Poll: How often do you change your primary/secondary DNS servers?
Jan 10, 2013, 12:51 pm
#2
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Scratches head....
e) almost never.
I run DNS on one of my servers, and the other is provided by Linode.
Mobile devices pick up whatever DNS the carrier is using, and the laptop picks up DHCP from the access point (internal or external)...
e) almost never.
I run DNS on one of my servers, and the other is provided by Linode.
Mobile devices pick up whatever DNS the carrier is using, and the laptop picks up DHCP from the access point (internal or external)...
Jan 10, 2013, 1:56 pm
#5
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Yeah, those milliseconds saved by finding a faster DNS add up, at the end of the week you may have saved two, maybe three total seconds.
I never touch mine, it takes more time just to download and install and run namebench or any of the others out there than I can possibly save in a year of a very slightly faster dns.
I never touch mine, it takes more time just to download and install and run namebench or any of the others out there than I can possibly save in a year of a very slightly faster dns.
Jan 10, 2013, 1:59 pm
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Jan 11, 2013, 7:36 am
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Same. Once I learned how infrequently my ISP changed theirs, and how much of a mess it caused.
Jan 11, 2013, 3:06 pm
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Approximately never - gleaned via DHCP or IPCP depending on what I'm connected to.
Using Google DNS and OpenDNS have drawbacks and can result in sub-optimal performance when in odd countries - CDNs will often end up serving you from remote POPs, so when you find yourself wondering why YouTube is slow and you're using Google/Open DNS, this may be why.
Using Google DNS and OpenDNS have drawbacks and can result in sub-optimal performance when in odd countries - CDNs will often end up serving you from remote POPs, so when you find yourself wondering why YouTube is slow and you're using Google/Open DNS, this may be why.
Jan 11, 2013, 5:16 pm
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I just used ISP DNS virtually all the time. I occasionally use Google DNS on my laptop (with possibly the easiest-to-remember IP addresses anywhere -8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4) when the local DNS causes trouble, but that's quite rare.
My home router has been set up with AT&T's DNS as primary and Google's as secondary, going through the router as proxy for several years, since I found out about Google DNS. Before I used my hosting provider as secondary.
My home router has been set up with AT&T's DNS as primary and Google's as secondary, going through the router as proxy for several years, since I found out about Google DNS. Before I used my hosting provider as secondary.
Jan 11, 2013, 5:32 pm
#15
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Almost never...have my router set up to use VZ's main DNS and when i travel I'll change it if I'm not liking the hotel's DNS but usually i just go with whatever they have and it works.