So I wanted to change my DNS to Cloudflare (1.1.1.1). On the RT2600AC do I use the internet section or the DHCP section? I'm just an average user with the router and desktop.
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I don´t have that router, but this should normally be changed in the internet section.
These days, major DNS providers, such as CloudFlare, Google, and OpenDNS, are all very responsive. You'll likely see no difference in performance between the three of them.
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A working version of the namebench app here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/namebench-replacement.2217941/post-28347749
Same. OpenDNS IPs are anycast routed, so one IP can land in any region.
Nobody has more locations than Cloudflare
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/
“just like every other city in our network, new sites run DNS Resolver, 1.1.1.1 on day-one!”
https://blog.cloudflare.com/dns-resolver-1-1-1-1/
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/
“just like every other city in our network, new sites run DNS Resolver, 1.1.1.1 on day-one!”
https://blog.cloudflare.com/dns-resolver-1-1-1-1/
If it works for you, go for it. I don't care about how many locations a provider claims to have, if they all have similar performance.
Code:
[user@host ~]$ for IP in 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 1.1.1.1; do echo " >>>> ${IP}"; dig +noall +stats www.macrumors.com @${IP}; done
>>>> 208.67.222.222
;; Query time: 16 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Sep 28 14:06:19 EDT 2022
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94
>>>> 208.67.220.220
;; Query time: 13 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.220.220#53(208.67.220.220) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Sep 28 14:06:19 EDT 2022
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94
>>>> 1.1.1.1
;; Query time: 16 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Sep 28 14:06:19 EDT 2022
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94
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It seems to work for me
https://github.com/cleanbrowsing/dnsperftest
Easy to test
Code:
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/cleanbrowsing/dnsperftest/
cd dnsperftest
./dnstest.shOk, but again, the difference is minimal from my network. The tool is only testing one server per provider and has some syntax issues on Arch, so I'll stick with my tests.
EDIT: I fixed the script for my system. Some of the DNS servers are not accurate either so I removed them. Here are my results, for what it's worth:
Code:
[user@host dnsperftest]$ ./dnstest.sh
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Average
8.8.8.8 16 ms 13 ms 13 ms 16 ms 20 ms 16 ms 13 ms 16 ms 20 ms 13 ms 15.60
8.8.4.4 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 16 ms 16 ms 13 ms 16 ms 16.10
cloudflare 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 16 ms 23 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 13 ms 17.20
level3 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16.40
google 16 ms 13 ms 20 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 13 ms 16 ms 15.80
quad9 10 ms 6 ms 10 ms 3 ms 10 ms 6 ms 6 ms 10 ms 3 ms 6 ms 7.00
freenom 23 ms 40 ms 36 ms 20 ms 46 ms 20 ms 233 ms 23 ms 16 ms 53 ms 51.00
opendns222123 16 ms 13 ms 23 ms 16 ms 16 ms 103 ms 16 ms 23 ms 16 ms 16 ms 25.80
opendns222222 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 13 ms 16 ms 16 ms 23 ms 16 ms 36 ms 18.40
opendns220220 20 ms 16 ms 36 ms 23 ms 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 13 ms 26 ms 33 ms 21.90
norton 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms 16 ms 13 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 13 ms 16.60
cleanbrowsing 20 ms 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 103 ms 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 43 ms 29.40
neustar 23 ms 20 ms 23 ms 20 ms 23 ms 20 ms 20 ms 23 ms 20 ms 23 ms 21.50
comodo 20 ms 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 16 ms 20 ms 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms 18.80
nextdns 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 16 ms 16 ms 20 ms 20 ms 16 ms 16 ms 17.60
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Yeah, any of these providers are good and their performance is going to be highly dependent on a number of factors and vary per user.
I've used all of them at one time or another. I landed on OpenDNS to block malicious websites from even loading. The security aspects differ significantly between providers.
1.1.1.1 for Families https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/
Malware Blocking Only
Change your router DNS to:
1.1.1.2
1.0.0.2
Malware and Adult Content Blocking Together
Change your router DNS to:
1.1.1.3
1.0.0.3
https://cloudflare-dns.com/family/
Off topic, as it’s not for routers, I am using cloudflared DNS over HTTPS https://github.com/b0gdanw/cloudflared-macos
If you are referring to something similar to the OpenDNS Home account https://signup.opendns.com/homefree/ , Cloudflare does not have such an option.
NextDNS offers custom blocking https://nextdns.io