Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Fastest DNS server for your area

I have noticed a vast improvement after running this tool called namebench.  It really does a great job of finding the DNS servers with the best performance for your area.

you can find this tool here: https://code.google.com/p/namebench/

After running this, I have found that using opendns' 208.67.220.222 server is 23.6% faster than my old google 8.8.8.8 server.

If you are wondering how you can change my dns routing, get openwrt.  I have a post on that outlining openwrt on mr3020.  Your router will most likely not be a tp-link mr3020 but roughly the same instructions apply.  I advise you visit openwrt's website for more info: https://openwrt.org/

As usual, hats off to the developers of namebench and openwrt.  This would not be possible without you.

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