How to Make Your Internet Faster By Changing Your DNS Settings

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1) Search for the best DNS server relative to your location:

A DNS server can't be considered the fastest for everyone, it depends on your location. So you'll have to find the best DNS Server to your case.

To find the best server you will need help from a third-party tool like DNSBench

1) Download DNSBench and run the tool.
2) Move to the "Nameservers" section and click on the "Run Benchmark" button.
The tool will take few minutes to search for the best servers based on its recommended list of 72 servers.



After the process, you will see top 50 DNS servers for your current location with their address mentioned in the left column. You can simply choose the top 2 DNS servers as the results are listed according to the fastest ones on top.



2) Apply the best DNS servers

For Mac PCs:

• Open System Preferences.
• Search for DNS Servers and tap it.
• Click the + button to add a DNS Server and enter your best servers
• Click Ok and then Apply.

For Windows Computers:

• Tap Start and then click on Control Panel.
• Click on Network and Internet, and then tap Change Adapter Settings.
• Right-click on the Wi-Fi network you are connected to, then click Properties.
• Select Internet Protocol Version 4 and click Properties, and then write down any existing DNS server entries for future reference.
• Now tap Use The Following DNS Server Addresses, and replace those addresses with your best servers
• Click OK, then Close, and Restart your browser.

For Android Devices:

• Connect to your preferred WiFi network.
• Enter your router's gateway IP address in your browser. Fill in your username and password, if asked.
• In your router's configuration page, locate the DNS server settings, and enter any existing DNS server entries for future reference.
• Replace those addresses with your best servers.
• Save your settings, then restart your browser.

3) Test your internet speed:

You can see the difference by browsing or using a speed test

KeRbDoG

I'd not be in a rush to trust random DNS servers, remember they can be poisoned
Choose your ISPs or another trusted DNS provider like Google/Cloudflare/OpenDNS if you believe your ISPs DNS sucks

Spear

The original post is nonsense, and possibly opens you up to security risks, like the already mentioned poisoning, but it also risks lower throughput.

Larger DNS providers uses Anycast traffic targets, so you can't predict what server will respond. Take Google's 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 addresses. Except they're not Google's at all. They arranged for the use of them from Level3/CenturyLink/Lumen (or whatever their name is this week), and the actual Google DNS servers that respond, do so from a set of servers on completely different addresses, and already attempt to provide the fastest response anyway.

There's also a risk of damaging your throughput. Larger platforms, such as CDNs, use your DNS server to perform geo-targeting and load balancing. Using an off-network DNS server creates the risk of your client being rendezvoused with an inappropriate server, and seeing reduced traffic throughput as a result.

And even if you did find a slightly faster DNS server, you'll only save a millisecond or two on the very first lookup, and after that the DNS response is cached and re-used by your OS anyway. You'd spend many times longer messing with that tool then you could ever save in lookup times.

betarayjay

its always good to have a backup dns, obv if your router can use alternate dns so you don't have to manually input it into each device as rare as it may be but virgin's dns can and has failed few times b4 but obv wasn't an issue for myself as my asus ax11000 had me covered