Static DNS Or Not??

lettuce · 5 Apr 2008 at 13:59

Does setting a static DNS (for me on virgin 194.168.4.100 & 194.168.8.100) help with BroadBand performace or is it best to DNS to automatic? Also is DDNS similar to DNS?, as at the moment this is set to 'none' on my Linksys WRT54GL running the tomato FW

tolien · 5 Apr 2008 at 14:03

It doesn't make any odds, so long as the IPs you set are the same ones that are given out. The only thing that'll make any difference is if the servers are better than the ones you get from DHCP.

DDNS is Dynamic DNS - sites like dyndns.org.

lettuce · 5 Apr 2008 at 14:32

So providers (Virgin) would have more than 2 sets of DNS they use, and some perform better than others?

tolien · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:40

They might, but your ISP's aren't the only DNS servers you could use.

lettuce · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:46

So is there a site that lists the DNS servers that perform the best?

tolien · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:56

No, because that would be impossible. Unless there's something wrong with the DNS servers you're using, the easiest answer is to leave will alone.

jimjamuk · 5 Apr 2008 at 23:40

there would be no gain in real terms connecting to different DNS servers - either yours are working or not

morfmedia · 6 Apr 2008 at 00:23

People keep complaining about the DNS servers for Be and recommend using OpenDNS's servers.