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Re:DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved by petemilly on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:24PM (#46917685)
> You can change which resolver you use in your network settings. I switched to 1.1.1.1 on my machines - it's noticeably faster than my ISP's default resolver.

Noticeably faster as in just loading a website? Or in some script where small differences add up? I thought typical DNS lookup was sub 100ms, but I've never tried switching my resolver so I'm curious

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Re:DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved by vrosas on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:31PM (#46917758)
Curious how you’d measure this
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Re:DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved by neitsab on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:36AM (#46923365)
https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers

https://github.com/cleanbrowsing/dnsperftest

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Re:DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved by direwolf20 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:48AM (#46923433)
To avoid centralisation, I suggest running your own resolver. 1.1.1.1 censors a lot of places.
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