to use some root level DNS servers (4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2).
I expect this to give google some type of advantage...like storing the DNS queries somehow to improve their searching, advertising, etc. I think that I will pass.
Too early for me to be certain, but I do think that pages are loading faster with this.
I've seen other people saying its faster as well... Maybe it's just fanboyism?
I'm happy with my OpenDns, but I guess I will give it a shot as well.
Steve Gibson do a DNS service check Application and from where I am the google speed is actually slower than OpenDNS and a couple of others.
You may want to do a check on your own DNS to see if this is worth the change ....
GRC's|DNS Nameserver Performance Benchmark
I've also found GDNS to be a little sluggish.
Nigel, do you recommend any, over any others???
From where I am openDNS is probably the best all rounder or if you prefer not to have the added security (site blocking) features of OpenDNS - I use level 3's 4.2.2.5 and 4.2.2.3.
The google addresses by the way actually come back as also being Level 3 provided
Always best to include your ISP servers and google's and run the actual test as in the immortal words of the profit - YMMV :)