From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SWGjA-00071v-Sn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 May 2012 00:44:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7234AE0965; Mon, 21 May 2012 00:43:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DECA2E0853 for ; Mon, 21 May 2012 00:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com ([209.85.217.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SWGhg-001KIj-SG for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 May 2012 07:42:29 +0700 Received: by lbbgk8 with SMTP id gk8so3563110lbb.40 for ; Sun, 20 May 2012 17:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.144.234 with SMTP id sp10mr16325795lab.51.1337560944629; Sun, 20 May 2012 17:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.42.225 with HTTP; Sun, 20 May 2012 17:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.42.225 with HTTP; Sun, 20 May 2012 17:42:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201205202115.19633.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <4FB78723.80203@gmail.com> <201205202115.19633.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:42:24 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best caching dns server? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f22bfb1f855fc04c0812c18 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: fb808287-1cf5-4ffd-9650-2f18e1bc8763 X-Archives-Hash: 727f8fcc527477028275f76531d70eec --e89a8f22bfb1f855fc04c0812c18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On May 21, 2012 3:19 AM, "Mick" wrote: > > On Saturday 19 May 2012 13:09:45 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On May 19, 2012 6:46 PM, "Dale" wrote: > > > Willie Matthews wrote: > > [le snip] > > > > > > You should really try changing you DNS server to some faster ones. * I* > > > > was having this same problem with my ISP or DSL modem with built in > > > > router taking a long time. I changed my DNS servers to Google DNS > > > > Servers (8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8) and haven't had a problem. > > > > > > > > My setup is a little different but all in all I would really suggest > > > > you try a DNS server outside of your ISP. > > > > > > I agree. My ISP is AT&T and I changed my DNS to Google's too. It is > > > very fast compared to AT&T's servers. I have had AT&T's servers not > > > respond for several seconds but Google's just seem to work. > > > > Here's the result of a test comparing the performance of public DNS servers > > > > > > http://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/public-dns-resolver-showdown > > > > Despite what the linked article said, in my experience, Level 3 > > (4.2.2.[1-5]) is at least as fast as Google. I guess it depends on one's > > ISP. But both of them are mucho faster (and much stabler) than my ISP's DNS > > servers. > > I understand that Level 3 4.2.2.2 is not a public DNS server: > > http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/famous-dns-server/ > Indeed. > > If my recent experience is correct (when I was trying to set up proxychains) > connections to it are often dropped or at least throttled. > Most likely overloaded. I myself use 4.2.2.[3-5]. BTW, thanks for that link. I never knew before that http://18.62.0.96/ is a standard connectivity test ;-) Rgds, --e89a8f22bfb1f855fc04c0812c18 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On May 21, 2012 3:19 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 19 May 2012 13:09:45 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > On May 19, 2012 6:46 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Willie Matthews wrote:
> > [le snip]
> >
> > > > You should really try changing you DNS server to some f= aster ones. I
> > > > was having this same problem with my ISP or DSL modem w= ith built in
> > > > router taking a long time. I changed my DNS servers to = Google DNS
> > > > Servers (8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8) and haven't had a pro= blem.
> > > >
> > > > My setup is a little different but all in all I would r= eally suggest
> > > > you try a DNS server outside of your ISP.
> > >
> > > I agree. =C2=A0My ISP is AT&T and I changed my DNS to Go= ogle's too. =C2=A0It is
> > > very fast compared to AT&T's servers. =C2=A0I have h= ad AT&T's servers not
> > > respond for several seconds but Google's just seem to wo= rk.
> >
> > Here's the result of a test comparing the performance of publ= ic DNS servers
> >
> >
> > http://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/public-dns-resolver-showdown<= br> > >
> > Despite what the linked article said, in my experience, Level 3 > > (4.2.2.[1-5]) is at least as fast as Google. I guess it depends o= n one's
> > ISP. But both of them are mucho faster (and much stabler) than my= ISP's DNS
> > servers.
>
> I understand that Level 3 4.2.2.2 is not a public DNS server:
>
> =C2=A0http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/famous-dns-server/
>

Indeed.

>
> If my recent experience is correct (when I was trying to set up proxyc= hains)
> connections to it are often dropped or at least throttled.
>

Most likely overloaded. I myself use 4.2.2.[3-5].

BTW, thanks for that link. I never knew before that http://18.62.0.96/ is a standard connectivity test ;-)

Rgds,

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