Speed Up Your Internet Browsing With DNS
First of all, what is DNS Server? DNS Server is responsible for naming your website in a readable manner. Without DNS we will be typing the IP address of the website instead of the name.
Example, let's say Facebook's IP is 192.168.1.1, because of DNS Server we type Facebook.com. DNS server plays a major role in your browsing experience. If your computer is infected with a malware/virus that changes DNS, it will keep routing you to the wrong site which will lead your computer to be infected with even more viruses or worst, steal your personal information.
By default, your internet service provider has their own DNS server that is automatically set to your modem. The problem is that, here in the Philippines, we have this law called Fair Usage Policy which is now being implemented by all the Internet Service provider. The Fair Usage Policy limits or capped the internet bandwidth we're getting. This was first implemented by PLDT, then followed by Globe and Smart.
My personal suggestion is, use a different DNS Server instead of relying to the DNS server set by you Internet Service Provider. I have notice a lot of improvement when it comes to opening web pages and playing youtube videos. My theory is that, if you have a fast Internet download speed, but slow DNS Server, opening web pages will still be delayed. As mentioned earlier, DNS Server is responsible for processing your browsers request. So if your DNS Server is slow with processing the requests, then there will be a delay with loading the web pages even if you have a fast internet download speed.
I will be sharing my own collection of DNS Servers which I collected through research, benchmark tool, etc... Here are the best DNS Server I have tried so far;
FASTEST DNS
198.153.192.1
198.153.194.1
Comcast
68.100.16.25
68.87.64.154
68.87.69.154
68.87.68.154
68.100.16.30
PLDT
58.69.254.136 139
NORKISGROUP
NS25.DOMAINCONTROL.COM 64.202.165.116
NS26.DOMAINCONTROL.COM 208.109.255.13
Current Virgin Media DNS Servers
Primary DNS: 194.168.4.100
Secondary DNS: 194.168.8.100
Name Servers – youtube.com
ns1.google.com 216.239.32.10
ns2.google.com 216.239.34.10
ns3.google.com 216.239.36.10
ns4.google.com 216.239.38.10
SMART DNS
121.1.3.81
202.57.96.3
Singapore:
DNS 203.116.1.78
Starhub DNS
203.116.254.150
203.116.1.94
202.156.1.48
Globe DNS
202.52.163.6
Globe DNS International
202.52.163.7
Open DNS
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Google Public DNS
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
The below DNS could also be used but would seem to be reserved for somebody way up the company:
203.177.3.100 (theboss.globenet.com.ph)
As of now these are the DNS Server, I have. I'll be adding more to this list in the next update.
If you have something to add, please leave a comment below. Thanks
If you have something to add, please leave a comment below. Thanks