Dave Hounddriver Posted January 22, 2015 Author Posted January 22, 2015 DNS for Dummies Part Two: I posted in another thread that I was only getting 3Mbs on my Globe Pocket Wifi so I searched and found a program called namebench You download it and run it and in "5 minutes" it tells you what are the fastest DNS servers for your Internet connection. Sounds great, except the darn thing ran for over 6 hours on my laptop before it finally gave me the result. The results were 3 DNS servers, in order of fastest to third fastest and guess what, the existing DNS default supplied by Globe is the fastest and their alternate is the second fastest and Google open DNS is the 3rd fastest. Interesting to run the program and I will do it again when I eventually switch to SkyCable Internet. Just 'waiting a while' now until they come and install it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Dave, the DNS server's only function is the conversion from web site name to routable IP address eg, from philippines-expats.com to 173.248.191.165. There are many other factors that are more likely the cause of internet slowness. In general cable is faster then DSL but it's also more affected by the number of subscribers in your immediate area since you're sharing one cable. It may start out good but get not so good. Just something to consider. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i am bob Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I knew a guy once who demanded great internet... This was back in Canada... So he bought a house 3 doors down from where the fiber optic regional backbone ran... Of course, his internet was crap... He forgot that his signal ran all the way to another city 30 kilometers away before being redirected towards a large trunk- and a different one at that, his network was over antique cabling with severely worn and cracked insulation (don't you love how it works in the rain?) And his ISP was a reseller for a reseller for a reseller... I had better service with my little 3G wireless stick! Just a little example to show just how right Mike is! It takes a lot of digging and confirming the facts to know if your location is good for an ISP or even a particular type of service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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