DonsDeals Blog: DNS Servers - Change Your DNS Settings And Perhaps Speed Up Your Internet Access

Thursday, November 10, 2016

DNS Servers - Change Your DNS Settings And Perhaps Speed Up Your Internet Access

My Internet Connection, has been giving trouble. Ever since that Day, of the Big DDOS attacks against DynDNS, on 10-21-16. See, my Previous Post... Why did the Internet Fall Apart Today? - Early Today (10-21-16) Some party unleashed a massive DDoS attack against Dyn, a major DNS Host. Oddly, I didn't notice a thing, on that day. I was busy watching YouTube Video, all day. And had no problems, at all. But, since then... My Internet Connection. Will work great and then slow down to no connection all. Luckily, it hasn't been down, for a long time. I think 1 hour was the longest, it was down. One night. When I was trying to watch a Video, before bed. I was having trouble. With Pages not loading, on and off. But, my connection Speed Test, was ok. And usually, Pages would come in, after hitting the Reload Button, in Firefox. And this was even happening on YouTube. I mean, the actual Text and Links, were not loading right. Which, seldom, ever happens on YouTube (for me).Granted, Videos, may be slow at Loading (Caching) at times. This, gave me a clue, that there was something going on, on the Internet in General. Big, sites, like YouTube, can handle allot of Traffic. So, I didn't think, it was a Web Server Traffic Problem. So, I decided to try out another DNS Server, instead of using the DNS Server Provided by my ISP. I found an App, that Tests Alternate DNS Servers, in your area. I just happened to see an Article, Change Your DNS Settings And Perhaps Speed Up Your Internet Access. The Domain Name Speed Benchmark Software. Shows, you the fastest DNS Servers, in your area, that are free. So, you can make a better choice, on which DNS Server you want to use. It had been a while. Since I had done any reading on DNS Servers. Originally, I had tried out Google's and a few other DNS Servers, over the years. And my Web Surfing, actually Slowed Down. So, I had decided to keep the settings, as they were, in my Router. Using the DNS Servers, Provided by my ISP. Since, it was very hard to figure out which DNS Servers, were Fast and Reliable. And Since it had been a while, since my last DNS Server, try outs. I needed to find out how to change the DNS Settings, in my New Router. So, I read up on DNS Servers, Changing Settings. And then Downloaded the App. I used it to find the Fastest and Most Reliable DNS Servers in my area. Then, I changed my Router to use another DNS Server, from the lists, in the App. And this did help, allot. The Page load problems, went away. And my Surfing was Noticeably Faster. And it has been a couple of weeks now. So, I think I will keep using the Alternate DNS Servers, for now. But, I have noticed my Web Server has been going on and offline allot, at night. I get notices, via e-mail. When this happens. It usually only stays down, for under a minute. But, it is aggravating. It's been quite a few months, since this has happened. With my Server. So, I don't know, if my ISP is having Problems. Or, if it is more DDOS Attacks, on the Internet, in General. Now, this problem with my Web Server. Is Not Related to the DNS Servers, that I use. Since, DNS Servers for Web Surfing, are used to find the IP addresses of your Outgoing Connections. And the Connections to my Web Server. Are Incoming, form the Internet, to my Web Sites... I just wanted to mention this. Since, there has been problems with DDOS Attacks, around the Internet. I hope that my Dynamic DNS Forwarding Service, is not being Attacked, with DDOS Attacks...

I'll put the links to, the info, below...
Don