NextDNS or default DNS?

[nishantt6969]

I am using NextDNS over airtel’s default dns to have some control over ad blocking. The latency I get to nextdns in cmd is 80ms and ofcourse to airtel it is very less. Is using nextdns going to make my browsing or gaming experience a slower? or fast? you can prefer me a dns to have some control over my network on router level.

 

[Chip]

Use Google DNS (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4), Cloudflare (1.1.1.1 or 1.0.0.1) OpenDNS (208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220). If you are concerned about privacy use Cloudflare or OpenDNS. But Google is the fastest.

 

[nishantt6969]

@Chip but by using google dns or cloudflare dns, I wont be able to block sites and make modifications to my network.

 

[Rajdeep]

Bro just build a pihole, you can block locally and use any upstream dns

 

[Chip]

@Chip but by using google dns or cloudflare dns, I wont be able to block sites and make modifications to my network.

What sites do you want to block? You can block certain sites in the router itself atleast in my Asus router it is possible. It depends on the make and model of your router.

 

[nishantt6969]

@Rajdeep pihole is built on some hardware?

 

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[JB701]

PiHole is a DNS blocking software Home that you can run on most Linux machines though its usually run on Raspberry Pi because its low power.

 

[pranav sharma]

From yesterday NextDNS stopped filtering my traffic of ads and all is something wrong what can ve the issue

 

[Aashish.007]

@pranav sharma NextDNS there is monthly limit for dns requests maybe you hit that. I would suggest Alternate DNS for ad blocking if you want it has very good latencies (like cloudflare).
Personally I use adblock on OpenWrt router with Airtel DNS, it's the best implementation for me.

 

[pranav sharma]

Better i make many accounts then it has best latency