Google offers Public DNS

If you’re already familiar with OpenDNS, then you have a good idea what this new Google Public DNS is all about. Two free services is always better than one.

Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider.

To try it out, configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers.

If you don’t know this is done, check out these instructions if you are running on Windows, Mac or Linux.

We have some pretty serious DNS problems with our ISPs here in the Philippines so having Google Public DNS (and OpenDNS) is always a good thing.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

22 Comments

francis says:

15 years ago

hi, im not that familiar with DNS things, so what are the advantages of having a google dns? thanks for educating me sir yuga
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Andre says:

15 years ago

The question is do they have DNS servers in our area? OpenDNS is in the US right, would be cool if they have DNS in the Philippines or Asia
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jpeb says:

15 years ago

@Andre

“Google Public DNS is hosted in data centers worldwide, and uses anycast routing to send users to the geographically closest data center.”
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/performance.html

There are three Google data centers in Asia, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo.

DNS Advantage, the second Public DNS service after OpenDNS has data centers in Hong Kong, Beijing and Sydney
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Rome says:

15 years ago

@jpeb: then what about OpenDNS?? Where are their data centers in Asia??
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readrite says:

15 years ago

filters, meron ba to? kung meron i will try it…
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Denturist says:

15 years ago

Oks na oks ito boss abe lalo na sa digitel connection ko.
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RL says:

15 years ago

sir abe pwedi ba e configure ito sa router mismo?
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nano says:

15 years ago

By the time Google publicly announced this, I hurried off and changed my settings, after all SmartBro is doing funky nowadays in resolving web addresses (dont know why)…
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jpeb says:

15 years ago

@Rome

OpenDNS does not have servers in the Asia Pacific region. The closest are Los Angeles, Seattle and Amsterdam.
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Jhay says:

15 years ago

Alternatives have always been a good thing. And being powered by Google, we can say that’s reliable.
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Eizan says:

15 years ago

Wow! (LOL at the DNS IP address haha!)

I better check this out. I’m on OpenDNS for years already.
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Carl says:

15 years ago

Choosing the shorter route is much preferable if you take consideration speed. You can achieve this using your ISP DNS.
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Adrian says:

15 years ago

@Francis: DNS is an important part of the webâ€™s infrastructure, serving as the Internetâ€™s â€œphone bookâ€.
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Adrian says:

15 years ago

@JL: Pwede mo configure yan sa router mo.
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Kyle says:

15 years ago

na try ko na toh, … favorite ko pa rin ang OpenDNS xempre… wooooootttt!
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joseph says:

15 years ago

wow! ang baba ng ping ko with Google DNS

Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=244
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=244
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=244
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=244

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 82ms, Maximum = 88ms, Average = 85ms

With OpenDNS —-

Pinging 208.67.222.222 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=50
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=203ms TTL=50
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=202ms TTL=50
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 208.67.222.222:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 201ms, Maximum = 206ms, Average = 203ms

So I go for Google! :D
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ewancoo says:

15 years ago

so far so good :)
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gillbates says:

15 years ago

hanep na IP yan ah…
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The Teknisyan says:

15 years ago

this is very very very useful information.. :)
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Cordless Screwdriver Â· says:

14 years ago

internet phones these days have very powerful and nice features, i bet they would add some more value added features in the fut ”
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Allergy Treatment says:

14 years ago

i would love to see a massive price drop on internet phones coz i like to buy lots of em -,.
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www.e-book.im says:

14 years ago

DNS server list http://www.e-book.im/dns
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