NameBench - Software That Mentions Fastest DNS Server For You

How irritating is it to wait for a webpage to load? If you are a major surfer of the internet im sure you know how frustrating it is sometimes to wait for webpages to load or sometimes refreshing the whole page as it either didn't load at all or loaded partially . Now here is a software called namebench which interestingly was a google project and is now under google code . What this software basically does is it tells you which DNS server would be the best for you. So here's more on that :

The difference when it comes to DNS servers are that there is no one BEST DNS server . One DNS server can perform well at certain locations whereas another can perform better at other locations , so basically it all depends on where you are located and certain DNS servers perform the best at certain locations . Here is where namebench comes to the rescue . Namebench basically runs a series of tests to determine the best DNS server for you to use . Just go to the namebench HOMEPAGE and download the software and run the program.This software runs on MAC,Windows and Linux










After the program runs a series of tests it would recommend the best DNS server for you in a box on the top right corner of the results webpage .


Now to configure your computer to use these DNS servers , you need to perform the following steps
1)Windows users - CLICK HERE
2)Ubuntu Linux users - CLICK HERE
3)Configure in Modem Or Router - CLICK HERE
NOTE : In the guides mentioned above Opendns servers ( 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 ) are used , replace them with the recommended servers given by namebench