Namebench showing Linksys E2500 internal DNS slower that OpenDNS

Discussion in 'Linux Networking' started by Philip, Oct 11, 2012.

  1. Philip

    Philip Guest

    I recently "upgraded" an old Linksys WRT54G to a E2500. I normally set
    the router (192.168.1.1) as the primary DNS, using the DHCP static DNS
    settings. The assumption being that the router's internal DNS is always
    going to be faster than taking trip onto the WAN.

    I also use namebench from google to identify the the best set of servers
    for secondary and tertiary.

    To my surprise namebench reported back that OpenDNS was 2x faster than
    then the E2500 internal DNS! 46ms versus 87ms avg response. Even min and
    max times were worse. The same run with the WRT54G, came in with sub
    10ms DNS responses.

    Any idea what could be slowing my E2500 down? Google search turns up
    nothing but how-to configure the static DNS on the router.
     
    Philip, Oct 11, 2012
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  2. Philip

    Philip Guest


    Thanks, you explanation helps alot. I ran namebench a few time more and
    the E2500 seemed to do better as it looked like it had cached entries more.

    I'll keep poking around until it looks better.
     
    Philip, Oct 13, 2012
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