Google Name Bench
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Google name bench. Download namebench for windows now from softonic. It is available with a graphical user interface as well as a command line interface. Namebench is an open source domain name system dns benchmark utility by google inc which is licensed under the apache license version 2 0.
Namebench runs on windows os x and unix. Looking the fastest dns with namebench google opendns cloudflare i will explain very quickly what is a domain name system dns before to start with this tutorial. Namebench is a free networking software program that helps users find the fastest domain name system dns for an enhanced browsing experience.
This tool is in the midst of a major rewrite. The software has a command line as well as a graphical user interface and doesn t modify your. The master branch is currently in experimental form and currently lacks a user interface nor does it support any command line options.
When i did testing with namebench it reported that my isp s dns servers were faster than opendns google public dns and other dns servers and recommended that i stay with my isp s servers. There was an error obtaining wiki data. Include the global dns providers and the best available regional dns server then start the benchmark.
It hunts down the fastest dns servers available for your computer to use. A dns is a networking service that converts ip addresses to domain names for example. 100 safe and virus free.
In this example we re behind a router and using the dns server from the isp. Its purpose is to find the fastest dns server one could use. Namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history tcpdump output or standardized datasets in.
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