[p2p-research] Back to DNS one last time with an open-source tool:

[Matt Boggs]

Windows/Mac/Linux: Last week Google
<http://lifehacker.com/5418211/google-public-dns-aims-to-speed-up-your-brows
ing> announced a free DNS service designed to speed up your browsing, but
just because Google wants to be fast doesn't actually mean they're the best
option for you. Namebench finds the fastest DNS server for your connection.

After you download and fire up namebench, just click the Start Benchmark
button to test out a handful of free public DNS services, from
<http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/> Google Public DNS to
<http://www.opendns.com/> OpenDNS to  <http://www.ultradns.com/> UltraDNS.
Once started, the test took about 12 minutes to complete using the default
settings. When it's done, you'll be presented with a handful of handy charts
displaying the results of the tests.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/17/2009/12/500x_response.jpg(Click the
image above for a closer look.)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/17/2009/12/500x_dist-chart.jpg(Click
the image above for a closer look.)

Namebench is a free, open-source download, works with Windows, Mac OS X, and
Linux.

 

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