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On Saturday 19 May 2012 13:09:45 Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On May 19, 2012 6:46 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Willie Matthews wrote: |
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> [le snip] |
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> > > You should really try changing you DNS server to some faster ones. I |
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> > > was having this same problem with my ISP or DSL modem with built in |
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> > > router taking a long time. I changed my DNS servers to Google DNS |
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> > > Servers (8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8) and haven't had a problem. |
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> > > My setup is a little different but all in all I would really suggest |
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> > > you try a DNS server outside of your ISP. |
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> > I agree. My ISP is AT&T and I changed my DNS to Google's too. It is |
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> > very fast compared to AT&T's servers. I have had AT&T's servers not |
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> > respond for several seconds but Google's just seem to work. |
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> Here's the result of a test comparing the performance of public DNS servers |
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> http://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/public-dns-resolver-showdown |
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> Despite what the linked article said, in my experience, Level 3 |
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> (4.2.2.[1-5]) is at least as fast as Google. I guess it depends on one's |
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> ISP. But both of them are mucho faster (and much stabler) than my ISP's DNS |
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> servers. |
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I understand that Level 3 4.2.2.2 is not a public DNS server: |
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http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/famous-dns-server/ |
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If my recent experience is correct (when I was trying to set up proxychains) |
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connections to it are often dropped or at least throttled. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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