New Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service

Callender · 02 Apr 2018

I think you have to use the actual ip address of the server being used for DNS Lookups.

What's My DNS Server?

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Cliff S · 02 Apr 2018

I'm just curious, anyone else read the 1.1.1.1 user friendly address as Idiot Idiot Idiot at first too, or is the PEBCAK just me

f14tomcat · 02 Apr 2018

Cliff S said:

I'm just curious, anyone else read the 1.1.1.1 user friendly address as Idiot Idiot Idiot at first too, or is the PEBCAK just me

You read it any way you want to, Cliff. It's ok.

reddice · 02 Apr 2018

swarfega said:

I used this for a while then websites wouldnt load so had to switch back.

Same here I am in the United States in NYC and it was much slower than OpenDNS.

meebers · 02 Apr 2018

Cliff S said:

I'm just curious, anyone else read the 1.1.1.1 user friendly address as Idiot Idiot Idiot at first too, or is the PEBCAK just me

Here is what mine returns 1 dot 1 dot 1 dot 1 (1.1.1.1)

meebers · 02 Apr 2018

Went into the control panel/network/adapter etc and removed 8.8.8.8 and set 1.1.1.1 on my router instead. Tested using the ping feature from the router, afterwards you can see a ~3/4/10ms gain with 1.1.1.1 at this moment in time. :)

f14tomcat · 02 Apr 2018

@Cliff S

For when you come back....

Mystery solved. It needed to clear it's throat!

Code:

C:\Users\dhubb\Desktop>nslookup
DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
Default Server:  UnKnown
Address:  2606:4700:4700::1111

> exit

C:\Users\dhubb\Desktop>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

C:\Users\dhubb\Desktop>nslookup
Default Server:  1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com
Address:  2606:4700:4700::1111

>

ohante · 02 Apr 2018

This thread is a bit over my head. I'm just learning about this after reading an Engadget article. I'm not familiar with how DNS lookups work, or if I should set the IPv4 or IPv6 protocol. But I set the preferred DNS server to 1.0.0.1 (1.1.1.1 doesn't connect) for IPv4 in my W10 Ethernet adapter settings, and nslookup confirms:

Default server: 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com
Address: 1.0.0.1

Not understanding much of this, I then tried setting preferred and alternate DNS servers in both IPv4 and IPv6 settings:

IPv4
Preferred DNS Server: 1.1.1.1
Alternate DNS Server: 1.0.0.1

IPv6
Preferred DNS Server: 2606:4700:4700::1111
Alternate DNS Server: 2606:4700:4700::1001

While http://www.whatsmydnsserver.com/ determined I was connected via Cloudflare, nslookup saw no default server, returning:

Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 2606:4700:4700::1111

I'll just stick to the 1 setting in IPv4 of 1.0.0.1 for now. I'd really appreciate it if someone could briefly explain what I'm not understanding by trying to set all 4 DNS server settings.

Callender · 02 Apr 2018

Well there's little point in setting DNS Server for ipv6 if your ISP doesn't yet support ipv6

Test your IPv6.

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You got the following setting correct:

IPv4
Preferred DNS Server: 1.1.1.1
Alternate DNS Server: 1.0.0.1

Personally I keep ipv6 disabled:

How to Enable or Disable IPv6 in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10

ohante · 02 Apr 2018

Callender said:

Well there's little point in setting DNS Server for ipv6 if your ISP doesn't yet support ipv6

Test your IPv6.

You got the following setting correct:

IPv4
Preferred DNS Server: 1.1.1.1
Alternate DNS Server: 1.0.0.1

Personally I keep ipv6 disabled:

How to Enable or Disable IPv6 in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10

Thanks for that Callender. As you suspected, the IPv6 test shows my ISP doesn't support it. I think I've had both IPv4 and IPv6 settings for my adapters going all the way back to WinXP. But it seems DNS server addresses have always been set by default to be obtained automatically, and I don't think I've ever had any problems. Nice to have 1 more tool in my Internet quiver of privacy tools.

EDIT: When I have IPv6 set to defaults (obtain DNS server address automatically) and have IPv4 set to:

Preferred DNS Server: 1.1.1.1
Alternate DNS Server: 1.0.0.1

nslookup returns this:

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 1.1.1.1

If I switch them to:

Preferred DNS Server: 1.0.0.1
Alternate DNS Server: 1.1.1.1

nslookup returns:

Default Server: 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com
Address: 1.0.0.1

As my browsers fail to connect to 1.1.1.1, I'll leave the preferred DNS server set to 1.0.0.1