Best DNS Provider

Shaunf on 07/11/2019 - 22:03

Has anyone found noticeable speed difference between ISP , OpenDns and Cloudflare? Or is there another preferred provider?

Also with OpenDns is it possible to block ads ?

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  • pegaxs on 07/11/2019 - 22:35
    +1

    8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4

    And Google “pihole” for an ad blocker.

    • Shaunf on 07/11/2019 - 23:29

      This used to be super slow

  • scotty on 07/11/2019 - 22:36
    +3

    Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4

    Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1

    OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220.220

    OpenDNS provides a lot of monitoring & configuration. However these days I just run my local resolver (DNSMasq) that forwards requests to either Google or Cloudflare, because their IP addresses are easier to remember.

    • Shaunf on 07/11/2019 - 23:18

      Elaborate please

      • scotty on 08/11/2019 - 09:23

        What i7-2600k said. Run a DNS resolver somewhere on your local network. For example a Pi-hole, or DD-WRT on your router. In my case it's dnsmasq on DD-WRT on my router (Netgear R7000). It then configures to forward requests to an upstream resolver, i.e. Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 in my case.

  • Diji1 on 07/11/2019 - 22:37

    You can use Namebench to benchmark dns servers from your location.

    The fastest way is to run a DNS server on your local network.

    • i7-2600k on 07/11/2019 - 22:58
      +1

      The fastest way is to run a DNS server on your local network.

      You doing fully recursive lookups on anything not cached is going to take longer than cloudflare serving up the results to you. The best common way is run your own resolver but have it forward non-cached items to something like cloudflare dns.

      otherwise you're going from your computer > root servers > check dnssec, etc > back to you

      you can disable DNSSEC to lower your security but improve your speeds to the root servers, but its still faster forwarding to cloudflare

      everyones upset about dns over tls because they cant spy anymore

  • CC123 on 07/11/2019 - 23:33
    +2

    Cloudflare by far
    Normally <10ms response times.
    Google is 13-16ms

  • [Deactivated] on 08/11/2019 - 06:52
    +1

    Google are evil (profanity). Don't give them your data.
    cloudflare + dnsmasq on your lan is the fastest option

  • Iangh on 08/11/2019 - 07:38
    +1

    I use Cloudflare.
    https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-providers,Oceania

  • the Unforgiven on 08/11/2019 - 08:23
    +1

    Use this app to check DNS speeds
    https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
    I use cloudfare 1.1.1.1 & 1.0.0.1

  • Reverse Snorkel on 08/11/2019 - 09:16

    There's not many good open DNS's that aren't locked to an ip range. Use Google. It seems to always work.

    • the Unforgiven on 09/11/2019 - 14:45

      use google & get tracked

      • Reverse Snorkel on 12/11/2019 - 10:53

        unless you use a VPN with DNS you'll get tracked no matter what. It all depends if you care about being tracked or not.

        • the Unforgiven on 12/11/2019 - 13:26

          that is why I use a VPN & cloudfare,
          plus tweaks to fireFox ;)

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