DNS Server which stands for Domain Name Server (or System or Service) are very helpful to provide you better speed during internet browsing. Some times we can speed up our Internet speed by changing the DNS servers by those DNS servers coming from Google Public DNS or OpenDNS. These use to be bit faster compared to others. DNS servers are used by your Internet connection to make the correspondence between a domain name and the IP address corresponding. It is simpler to navigate the Internet using domain names rather than numerical sequence. Whenever you call a page, while images are loaded or download files, a DNS server is used.
Usually you Internet service provider use to have their own DNS servers that communicate with all other DNS servers around the world to keep a list of matching domain names / IP addresses. But they are not the fastest DNS servers. Some services like Google Public DNS or OpenDNS include free provision of very swift DNS servers. So you can speed up your Internet browsing using these DNS servers rather than your ISP. Now there is a small utility called Namebench using which you can test the speed of DNS servers ISP is providing along with many public and free DNS servers from home, even if they belong to another service provider internet. You can then select and use the most powerful DNS server simply by changing the settings of your network connection on your computer. Here is how you can use this software.
Installing and Testing Namebench
Namebench is a free software that you can download from here. Download and extract the file. Run the setup and install it on your system. Once installed. Follow these steps to find out Faster DNS servers:
- Namebench in the Nameservers field contains the address of the DNS server being used by your Internet connection. Select the DNS provider and global Include Include best available regional DNS services box.
- Expand the Test data source and select the Web browser you use common list.
- Click the Start Benchmark button.
- The tests then start and last between 5 and 10 minutes.
- A report is displayed in your Web browser, with different DNS servers ordered by speed.
- The fastest way is compared to your current DNS server. Here, the DNS addresses Neuf Cegetel is 102% faster than the addresses currently used by Orange.
- The data are presented in graphical form.
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