Many times people face problems while accessing a particular website. It might be due to website server problem. But sometimes it might be a fault of your Internet service provider as their DNS server was not updated within time. That's why its recommended to use external DNS instead of the DNS provided by your ISP.
There are many DNS available to use like Google Public DNS, Open DNS, etc. We have shared 2 freeware in past to automatically apply custom DNS which are DNS Jumper and Namebench.
Today we are going to share another free tool to automatically change DNS settings in Windows.
"Windows DNS Changer" is a free utility created by "milano88" @ DA which allows you to change DNS settings in Windows on the fly.
You can either select the predefined DNS like Google DNS, Open DNS and Sprint DNS or set your own desired DNS settings using this tool.
Simply select the desired DNS from the given list or type the desired DNS settings in text boxes and click on "Save Changes" button. It'll immediately set the custom DNS settings in Windows.
Its a portable software so you don't need to install it. Simply run the EXE file.
You can download it using following link:
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software.
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Ali Mali
DNS Jumper is the best :)
nipunb
but what if we want to change the DNS to ISP default DNS?????
Sir.Help
doesn't work lol
Sir.Help
Windows vista sp2 x86
Lim
U can use DNSBench to find the fastest dns server thats suits u
Mushaf
+1 for DNS Jumper.
Sir.Help
tried dns jumper a very nice program so yeah
+1 for DNS jumper
Robero
Google public DNS seems to work for me ! Have used it for quite some time ! I cannot comment on the others as I have not used them ! It would be nice to know (Feedback) by other readers as to their oppinion on Google DNS vs others ? I may change to another depending on the feedback readers supply in this thread ? Thanks in advance for all feedback on this subject ! Cheers mates !
Robero
Sorry for the extra post but I should have thanked milano88 for his Windows DNS changer which will, make it much easier for me to make such changes on fly and it is portable as well which is another bonus! Thanks again ! Cheers mate !
Ricky
Yes, +1 DNS Jumper