New Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service

Tonyb · 20 Apr 2018

I would also change IPV6 as you will have to different DNS the one on IPV4 will be cloudflare and IPV6 will be your normal DNS, i have both my IPV4 and IPV6 on cloudflare and have not had one slow down on youtube at all is faster.

xips · 20 Apr 2018

Tonyb said:

I would also change IPV6 as you will have to different DNS the one on IPV4 will be cloudflare and IPV6 will be your normal DNS, i have both my IPV4 and IPV6 on cloudflare and have not had one slow down on youtube at all is faster.

My ISP has not implemented IPV6 yet.

Tonyb · 20 Apr 2018

ok awesome :)

Ground Sloth · 21 Apr 2018

What happens if you change the DNS server address in Windows but not in your router? Could that lead to a conflict? Could your router override your Windows setting?

brummyfan · 21 Apr 2018

Ground Sloth said:

What happens if you change the DNS server address in Windows but not in your router? Could that lead to a conflict? Could your router override your Windows setting?

No, there won't be any conflict.

f14tomcat · 21 Apr 2018

Ground Sloth said:

What happens if you change the DNS server address in Windows but not in your router? Could that lead to a conflict? Could your router override your Windows setting?

My understanding is when you tell the LAN settings to "Obtain DNS automatically", it uses whatever is set in the router. Manually entering Cloudfare or Google or others takes precedence. I think....:)

Steve C · 23 Apr 2018

I checked out the speed of DNS servers 1.1.1.1 & 1.0.0.1 using the Gibson DNS benchmark. The default Virgin Media DNS address for my cable Ethernet connected desktop PC to Virgin Media's fibre broadband is much faster and 1.0.0.1 is faster than 1.1.1.1.

addiecool · 24 Apr 2018

WOW! Have been using the Google DNS for years. This is incredibly faster for day to day browsing and Netflix. Thanks guys!

Callender · 24 Apr 2018

Ground Sloth said:

What happens if you change the DNS server address in Windows but not in your router? Could that lead to a conflict? Could your router override your Windows setting?

Just check what is actually being used:

New Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service - Page 5 - Windows 10 Forums

As far as I know Router setting over-rides windows setting anyway forcing connected devices to use Router configured DNS

On another note:

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SoFine409 · 25 Apr 2018

Big improvement over Verizon FIOS Gateway.