DNS

[Chippy_Tea]

I have been having problems viewing the video on the BBC news site for several days, it kept buffering every few seconds or i got the message that it was not available at that time, i tried other browsers and it made no difference, tonight i changed my DNS server settings to open DNS and it seems to have improved, does anyone here know if changing it can help or has it just been a coincidence ?

 

[bunkerbrewer]

Yep, it's possible, if your ISP's DNS is getting choked. It's also possible switching DNS is giving packets a less congested route (you could try running tracert to see)

Anyway, it worked :)

 

[Aquila]

Set your DNS to 8.8.8.8, like my wife, google never goes down

 

[anthonyUK]

There is a DNS test called DNS bench which will show you the best performing server for your connection.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I am with talk talk so would not be surprised if their DNS servers are playing up again, it wouldn't be the first time.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Set your DNS to 8.8.8.8, like my wife, google never goes down

Thanks, i have used google DNS in the past but prefer Open DNS.

 

[rpt]

I don't think changing your DNS should make any difference to video buffering. Once your PC knows the IP address for a domain, it doesn't need to talk to the DNS server any more.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I use ccleaner before I shut down at the end of the day, would this cause the pc to look for it every time I visit ?
I have tested with my isp DNS again after it worked with opendns and it was rubbish again, switching back to opendns sorted it again.

 

[bunkerbrewer]

I don't think changing your DNS should make any difference to video buffering. Once your PC knows the IP address for a domain, it doesn't need to talk to the DNS server any more.

Doesn't that depend on DNS cache time though?