Dec 5
Google DNS vs OpenDNS: Google Rocks for International Users
Reader Stevan Bajić sent in an awesome bash script which gives you nicely formatted results.
#!/bin/sh isp=$(dig +noall +stats 2>&1 | awk '$2~/^SERVER:$/{split($3,dnsip,"#");print dnsip[1]}'); m="-------------------------------------------------------------------------------"; s=" "; h="+${m:0:25}+${m:0:12}+${m:0:12}+${m:0:12}+${m:0:12}+${m:0:12}+"; header=("Domain${s:0:23}" "Your ISP${s:0:10}" "Google${s:0:10}" "4.2.2.2${s:0:10}" "OpenDNS${s:0:10}" "DNS Adv.${s:0:10}"); echo "${h}"; echo "| ${header[0]:0:23} | ${header[1]:0:10} | ${header[2]:0:10} | ${header[3]:0:10} | ${header[4]:0:10} | ${header[5]:0:10} |"; echo "${h}"; for i in "lifehacker.com" "facebook.com" "manu-j.com" "reddit.com" "tb4.fr" "bbc.co.uk"; do ii="${i}${s:23}"; echo -ne "| ${ii:0:23} |"; for j in "${isp}" "8.8.8.8" "4.2.2.2" "208.67.222.222" "156.154.70.1"; do r="${s:10}$(dig +noall +stats +time=9 @${j} ${i} 2>&1 | awk '$2~/^Query$/{print $4" "$5}')"; echo -ne " ${r:${#r}-10} |"; done echo -ne "\n${h}\n"; done
via manu-j.com
The following result when testing from Jakarta, Indonesia.
+-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | Domain | Your ISP | Google | 4.2.2.2 | OpenDNS | DNS Adv. | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | lifehacker.com | | 111 msec | 366 msec | 297 msec | 123 msec | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | facebook.com | | 111 msec | 343 msec | 297 msec | 127 msec | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | manu-j.com | | 107 msec | 342 msec | 297 msec | 121 msec | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | reddit.com | | 108 msec | 347 msec | 298 msec | 120 msec | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | tb4.fr | | 106 msec | 320 msec | 242 msec | 122 msec | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | bbc.co.uk | | 117 msec | 317 msec | 266 msec | 122 msec | +-------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
So what are you waiting for, change your DNS setting to
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4
