New MWEB DNS Servers?

[xerxesv5]

Hi

Can anyone give me MWEB's DNS servers (the ones that would be assigned on one of their uncapped accounts)?

I already have SAIX, OpenDNS and gtei, just want the standard ones for reference.

A router I'm working on doesn't seem to get them automatically (weird taiwanese thing).

Thanks!!
xv5

 

[Hummercellc]

196.28.80.140 196.28.80.139

 

[xerxesv5]

Thx hummercellc! Much appreciated.

 

[who.is.michael]

I suggest that you do not use their DNS servers (rather poor performance and lacking in security) ; see: http://cocacola.za.net/images/dns.txt

To establish which DNS server is best to use for your connection; (suggest you use more than one local and more than one foreign) have a look at http://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm and add some of the local DNS server addresses reflected in the above link.

However, the local DNS server that delivers the most consistent and best performance seems to be MTN Bussiness' 196.7.142.132 with Data Pro's 196.41.0.10 in close second.

Regards

M

 

[Barge]

From Cape Town, Telkom dNs seems fastest

Final benchmark results, sorted by nameserver performance:
(average cached name retrieval speed, fastest to slowest)

196. 43. 34.190 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
+ Cached Name | 0.017 | 0.024 | 0.054 | 0.007 | 100.0 |
+ Uncached Name | 0.209 | 0.309 | 0.524 | 0.081 | 100.0 |
+ DotCom Lookup | 0.209 | 0.296 | 0.439 | 0.075 | 100.0 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
wbs-ip-dns.saix.net
Telkom SA Limited


196. 7.142.132 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
- Cached Name | 0.037 | 0.043 | 0.054 | 0.004 | 100.0 |
- Uncached Name | 0.049 | 0.341 | 0.656 | 0.141 | 100.0 |
- DotCom Lookup | 0.039 | 0.178 | 0.312 | 0.113 | 100.0 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
cache02.ns.iafrica.com
Verizon South Africa


196. 43. 42.190 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
- Cached Name | 0.036 | 0.043 | 0.068 | 0.005 | 100.0 |
- Uncached Name | 0.229 | 0.343 | 0.634 | 0.119 | 100.0 |
- DotCom Lookup | 0.230 | 0.321 | 0.484 | 0.075 | 100.0 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
rndf-ip-dns.saix.net
Telkom SA Limited


196. 2. 45.101 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
+ Cached Name | 0.036 | 0.045 | 0.068 | 0.007 | 100.0 |
+ Uncached Name | 0.048 | 0.313 | 0.703 | 0.151 | 100.0 |
+ DotCom Lookup | 0.039 | 0.137 | 0.358 | 0.126 | 100.0 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
hurricane.mweb.co.za
M-WEB


196. 41. 0. 10 | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
- Cached Name | 0.038 | 0.045 | 0.061 | 0.005 | 100.0 |
- Uncached Name | 0.047 | 0.374 | 0.651 | 0.132 | 100.0 |
- DotCom Lookup | 0.040 | 0.228 | 0.649 | 0.218 | 100.0 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
dnscache1.datapro.co.za
DataPro Infrastructure

 

[Tinuva]

Maybe add 196.220.59.188 196.220.59.189 to those benchmarks, see what you get.

But I HIGHLY doubt M-Web's DNS servers are insecure, slower than some maybe...