All you do is run it and click “Run Benchmark”. Running DNS Benchmark is just as simple as the previous program. It only in a Windows version, but Linux users can easily (and completely) run it using Wine. Programmed 100% in assembly language, this program performs spectacularly. GRC always produces high quality software. Grab some tea and munchies, might be a while. They need this time to test all their known servers and then some. Note though, that both program will take a while to execute. Both are free, but only NameBench is open source. Both are free and great, but I trust GRC greatly. There is the NameBench program on Google Code and the GRC program DNS Benchmark (which is the preferred product). Either way, it is a good idea to find what is the best DNS for you!

Especially if you are at home behind a router, consumer level router products are pretty poor at handling DNS optimally. Also, if you are behind a rounter or NAT, it’s likely that it is acting as your DNS. Your ISP probably sets an optimal DNS for you, but not always. The problem with DNS servers is that they are heavily used, and a heavily used server will be slower than a server with little load. Not only that, DNS allows you to have multiple sites and servers under one name (ie:, , ect…). It is why you are able to type in “or “instead of an IP address such as 74.52.50.226 It is much easier to remember a name right? Than trying to remember (one of) Googles IP addresses such as: 74.125.43.104.

No matter where we are we are bound to have contact with the internet in one form or another, and thus when we need it we want/need it to be as fast and as responsive as possible.īefore I get into how to find the fastest DNS for you, you need to know what a DNS is.

Internet browsing is a huge part our daily lives.

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