Prefered DNS

[Mr Bigman]

I use Comcast which is far the best in High Speed internet, but im not crazy about there DNS.

Who still has the best DNS pairs for highspeed?

I get the 10 to 15 mbits per second but browsing pages isn't speedy like AT&T or SBC used to.

[Bman212121]

Just change your router to use a different DNS as the primary, and Comcast as your secondary.

[Mr Bigman]

Yea , know that but what is a good lookup right know. I just want the DNS numbers like 206.141.193.60

[retsam]

I use Comcast which is far the best in High Speed internet,
no its not
but im not crazy about there DNS.

Who still has the best DNS pairs for highspeed?

I get the 10 to 15 mbits per second but browsing pages isn't speedy like AT&T or SBC used to.
http://www.opendns.com/

[SLippe]

no its not

http://www.opendns.com/
Awesome! Just did this for WinXP and I can tell the difference. Was going to change in the router as well, but there is only one place in the router settings, instead of two. Works great just by setting the WinXP settings, so not going to worry about the router right now. Tests passed according to their tests. :D

[retsam]

Awesome! Just did this for WinXP and I can tell the difference. Was going to change in the router as well, but there is only one place in the router settings, instead of two. Works great just by setting the WinXP settings, so not going to worry about the router right now. Tests passed according to their tests. :D
ya open dns rules, when ever i setup a client border router i always set at least one pointer to open-dns...they have never failed me once...

[betterdan]

Thanks for the info. Just set mine up and pages seem to load faster.

[evilghost]

Want them to really run fast? Install a DNS server with zone forwarding to your ISP's upstream servers or just use the roothints. Since most DNS servers are caching nameservers you'll really see a big performance increase.

http://ntcanuck.com/ works well for Win32 users.

[retsam]

Want them to really run fast? Install a DNS server with zone forwarding to your ISP's upstream servers or just use the roothints. Since most DNS servers are caching nameservers you'll really see a big performance increase.

http://ntcanuck.com/ works well for Win32 users.
thats some good software....

[evilghost]

thats some good software....

Agree, I used to use it when it was called Bind-PE.

[ViN86]

Want them to really run fast? Install a DNS server with zone forwarding to your ISP's upstream servers or just use the roothints. Since most DNS servers are caching nameservers you'll really see a big performance increase.

http://ntcanuck.com/ works well for Win32 users.
can you break this down for me ghost? im curious.

[evilghost]

can you break this down for me ghost? im curious.


ISP/OpenDNS method:

[Client] --> {DNS QUERY} <--> [Internet, latency] <--> [DNS Server, caching] <-- {CHK CACHE; if not avail goto NS for domain} --> [NS DNS]

The DNS query will take a while, especially if the record is not known to [DNS Server]. You incur the latency of the DNS request over the Internet as well as any latency occuring from the forwarding.

If you run a local DNS server you can take advantage of your DNS cache locally, without routing it to your ISPs nameserver. For unknown records you can query the NS DNS directly or you can forward them to your ISPs nameserver for name resolution.

[ViN86]

ISP/OpenDNS method:

[Client] --> {DNS QUERY} <--> [Internet, latency] <--> [DNS Server, caching] <-- {CHK CACHE; if not avail goto NS for domain} --> [NS DNS]

The DNS query will take a while, especially if the record is not known to [DNS Server]. You incur the latency of the DNS request over the Internet as well as any latency occuring from the forwarding.

If you run a local DNS server you can take advantage of your DNS cache locally, without routing it to your ISPs nameserver. For unknown records you can query the NS DNS directly or you can forward them to your ISPs nameserver for name resolution.
ahhh ok, got it. thx :)

[Mr Bigman]

Wow, much faster. What was the restarting of the computer for? I tried the new DNS before i restated didn't see a diffeence but restarted and did.

[methimpikehoses]

no its not

http://www.opendns.com/

I can connect onto this without Comcast/Qwest/etc? For free? RLY?

[retsam]

I can connect onto this without Comcast/Qwest/etc? For free? RLY?yep

[mullet]

AWESOME, comcast DNS blows chunks. Internet pages are popping now. Thanks a ton!!!!

[methimpikehoses]

yep

:afro2:

Thanks man that's MUCH faster.

[ViN86]

ive been using this at home. its MUCH faster than my previous DNS.

awesome find :thumbsup:

[j0j081]

sweet. I don't have comcast but I can tell a dif already over my default one. I heard of this a while ago but didn't get the urge to try it until hearing all of ur results. so are there any downsides to this at all?

[j0j081]

actually is seems slower or about the same now so wtf? must have just been the epenis syndrome when I first installed it.

[Peoples-Agent]

Even here in the UK OpenDNS is a saviour. It's conquering the World! Generally ISP DNS' here is pretty awful.

[stncttr908]

Been using OpenDNS for a few months and it's awesome.

[evilghost]

If you think OpenDNS is fast, setup your own caching nameserver...

[Mr Bigman]

Damn, this sucks. I can't go to certain websites now with OpenDNS.

Is there a way around this and why does this happen.

I hate to admit it, but i do sometimes go to Rage3d cuz of my Theater TV tuners, and the damn site goes to openDNS>