I don’t know about you, but in my experience, it can be quite annoying having to wait all day for a web page to load. There are many ways to improve the speed of your Internet connection, but did you know that you can surf the Internet faster simply by using a more responsive Domain Name System (DNS) server? Since DNS responsiveness happens to be a big factor in how fast your web pages load, it’s worth knowing that you can combat this simply by learning how to speed up Internet browsing with these most responsive servers.
In fact, the DNS service carries out a process that simplifies the work of an Internet user by converting domain names into IP addresses. Therefore, for the convenience of the Internet user, you will usually enter the domain name in the address bar of the web browser instead of the actual IP address. The task of the DNS server is to convert the information and send the IP address of the domain name to the web client, which could be a Firefox, Internet Explorer or even Safari browser. Several Internet service providers lack fast and dependent servers, which has an impact on the loading speed of your web pages. To avoid this, I’ll reveal several of the free alternative Domain Name System servers out there on the internet that you can use with any web browser. I will also discuss exactly how you can apply them efficiently.
Now, configuring your computer to use different servers instead of your ISP’s is a simple modification, which works well on Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems. In this tutorial, however, I’ll only reveal how to make this change. in Windows XP and Vista.
microsoft windows xp
1. Open network connections:
A. Go to Start and click Run
b. Type “ncpa.cpl”
against Click the OK button
2. Right click on the connection you normally use
3. Use your cursor to select Properties
4. Click/highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
5. Click the Properties button
6. Select Use the following DNS server addresses:
7. Fill in the preferred and alternate DNS server boxes with any of the following suggested servers:
open dns
Preferred DNS server: 208.67.222.222
Alternate DNS server: 208.67.220.220
Google public DNS
Preferred DNS server: 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS server: 8.8.4.4
Verizon/GTEI
Preferred: 4.2.2.1
Alternative: 4.2.2.2
8. Then click OK
9. Click the Close button at the bottom of the Properties window.
For Windows Vista
1. Click Start, then select Control Panel
2. Under Network and Internet, click “View network status and tasks”
3. Next, view the status of your local area network by clicking the View status link next to
4. Point your cursor to Properties and click on it
5. Click Continue
6. Under Local Area Connection Properties, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/UPv4)
7. Click Properties
8. In the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window, select “Use the following DNS server addresses:”
9. Fill in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server boxes with any of the following suggested servers:
open dns
Preferred DNS server: 208.67.222.222
Alternate DNS server: 208.67.220.220
Google public DNS
Preferred DNS server: 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS server: 8.8.4.4
Verizon/GTEI
Preferred: 4.2.2.1
Alternative: 4.2.2.2
10. Point your cursor to OK and click on it
11.Click Close.
I’m sure you know by now that remembering the domain name of a site, like Google.com, is much easier than trying to remember lots of numbers in some weird format, like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. , where each x is a digit. You can imagine how annoying it would be to manage and organize your web bookmarks without DNS! Fortunately, it’s there to make our browsing experience much easier, but along with the convenience comes a bit of processing delay, which of course, varies by Internet Service Provider (ISP). With that being said, by following the steps above, you should now know how to successfully speed up Internet browsing by selecting and implementing more responsive DNS servers.