Sl@pSh0ck™ Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most importantly, it translates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices worldwide.An often-used analogy to explain the Domain Name System is that it serves as the phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses. For example, the domain name www.example.com translates to the addresses 192.0.32.10 (IPv4) and 2620:0:2d0:200::10 (IPv6).Source: Wikipedia)So which DNS service do you guys use?... I'll start off ... I have setup 3 connections using 3 different DNS service (OpenDNS, GoogleDNS and my ISP's DNS) but by default I use OpenDNS coz it tends to be faster for me ... so it gets my vote :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 18, 2011 Administrator Share Posted February 18, 2011 OpenDNS. :)GoogleDNS is 200% faster in my area when compared to OpenDNS. But OpenDNS offers all the security, customization and I don't want Google to spy on me on everything. :PThough I did set GoogleDNS in my uTorrent as secondary DNS if OpenDNS fails due to connection hog because of download/seeding. But I don't think it matters much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I have used my ISP's DNS in the past but currently using OpenDNS with the DNS-O-Matic.. Also wanted to share a tool called NameBench with everyone for testing the fastest DNS for your location.. Results can vary.. several are faster for me.. but I also choose OpenDNS. for security and configuration ( plus the caching ability - just all around good... Plus it seems quite fast most of the time... Testing my own servers has a lot to do with my DNS and sometimes does take longer as it is free as well..I did try jacking in to other DNS Servers before and for w/e reason.. Thinking because some are paid services.. I was not able to use them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm using my ISPs DNS, it's the fastest (faster than both GoogleDNS and OpenDNS).The others do have some extra functionality... But I didn't make use of that (I tried both for short time periods). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 My ISPs. Much faster than everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Using Google DNS for my laptop...wirelessUsing ISP DNS for my 2x desktop...fix line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajt Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 ISP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex0007 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 ISP DNS, coz it have the smallest ping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adriel Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I use Google DNSit seems faster to me :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 A while back I ran a test. Over the period of a week I tested speed for all major DNS s. The results were inconclusive. They all fluxuated so much that I couldnt pick one. Currently on ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
implague Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 ISP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrito Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Comodo DNS! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 18, 2011 Administrator Share Posted February 18, 2011 Comodo DNS! :rolleyes:Added Comodo DNS. Please delete your vote and vote again. :)Well, there was a time I used to use my ISP's DNS, and it sucked, somehow, time to time I got DNS login error in MSN, then came to know about OpenDNS and never looked back. Yes, chances are high that ISP's DNSs would be the fastest. :)EDIT: Almost forgot. I've added the sites I visit the most in my HOSTS file. Faster than them all. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaindc Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 for me, google dns is about 50% faster than my isp dns, followed by verizon and opendns (33% faster than isp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portage Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Google DNS made my internet like 100x faster (realistically like 60% faster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marke68 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 OpenDNS for me as my isp BEBroadbands dns servers are quite possibly the worst on good old planet earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nima Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I tried many.My ISP's DNS is the best I can take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 My ISP dns is the fastest ping but their database could never match the resilience of OpenDNS so I use OpenDNS. :rolleyes:The difference in ping does not affect performance in a quantifiable way, sites are only queried once and the result is cached. Plus I setup my gateway to cache 10,000 dns entries so it works ok.Oh yea and free botnet protection from OpenDNS is great too. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 ...Plus I setup my gateway to cache 10,000 dns entries so it works ok.......Oh yea and free botnet protection from OpenDNS is great too. :D1. How did you modify your DNS Cache? Curious.. :rolleyes:2. Gotta love the OpenDNS Dashboard.. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0nyB Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 ISP for me and satisfide with it, :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 ...Plus I setup my gateway to cache 10,000 dns entries so it works ok.......Oh yea and free botnet protection from OpenDNS is great too. :D1. How did you modify your DNS Cache? Curious.. :rolleyes:2. Gotta love the OpenDNS Dashboard.. :thumbsup:I use DNSMasq with the following options:bogus-privfilterwin2kstrict-orderstop-dns-rebindclear-on-reloaddomain-neededcache-size=10240no-negcache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 DynDNS. No idea what its like as i've just set it. It came out fastest in the bench test posted earlier. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Yeah I ran mine yesterday.. OpenDNS came in as the second server being fastest.. and first server for them being second.. :P Good tool I think.. had some odd issues with it on Window 7 though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I'll try it at a few different times to see what it says, if its correct it looks like a very good tool. Used it on XP.I don't really know a lot about dns, only recently Ive tried them. ClearCloud was blocking a lot of sites such as warez, actually 1st site I visited after setting it up was blocked lol. :frusty: Then just stuck with Comodo after installing the firewall, but it doesn't seem to do anything, no malware blocking at all.Saw this thread and put on opendns and it was very slow, so tried the tool. I've managed for years without setting my own, so just experimenting really.I should look into it a bit more I suppose :rolleyes: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacredCultivator Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Might be a dumb question but, when I ran the tool, it gave me "UltraDNS". From my knowledge, that isn't free to use is it?SO i went with using as Primary my ISP DNS and then for secondary/tertiary, using both of openDNS's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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