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It seems like Google's DNS servers are always MANY hops away from me, no matter where I am. The ping times range from 8ms to 45ms. How is that faster than usin
by cowmixtoo 15y ago
It seems like Google's DNS servers are always MANY hops away from me, no matter where I am. The ping times range from 8ms to 45ms.
How is that faster than using a local DNS server?
- secure 15y agoObviously it cannot be faster than a local DNS cache/server (for the RTT). What can be significantly faster is forwarding queries to Google Public DNS instead of your ISP. At least in my experience, ISPs often have slow and overloaded servers which are not well maintained. Recursively resolving completely on your own is often even slower than either of those two choices.
- a1k0n 15y agoISPs often also have abusive DNSes that redirect unresolved domains to ad-ridden landing pages, which is why I switched.
- j-kidd 15y agoI have been running unbound for a month, and there is no noticeable difference in resolving time. This article provides a good read: http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/googledns.html http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/googledns.html
- handelaar 15y ago45ms beats the hell out of the hundreds, or thousands, that crappy Irish ISPs deliver from their own 'local' name servers. When they're working at all.