Free and Public DNS Servers

Written by Ced Ledesma — June 7, 2023

These are the ones I usually use and recommend

DNS Servers are the services that translate the domain names (such as “fediverse.blog”) and web links that we enter in our web browsers into their corresponding public IP addresses.

Our ISPs automatically assigns their own DNS server to the service, but more often than not, using alternative DNS Servers provide better service, and sometimes a bit of privacy.

Free and Public DNS Servers (Primary / Secondary):

  • Cloudfare 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1

  • Quad9 9.9.9.9 / 149.112.112.112

  • Google 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4


Read more about Public DNS Servers on Lifewire


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Mona pixiecata@calckey.social

June 7, 2023 09:19

These are the ones I usually use and recommend

@cedled@fediverse.blog I used Cloudflare yesterday when I realized that the PLDT slowdown seemed like a DNS issue. I found the recommendation on Reddit, so I tried it, and it worked for me, I was able to access Google sites and Gmail again.

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Ced L cedled@social.vivaldi.net

June 7, 2023 09:24

These are the ones I usually use and recommend

@pixiecata @cedled@fediverse.blog Nice! Cloudfare is nice and fast. Quad9 is great too.

I think there was a submerged cable problem that affected PLDT recently. Maybe their DNS servers where riding on that cable.

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