namebench
Compares your DNS against other public DNS servers
Are you a power-user with 5 minutes to spare? Do you want a faster internet experience?
Try out namebench. It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way. This project began as a 20% project at Google.
Required OS: not specified
Tags:
test
, dns
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You mean like the Google Update Manager thing? I don't think so… I sure don't seem to have it on my machine… For one thing, I don't think it's exactly an 'official' Google product, more like a side project by some Googlers…
does anyone know, if the usual google update stuff comes along with this ?
For some reason, it takes me a loooong time to get this to run… More often than not the icon just bounces for a long time, then sits in the dock but without the 'running' light, and the window never pops up. So I force quit and try again later. I did get it to run once, and am in the process of trying again… If it doesn't start up for you, just be persistent, it is a pretty useful tool…!