Google releases DNS speed testing tool namebench 1.1

Source: Internet
Author: User

In August December, Google launched a new network service Google public DNS, allowing users to use Google servers for free to resolve network domain names, primarily to speed up browsing. However, for most common Internet users, DNS is completely unknown, not to mention how fast the server can be configured or tested.

Now, Google has released a DNS speed measuring tool named namebench, developed by Google engineers to help users find the fastest and most effective DNS, the fastest speed under the same conditions.

Namebench is a cross-platform open-source testing tool that supports windows, Linux, and Mac platforms. It uses a graphical user interface and provides command line interfaces. With this tool, you can easily find the fastest DNS.

Some people may have thought about Google's self-developed namebench. Will the test result favor Google public DNS? However, a test result showed that the fastest DNS service was not Google public DNS, and the biggest competitor, opendns, was the top.

Using namebench for testing takes several minutes to a quarter of an hour. You can wait patiently to find a fast DNS (which can also be used as a DNS alternative.

The following is the official test information:

A random test conducted by the author:

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