IMPORTANT INTERNET TIPS TO INCREASE SPEED

Increase Internet Speed By Changing DNS Server

Change DNS Server To Increase Internet Speed

Whenever you type a site address like www.thetechchamp.com in your browser address bar, your computer will find the IP address associated with it. It resolves the website into the server IP address. Among technologies, a protocol called as DNS server. We can increase the internet speed by changing the DNS server.

What Is DNS

Domain Name System or simply DNS is a protocol or a language, which computers uses to communicate to each other.

OpenDNS or Google DNS are public DNS servers used to increase internet speed. OpenDNS is a free service offeres for any organisation or an individual to have more security. If you go for a premium service, they offer you an high speed internet serves, and also avoids loading malicious pages. You should give a try using OpenDNS. Google DNS helps you in avoiding loading of malicious pages.

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How DNS Works

• When you search for a website, say, www.thetechchamp.com then Browser asks your ISP name server for the domain’s IP address.
• If your ISP names server doesn’t know, then the browser asks the root name server for where to find the authoritative name server for the domain.
• The ISP name server then asks for the IP address from the authoritative name server.
• The authoritative name server then sends the IP address back to the ISP name server.
• The ISP name server then sends the IP address back to the browser.
• Browser uses IP address to request web page from website’s server.
• Then website’s server sends webpage to browser.

When To Change DNS Servers

How To Change DNS Servers Using OpenDNS

I will be telling you howto increase internet speed by changing OpenDNS servers. OpenDNS is one of the most popular Free DNS service offered. The OpenDNS severs are fast because these servers are located at major locations and they maintain a large size of domain cache. OpenDNS offers free and Premium services. For a home user it is recommended to have free OpenDNS service only.

Step 1:

Go To Control Panel.

Step 2:

Go to Network and Internet Options.

Step 3:

Click and open the Network and Sharing Center.

Step 4:

Open your internet connection or LAN settings.

Step 5:

Open the Properties of Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4).

Step 6:

Now Change the Preferred DNS and Alternative DNS.

• Preferred DNS Sever : 208.67.222.222
• Alternative DNS Server: 208.67.222.220

That’s it. Now you can observe the change in the internet speed.

If your are using IPv6, then change this:

• Preferred DNS Sever: 2620:0:ccc::2
• Alternative DNS Server: 2620:0:ccd:2

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How To Change DNS Servers Using Google DNS:

As said above that Google DNS also helps in improving the internet speed. Follow up to step#5. Replace the DNS Server with Google DNS Servers:

For IPv4:

• Preferred DNS Sever : 8.8.8.8
• Alternative DNS Server: 8.8.4.4

For IPv6:

• Preferred DNS Sever: 2001:4860:4860::8888
• Alternative DNS Server: 2001:4860:4860::8844

Conclusion :

There a lot of benefits of using Open DNS or Google DNS instead of your IP DNS. It helps to improve internet speed and avoids loading of malicious webpages. If your DNS server of your internet service provider goes down, then you can continue to surf internet with Google DNS or Open DNS.

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