The reviews are in: Google Public DNS performance is... OK
Google's Public DNS has been up and running for a few days now, and the reviews and benchmarks are slowly starting to trickle in. Initial results seem to suggest that it works well, but may not be a blanket solution for all, or even many, Internet users.It seems to depend wildly from ISP to ISP. If you're fortunate enough to have an Internet provider like Verizon's FiOS that runs a finely-tuned, well-oiled network, Google Public DNS is simply not for you. If you're one of the (many) that has poorly-maintained DNS servers, the Google service might help considerably. But we're skirting the real issue here: does Google's Public DNS outperform the current 'industry standard' provisions from OpenDNS? Yes, it does. Just.
Either way, we're talking about a few milliseconds -- milliseconds that add up over days or weeks. It's well known that fractions of a second can change the outcome of someone looking to buy from an e-commerce website. I don't know about you, but I actually find myself drumming my fingers impatiently when a site takes more than a second or two to load -- crazy, when you consider just how quickly things are actually happening, compared to the online world a decade ago.
Let's not forget that Google just launched this service. OpenDNS have been around for years. Let's also not forget that their services are functionally different -- Google just want to speed up the 'net, while OpenDNS is an enterprise offering that can provide adult-content filtering and more.
[via Jon Radoff]
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Each animal can do different things; the butterfly can obviously fly, but if it encounters a frog, the frog eats it, and you have to start over again. There's also a fox that runs fast and leaps far, but it eats any rabbits that cross its path. That means that, if you may need to be a rabbit later on, you need to take that into account ...
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MxxCon said 12:45PM on 12-07-2009
oops, didn't work as expected...here's regular link
http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1495306~e6e3f6d6396aefa92fa0624d037d5f96/GRCBenchmarks.png
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Sebastian Anthony said 12:46PM on 12-07-2009
Thanks!
I wish there were figures on the X-axis though. Lower is better, that's all we need to know, I guess :P
MxxCon said 12:51PM on 12-07-2009
yes, and i don't remember what scale it was set to :(
But i think http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ will produce a more meaningful and detailed results
MxxCon said 12:54PM on 12-07-2009
actually, silly me.
In addition to posting that picture graph, i also posted text results below it :)
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23435167-Not-so-fast-for-me
Alrond said 5:41PM on 12-19-2009
Google has got a lot of data centers around the world, but the DNS servers are located in some of these. There is the list of data centers with DNS servers:
1. USA, Atlanta
2. USA, Reston,VA
3. USA, Seattle
4. USA, California
5. Brazil, Sao Paulo
6. Taiwan, Taipei City
7. Germany, Frankfurt/Main
8. Netherlands, Groningen
9. Ireland, Dublin
10. United Kingdom, London
11. (anywhere else?)
Here you can check ping distance to 8.8.8.8 from the servers all over the world
http://www.wipmania.com/ping/cache/8.8.8.8/?c=f4335d8443172
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Sebastian Anthony said 1:10PM on 12-07-2009
Neat resource, cheers!
jfjb said 6:20PM on 12-07-2009
@ MxxCon
Do you work for Google or do you have stock options? How can you get that screen with 8.8.4.4 showing any results at all ???
I am running DNS BenchMark version 0.0.3571.0 from a linked connection with Miami, Florida. My screen says "DNS queries are not being answered here" for that 8.8.4.4 server IPs. And the line stays red, no matter what, when, where, why, who and how.
Please, kindly advise.
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MxxCon said 11:09PM on 12-07-2009
why if your computer doesn't work and you don't know how to troubleshoot this you accuse me of financial fraud?!
that's a pretty disgusting assumption!
you think i have financial benefit in lying that 8.8.4.4 is the real 2nd IP of Google DNS?! then look at http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ and http://www.google.com/search?q=8.8.4.4
you'll find thousands of results showing that it's a valid working IP.
FFS! you found downloadsquad.com but you don't know how to troubleshoot the most basic dns problem?!
MegaTech said 4:12AM on 12-08-2009
In my benchmarks with not one but three utilities Google Public DNS always came last among OpenDNS and UltraDNS :
http://www.megaleecher.net/Compare_DNS_Speeds_To_Get_Fastest_DNS_Server
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techpops said 7:50AM on 12-08-2009
A most excellent articlet. A new found optimism for Download Squad surges through my nerdy veins.
And great comments too (not including my own but I'm not knocking the quality down too much I hope heh)
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Sebastian Anthony said 7:58AM on 12-08-2009
I am... happy... for your new-found... surges!
jfjb said 10:55PM on 12-10-2009
@ MxxCon
I said "Please, kindly advise," not defend the position you took based on someone else data.
Your answer was not conclusive.
Your syntax and vocabulary were of a different order which is fine when used for yourself, not in a technical advisory and informative environment.
But maybe you were joking, I didn't see your smile so I can't tell if it was a rictus.
I may be wrong, in which case, please accept my apologies.
In any case, I shall be waiting for your kindly advice.
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