How to Speed up your Internet

The internet browsing speed can be utilized to the maximum extent which one'sinternet service provider is providing by following the below steps, which basically is not used to the fullest level due to reasons like of DNS and so on. Changing of the DNS(Domain Name System) of the current service provider to the fastest DNS servers of the ones like of OpenDNS or Google public DNS will do the required trick. This speeds up the loading time taken for the webpages which r browsed. DNS Servers are used by the internet connection to the correspondence between a domain name and IP address corresponding(each websites has an IP address and can be accessed directly from those IP addresses). It indeed makes the browsing of the internet easier using domain names rather than sequences of numbers. Whenever you call a page, images that are loaded or download files, a DNS server is used. The procedure to attain it with xp and windows 7 and linux and Vista is different and explained below. 1) Procedure for XP : The parameters of the network connection of the Windows XP computer must be changed to declare a new DNS servers. it can be done like this -- Click the Start
button and then
click Control Panel. Click Network
and Internet
Connections. Click on
Network
Connections. Double click the
icon for your
network
connection. Click
the Properties
button. Double click the
item Internet
Protocol (TCP /
IP). Select Use the
DNS server
addresses on
this windows. Then enter the
Preferred DNS
server field the
first DNS server
address to use
for Google 8.8.8.8 Public or
DNS to OpenDNS
208.67.222.222. Then enter the
DNS server field
the second DNS
server address
to use for
Google 8.8.4.4 Public or DNS to
OpenDNS
208.67.220.220. Click OK twice
and then click
Close. Reboot the
system. The
new settings
are then applied.
Launch
your Web browser and visit your
favorite sites.
They should
receive more
smoothly and
quickly. 2) Procedure for Windows 7 : The New DNS servers definition in Windows 7 goes through the Network and Sharing center. It can be configured like this-- Click the Start
button and then
click Control
Panel. Click Network
and Internet. Click Network
and Sharing
Center. In the left pane,
click Change
settings of the
card. Double click the
icon for your
network
connection (this
can be a cable
connection or wireless). Click the
Properties
button. Double click on
the icon Internet
Protocol Version
4 (TCP/IPv4). Select Use the
DNS server
addresses. Then enter the
Preferred DNS
server field the
first DNS server
address to use
for Google 8.8.8.8 Public or
DNS to OpenDNS
208.67.222.222. Then enter the
DNS server field
the second DNS
server address
to use for
Google 8.8.4.4 Public or DNS to
OpenDNS
208.67.220.220. Check the box
Validate
parameters and
left click OK and
Close. The new
settings are
then applied and
your network
connection is
verified. Click Close. Launch your
Web browser
and visit your
favorite sites.
They should
receive more smoothly and
quickly. 3) Procedure for Windows Vista is same as the procedure for Windows 7. 4) Procedure for Ubuntu Linux : Declaration of DNS servers for internet usage is easier in Ubuntu Linux. IT is configured like this -- On Ubuntu, click
on the System
menu. Click
Preferences,
then Network
Connections. Click your
network
connection (this
can be a cable
connection or
wireless) and click Modify. Open the
Settings tab
IPv4. Scroll Method
and select
automatic
addresses only
(DHCP). In the DNS
Servers field,
enter the
addresses of
DNS servers to
use, separated by a space. For
example 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4 for
Google or Public
DNS to OpenDNS
208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220. Click the Apply
button, type
your password
and confirm
with
authentication. Finally, click
Close. Launch
your Web
browser and
visit your
favorite sites. They should
receive more
smoothly and
quickly. NOTE : Both the OpenDNS and Google public DNS are much faster DNS servers and OpenDNS seems to be a bit faster than that of the Google public DNS.