Has anybody else noticed DNS IP lookup has been taking a long time across the whole internet lately?

Question

For the last few weeks, I've noticed that no matter what computer I'm on, whether at work, home, or some random computer at a friend's house, or at the library, when I try to connect to any website for the first time that session, the "looking up www.example.com" at the bottom left of my browser window takes no less than four full seconds, but usually more like thirty seconds. That's really slow for DNS resolution. Like I say, I've noticed it on every computer I've tried here in Los Angeles. Once the DNS resolves, the connection is plenty fast, and browsing speed is normal compared to what I'm used to experiencing. Originally, I thought it was just my home computer, but then I noticed my work computers, all of them, were doing the same thing, and then I starded paying attention, and noticed it happening on all computers I tried it on. Once I've arrived at a site, when I click on a link within that site, the connection time is nice and fast. It's just the initial lookup that's stalling. Has anyone else noticed this slowing down of the DNS layer?

Answer 1

There are DNS servers all over the world. Your DNS query is routed to the DNS that your specific ISP points to. If you are having an issue, the problem is either your machine, or the DNS servers provided by your ISP. You can re-point your DNS request to a different one statically by physically assigning a different DNS address. It will take a few seconds for your machine to learn the route to the new servers but after that it should work fine, assuming that's really the problem.

Answer 2

Not here in NY. I've seen Yahoo Answers drag recently, but that seems pretty well fixed now. But no DNS lag. I just went to a site I've never visited, and couldn't catch the "looking up" - it was too fast.

Answer 3

I have not noticed anything being slower. Is the same as it has always been for me. Maybe it is something regional? If it is a real big problem, you could always add it in your host file to sites you go to often.

Answer 4

I haven't been having any such problems.



I run on servers 205.171.3.65 and 205.171.2.65 on some of my computers, and 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2 on a few others. You might try those and see if that speeds things up for you.