How to Find Out The Fastest DNS Server
If you’ve been using the internet for a while, you should know names like OpenDNS and Google Public DNS. All these free DNS server provider help you to speed up your internet browsing speed and improve security, so which to choose?. The question is which one of them will work the fastest for you? Here is one application to determine the fastest working DNS server for you. Just follow the steps to find out.
Steps to Find Out
- Go to  software  page here
- Download the appropriate file for your operating system from the right side list.
- Run the downloaded file. Click on Extract. After the extraction, it runs without installing. You will see a window like Below.
- It will show your current DNS servers in the top box. You can change the number of queries to less than 100 if you do not have a fast internet connnection. Then click on the Start Benchmark.
- After about 5 to 10 minutes, it will finish its becnhmark and show DNS report.
Above results shown when I included Google DNS Server IPs in name servers list  in namebench, it suggested Google DNS is faster than OpenDNS.  For different ISPS results may vary, run namebench in your computer and decide which to use for optimal internet performance.
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