Re: [gentoo-user] Best caching dns server?

[Pandu Poluan]

On May 21, 2012 3:19 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 19 May 2012 13:09:45 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > On May 19, 2012 6:46 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > Willie Matthews wrote:
> > [le snip]
> >
> > > > You should really try changing you DNS server to some faster ones. *
I*
> > > > was having this same problem with my ISP or DSL modem with built in
> > > > router taking a long time. I changed my DNS servers to Google DNS
> > > > Servers (8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8) and haven't had a problem.
> > > >
> > > > My setup is a little different but all in all I would really suggest
> > > > you try a DNS server outside of your ISP.
> > >
> > > I agree.  My ISP is AT&T and I changed my DNS to Google's too.  It is
> > > very fast compared to AT&T's servers.  I have had AT&T's servers not
> > > respond for several seconds but Google's just seem to work.
> >
> > Here's the result of a test comparing the performance of public DNS
servers
> >
> >
> > http://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/public-dns-resolver-showdown
> >
> > Despite what the linked article said, in my experience, Level 3
> > (4.2.2.[1-5]) is at least as fast as Google. I guess it depends on one's
> > ISP. But both of them are mucho faster (and much stabler) than my ISP's
DNS
> > servers.
>
> I understand that Level 3 4.2.2.2 is not a public DNS server:
>
>  http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/famous-dns-server/
>

Indeed.

>
> If my recent experience is correct (when I was trying to set up
proxychains)
> connections to it are often dropped or at least throttled.
>

Most likely overloaded. I myself use 4.2.2.[3-5].

BTW, thanks for that link. I never knew before that http://18.62.0.96/ is a
standard connectivity test ;-)

Rgds,