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Google Public DNS

A free, global DNS resolution service that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider.

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Google Public DNS, and it has gotten 61 likes

Google Public DNS was added to AlternativeTo by Cypher100 on and this page was last updated .

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Duncan Briggs
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Unfortunately, Google Public DNS does not provide parental control like some other DNS services.

William Grant
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I Started here , my mission was , to stop my own isp from cutting the connections , when i start to use my , Wifi ap , to share with my back room internet traffic , the moment i use my , Ap , the internet gets cut, and cut and cut , ,, So the moment i used a diferant D.N.S. ... ALL MY STUFF JUST WORKED , WITHOUT CUTTING , IN ALL OCCASIONS ,,,.. NOW not only this i also discovered the the true speeds and Some Security stuff even with the ability of stopping adds for free, not to mention stopping logs about your data all for FREE... Oh yes....free ,,,pure free vpn for your whole house ,, i could go on, really but this is where i began ,,,, google dns worked ,, not fast enough though ,,,

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What is Google Public DNS?

Why does DNS matter? The Domain Name System (DNS) protocol is an important part of the web's infrastructure, serving as the Internet's phone book: every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading, so your computer may be performing hundreds of lookups a day. Try it out Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers. Or, read our configuration instructions (IPv6 addresses supported too). If you decide to try Google Public DNS, your client programs will perform all DNS lookups using Google Public DNS.

In addition to traditional DNS over UDP or TCP, we also provide DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for greater security and privacy.

Looking for Cloud DNS? Public DNS is only a name resolver. If you are looking for a high-volume, programmable, authoritative name server using Google's infrastructure, try Google's Cloud DNS.