Google DNS

While some free servers including the OpenDNS ones may be fast, in order to pay for their services they may redirect mistyped names to a search that includes sponsored links in VGP-BPS8, which is one way they help support the free service. This can be convenient to some people, but may also be a source of irritation to others.

The computer scientist earned a bachelor’s degree in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s in linguistics at the University of California Santa Cruz for VGP-BPS2A , and a PhD in computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan.Be sure to manually change the DNS servers for all your network interfaces (Airport, Ethernet, Bluetooth, VPN connections, etc.)

Some other free DNS services besides OpenDNS are “dnsadvantage” (156.154.70.1, 156.154.71.1), “ScrubIt” (67.138.54.100, 207.225.209.66), “Cisco” (64.102.255.44, 128.107.241.185), and “Level 3 Communications” (4.2.2.1 though 4.2.2.6).

The Google Public Option

Google has recently launched a DNS service of their own like Apple A1175, which like the OpenDNS project promises to be a highly optimized DNS service on a massive internet connection; however, unlike other free options Google does not implement filtering, blocking or redirecting for users. For instructions on what Google’s DNS service is and how to use it, check out the company’s instructions.

The Google DNS IP addresses are the following (easy to remember):

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

I have been using Google’s servers for the past day, and they work as advertised to Sony-VGP-BPS2. I do not see any performance difference between them and the OpenDNS server, but they do not redirect as the OpenDNS servers do. Personally I am indifferent to the redirecting features of DNS servers, as long as they perform well and do not hang on name resolution or incorrectly resolve accurately entered domain names. Both the OpenDNS and Google DNS servers are fast, and I recommend you use them if you are experiencing problems with web page loading troubles.

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