FREE DNS SERVICE

[deepblue_82]

anyone tried cloudflare and open dns b4? i have been using google dns.. not too bad but slow...


What are the best free public DNS servers in 2021?

DNS provider	Primary DNS server address	Secondary DNS server address
Cloudflare	1.1.1.1	1.0.0.1
OpenDNS	208.67.222.222	208.67.220.220
Google Public DNS	8.8.8.8	8.8.4.4

 

[Mach3.2]

I point to both Google and Cloudflare on my DNS server, fastest will respond.

 

[magix]

Have been using cloud flare dns for awhile. So far so good.

 

[szeli]

iirc tested last yr Cloudflare is fastest followed by Google. but faster is in ms la. not a big difference.

 

[firesong]

anyone tried cloudflare and open dns b4? i have been using google dns.. not too bad but slow...


What are the best free public DNS servers in 2021?

DNS provider	Primary DNS server address	Secondary DNS server address
Cloudflare	1.1.1.1	1.0.0.1
OpenDNS	208.67.222.222	208.67.220.220
Google Public DNS	8.8.8.8	8.8.4.4

I use Cloudflare.

 

[szeli]

e good thing about Cloudflare/OpenDNS is they have kid friendly options. can easily filter undesirable stuff.

 

[xiaofan]

I use Cloudflare 1.1.1.3 family protection DNS as the backup for Pi-Hole (hosted on free tier of Google Cloud in US).

I do not see the problem of "slowness" of using 1.1.1.3 and Pi-hole compared to regular 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or opendns.

 

[11.11.]

I'm using Cloudflare 1.1.1.2 & secondary 1.0.0.2

 

[hwzlite]

I self-hosted with Adguard Home + DoQ (DNS-over-QUIC)

 

[yusoffb01]

use opendns. feels good when cisco pops up
208.67.220.123

googledns isnt slow. something wring with your setup

 

[robolee]

I use quad9 dns

 

[EienShouko]

Both cloudflare and Google DNS are fine. I point to both as backup on my pihole.

 

[liquidy]

Same here!

 

[liquidy]

I use quad9 dns

Same here!

 

[badsector]

use DNSBench to test the fastest public DNS for u

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

but for such test u iirc u must not use any other provider beside your isp before doing the test if not u will get a weird or different results than expected.

 

[firesong]

Smokeping works to give you a trend of DNS resolution requests from your own connection. At least I know I'm justified in using Cloudflare, with the added bonus protection from 1.1.1.3 for my family. Quad9 is a great no-no for me, and OpenDNS had far too many spikes, though last night it seems to have settled. You'll note even Google appears to have a more unstable graph, although it's very close to Cloudflare.

From the other ping-time alone graphs, Google DNS is faster. But ping alone does not tell you the total latency of the DNS transactions unlike the probe, so this is a very useful statistic to have.

 

[twinbaby]

Hi there,
My current router can support up to 3 DNS. It is EA8100.
I want DNS that can do the following:
- Block harmful content
- Block advertisement
- Speed up the Internet

Currently I am using the following free options:
185.228.168.10
1.1.1.3
8.8.8.8

Any recommendation.

 

[firesong]

Hi there,
My current router can support up to 3 DNS. It is EA8100.
I want DNS that can do the following:
- Block harmful content
- Block advertisement
- Speed up the Internet

Currently I am using the following free options:
185.228.168.10
1.1.1.3
8.8.8.8

Any recommendation.

Cloudflare family should do it for you.

Just set 1.1.1.3 and 1.0.0.3. If you really want a fallback, use Google's. However, I've found Cloudflare's uptime generally quite good. I won't use 3 providers myself... Cleanbrowsing should be okay, but I think their resolution times are slower.

 

[twinbaby]

Nowhere I see :
1.1.1.3 and 1.0.0.3 blocking ads, tracking and phishing

How about Adguard DNS.

94.140.14.14 and 94.140.15.15