How to speed up your internet connection using a fast DNS
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
First of all you need to say just a few words about what is DNS and what impact it has on your connection speed. Speaking very simple words, DNS (Domain Name System) - a system of translation of the site addresses the human language into computer language. That is, when you type in the address bar of your browser, www.example.com address, it first goes on a dedicated server, which is a special database finds the address of the computer and transmits it request. Hence it becomes clear how important the speed of the service on the speed of opening pages in your browser.
Typically, users in connection settings specify the data that gave their provider. And this is absolutely correct, because the DNS-service provider working fast enough. However, in recent years there have been quite a powerful alternative services that provide not less, and sometimes more high-speed services. First of all reminded of services such as OpenDNS and Google DNS. So whether it is in fact a DNS service is the fastest for you, you will learn from this article.
In this task, we will help small free utility NameBench (Windows, Mac, Linux). It can not only test your current connection, but also to find the fastest DNS-server for your specific location. To do this, it makes a series of tests, the results of which can have more than one surprise.
After downloading and running the program (no installation required) you will be presented a window containing a number of options. By default, all settings are already exposed and do not need to touch anything. Check only to your country, and use the browser to surf properly defined. You only need to press a button Start Benchmark and patience. The program is fully automatically perform a series of tests and will give the result in the form of a web page.
Opa! It turns out my current DNS service by almost half slower than the corresponding service from Google. Here we see all the data needed to properly configure the connection. Go to the properties of the network connection is configured as a TCP / IPv4 protocol is necessary to try and feel the difference.
After changes DNS settings, you can check the speed of the network. It is possible that the new settings will help you browse the web much faster than before. Unsubscribe about their feelings in the comments, we are interested in.
NameBench(Windows, Mac, Linux)
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