Web pages loading a bit too slow?

[RC]

I found this wonderful program on Steve Gibson's freebie download page.
DNSBench
Advanced DNS Benchmark utility.

I ran this program on computers at two different sites and the speed improvement when changing web pages was dramatic to say the least. The program is currently ranked #2 on the list.
What the program does is to compare the speed of the top 50 available DNS servers and list them from fastest to slowest, Highlighting the ones the computer is using. It takes awhile to run, but the results are worth the wait. It will even make a chart for you, if you wish.
You will need to manually change your computer's DNS selection, which is no big deal.
The biggest change happen with my Ubuntu machine. It was set to the default AT&T's DSL DNS addresses.

http://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm

[hobbit709]

1. My results were to leave my defaults.

The fastest results were with my ATT DSL and router setup the way I had it configured.

[lazarus]

2. how do you change your computer's DNS selection?

:shrug:

[steve2470]

3. here you go:

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html

[RC]

5. They don't even show up on the list of the top 50.

[RC]

4. Yes I did.

All 6 of them. Speed improvements on all of them. Some were set to the DNS default, some I had manually set according to info I got from DU or elsewhere.