10 Best Public DNS Servers List
DNS Servers does help optimize internet speed a little bit. Updating the Internet DNS server configuration will improve the performance of your Internet connection . Previously, I had written post on Finding the best dns servers based on your location.
Let me talk about the my ISP ‘s DNS server. BSNL is my internet service provider and it does suck. It works like the toys from china,you know what I mean 😛 . BSNL ‘ s ping is too high and their dns servers are the worst. Hence I always choose open DNS for my computer instead of the one provided by my ISP.
The basic task of DNS server is to translate host-names such as BleepingTech.com to IP addresses like 184.173.201.33. The reason it converts names into number is becuase computers can’t read letters. Another important use of DNS is email routing.
Top Free Public DNS Servers list
Google public DNS server ip address
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
Open DNS offers DNS server that can block adult content as well. Its also called Open DNS Family Shield. To know more please sign up here.
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Level3 dns servers gets routed to the nearest DNS server which is operated by Level3 communications. They are the major providers for most ISPs in the US.
209.244.0.3
209.244.0.4
8.26.56.26
8.20.247.20
156.154.70.1
156.154.71.1
It automatically blocks adult content on the internet by default. Even adult searches on google won’t be allowed if you use Securly DNS
184.169.143.224
184.169.161.155
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Norton
Using Norton DNS will block sites that have malware, spam,scam and phishing .
198.153.192.40
198.153.194.40
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SafeDNS
195.46.39.39
195.46.39.40
199.5.157.131
208.71.35.137
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ScrubIT
67.138.54.120
207.225.209.77
How to Setup or Change DNS Server IP addresses on your computer?
- Click the start button —> go to control panel
- Open network and sharing center
- Click on change adapter settings on the left
- Right click on local area connection –> Properties
- Highlight internet protocol version 4 and hit properties
- Select use the following DNS server addresses
In the proffered DNS server put 8.8.8.8 or any other public dns servers mentioned above. In the same manner enter the alternate dns server address.
Changing DNS server as per your operating System
Windows XP, Vista, 2000 / NT, 98, Windows 7, ME , Mac OS X Snow Leopard , OS X Leopard, OS 9, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Lion, OS X Tiger, Ubuntu etc – Check here https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
Free BSD Operating System
I hope you enjoyed reading the article. To be honest the speed won’t increase much but you will see the performance improvement for sure.
Thanks for this great article Anish. Its really help me to increase my broadband speed using Open DNS.