Thread: Sharing good DNS address ( non open-dns)

BSNL seems to be utterly inefficient when it comes to providing decent dns. There was a recent crisis over it which lasted a couple of days. So, feel free to share, if u know any good DNS ips. And please, no open-dns.

This info may come in handy on a bad day.

218.248.240.181
218.248.240.23

thats the one bsnl is giving out

thanks for the post inetguy, actually bsnl gives out several dependin on ur location

use opendns 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222 these are well known,fast and good dns providers.configure your modem as well as pc to use these dns servers.

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

............... And please, no open-dns.

please refrain from giving open-dns ips

The Guide - DNS Servers in India Data Sheet - VSNL's DNS servers, haven't used those but are probably reliable.

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

thanks for the post inetguy, actually bsnl gives out several dependin on ur location

actually if u go to run and get in cmd prompt

and press ipconfig/all


then u can see the dns server is automatically assigned by the bsnl

just see below the ppp adaptor


u can try this only if ur using bridge mode for windows dial up

PS : open dns works only for few people,it never worked for me,bsnl dns servers r more faster than open dns imo

Originally Posted by internet_guy

actually if u go to run and get in cmd prompt

and press ipconfig/all

thanks for the command to find the default dns ip.

for me open dns was working fine. could you say me why it wont work fine for somebody. whether depend upon the connection speed or isp.

it wont work for some people means, the browsing works ,but the speeds doesnt improve

i used open dns for two days and after that i felt bsnl dns servers r more faster

ok. thank you for the reply

Originally Posted by internet_guy

actually if u go to run and get in cmd prompt

and press ipconfig/all


then u can see the dns server is automatically assigned by the bsnl

just see below the ppp adaptor

:lol:
I know about bsnl provided dns man, Seems nobody understood the reason for me to create this thread. U see Inetguy, BSNL provides many dns servers.
I m in kolkata, i got one. U in XXXXXX, u got one different. Now suppose someone has a dns which gone kaput. He can copy/paste a dns from this thread and use that (manually assigned , not using DHCP assigning ) to run internet.
Three days back a similar problem occured and many couldnt use internet including me. The trouble was dns related, several dns servers were down. If we had a lot of servers to choose from, we wouldnt have to suffer.

@cableguy
Thanks mate for that list. I am sure those may come in handy someday to someone.

-Leo