Google’s Thomas R. Stromberg created an easy way to find the speediest DNS servers that are available for your computer. Namebench runs its benchmark using web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets to give you your recommendation. You can then change your DNS settings to use Google’s Public DNS rather than that of your ISP. It is free and runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX, and has a simple to follow GUI. I guess this is an additional benefit of Google establishing its public DNS service, which it did a while ago, and in this case it looks like a pretty simple way to find a faster DNS server.
Namebench Finds Faster DNS Servers Easily
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