resolv.conf questions

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Thu Aug 8 10:19:40 UTC 2019


On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 04:17:04PM +0800, Eliza wrote:
> 在 2019/8/8 16:05, Chris Green 写道:
> > Thus if you want to change to using Google's nameservers at 8.8.8.8
> > the best/usual/right way to do it is probably to set the DNS in your
> > router.
> 
> If I use Verisign's nameservers for example:
> 
> a.gtld-servers.net
> b.gtld-servers.net
> ...
> 
> Will I get better performance for queries?
> 
Better than what? :-)  It's *usually* better to use your ISP's
nameservers (I'm assuming Verisign is your ISP) as they are 'closer'
in connection terms to you and thus the query won't take so long.
However it might be that Google's 8.8.8.8 will respond faster, it's
very much 'suck it and see'.

-- 
Chris Green




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