DNS problems - Anyone else facing?

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I am facing problems with some sites since yesterday.
some like google work fine but in between they too are off.
this is what i get when i test


oh by the way my primary is 4.2.2.1
and sec is 203.94.243.70
 
Well after using 4.2.2.1 , i did'nt notice any change. On the contraty it may have slowed my internet.I'd say stick to 203.94.243.70 as primary and 203.94.227.70 as secondary.Both the DNS are working.
 
The level3 DNS servers (4.2.2.1) are overloaded catering to its own customers let alone handle additional users. Added to that they are located in the US, geographical distance adds to the resolve time. The end result you have already felt, slower resolving.
 
^^ agreed , they are so slow i dont kno why people recommend them , using an indian dns is MUCH better , even open dns is slow for me
 
I stopped using MTNL dns many moons ago when i was still a suckling baby on my brand new BB connection

Since then I've been using TreeWalk DNS
 

I use Airtel, Spectranet DNS on MTNL

they are open? what are IPs?
 
Spectra Net are :203.122.63.152, 203.122.63.154Airtel are :203.145.184.13202.56.250.5Airtel ones dont seem to be open Btw i use 210.7.79.193 (my isp's) and 203.94.243.70 - which has a ping of ~15 ms for me dont kno from where it came i just read it somewhere
 
Level 3's DNS are slow but they are not slower than MTNL..spectranet is best performer when it comes to indian DNSLevel-3 4. 2. 2. 1 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%| ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Cached Name | 0.242 | 0.247 | 0.266 | 0.004 | 100.0 | Uncached Name | 0.248 | 0.301 | 0.432 | 0.044 | 100.0 | DotCom Lookup | 0.252 | 3.654 | 4.516 | 1.501 | 98.6 | ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+MTNL 203. 94.243. 70 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%| ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Cached Name | 0.016 | 0.025 | 0.036 | 0.006 | 93.8 | Uncached Name | 0.184 | 0.280 | 0.372 | 0.058 | 91.8 | DotCom Lookup | 0.194 | 3.866 | 4.380 | 1.294 | 83.9 | ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+Spectranet 203.122. 63.152 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%| ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Cached Name | 0.034 | 0.039 | 0.042 | 0.002 | 98.6 | Uncached Name | 0.196 | 0.316 | 0.406 | 0.062 | 100.0 | DotCom Lookup | 0.116 | 0.261 | 0.394 | 0.083 | 100.0 | ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+MTNL 203. 94.227. 70 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%| ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Cached Name | 0.168 | 0.231 | 0.290 | 0.037 | 52.8 | Uncached Name | 0.320 | 0.427 | 0.504 | 0.058 | 57.9 | DotCom Lookup | 0.328 | 0.414 | 0.474 | 0.076 | 36.4 | ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Spectranet 203.122. 63.154 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%| ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Cached Name | 0.036 | 0.039 | 0.044 | 0.002 | 100.0 | Uncached Name | 0.198 | 0.317 | 0.408 | 0.059 | 100.0 | DotCom Lookup | 0.116 | 0.268 | 0.392 | 0.097 | 100.0 | ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
 
So overall, what are the best DNS to use?

And to what extent can affect our internet speed?

Use treewalkif it works for you , i tried it but my net stopped working probably because of static ip and mac id binding but since u r on MTNL it should work else use 203.94.243.70 and 202.56.250.5

BTW
i got vsnl's dns also they are :
202.54.1.18
202.54.1.32

both seem to be fast and stable
 
opendns is yet to localize their servers in india/south asian market. probably it would get better for us once they set up their mirror servers in singapore or so. currently. it's going to perform badly. but the fact remains... dns resolve process takes like milliseconds 😛
 

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