Using publicly available Name (DNS) servers

[Kulverstukas]

The DNS protocol is an important part of the web’s infrastructure, serving as the Internet’s phone book: every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading, so your computer may be performing hundreds of lookups a day.

In short DNS (Domain Name System) is what translates IP addresses of websites into words we all know as domains (or just web addresses).

Read about it here.

[iTpHo3NiX]

Dyndns.com

Its the best free dns service out there. I use it all the time. Also with dd-wrt you,can set up ur dyndns through there :-)

[techb]

Flush the DNS cache can give you a fresh table for lookups. I usually recommend flushing the DNS about once a month just to keep things neat.


Windows:
Admin privs required
CMD:

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ipconfig /flushdns

Linux:
Shell:

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sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start

[Kulverstukas]

@techb, that doesn't work.... I tried it and it just doesn't.

[techb]

@techb, that doesn't work.... I tried it and it just doesn't.

Windows or linux?

[Kulverstukas]

Windows or linux?

Both.

[techb]

Did it give any errors? Because it wont show anything if it was completed with no error.

[Kulverstukas]

Dude if there was something wrong - I'd know. If I say it doesn't work, it doesn't work.
The cache gets cleared, or so does the tool say but nothing changes.

[d4rkcat]

I know this is necro, but I didn't see this list suggested for DNS:

https://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS

Good list that tells you details like if they filter your results or not.

[z3ro]

Are you a power-user with 5 minutes to spare? Do you want a faster internet experience?

Try out namebench. It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way. This project began as a 20% project at Google.

namebench runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX, and is available with a graphical user interface as well as a command-line interface.

https://code.google.com/p/namebench/