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VietCanada wrote:

DNS 1.1.1.1 is a fairly recent DNS that doesn't track the websites you visit. That claim may or may not be true but it is faster.

Google's 8.8.8.8 has been around longer but it is not a 'trick' it is something people have been using for a long time. It is a proven method for getting faster results on the internet.

1.1.1.1 is newer and faster still.

Yes.  Also 9.9.9.9

To All:
If you have any doubt about how the DNS can affect your speed, run the tester from

and it will tell you.  Nothing to install, just run it.

SteinNebraska wrote:

I have a similar issue with web pages taking forever to load.  It's not a speed thing, it's always "waiting for xxxxx" what ever the website is.  Speeds themselves are fine.  I wonder if it's just US websites like news sites taking too long.  I know that parts of Fox News are not available in "my area".  Would it help if I had a VPN?

Internet speeds are good.  Just checked Speedtest.net

Ping 3
Download 75 MB/s
Upload 67 MB/s

I did load that WIfi Analyze from the early post and it does show all of the channels as 1 star except the one it suggested to change to which is 4 star.  The problem is I can't figure out how to change the router channel as I have no idea who made the router.

If you are using Firefox as your browser, you can addon an advertising blocker.  This will increase the loading of websites that serve many ads.

A VPN can let you change your "location", but might not help with the speed of the connection.  You could have the "12 lane Autobahn" of the Internet up a 5kph stretch where construction is underway, a section heavily congested.  So the bottom line is "no guarantee of better speed".  Remember, your use is "shared access", too.  You get a higher speed limit.

Travelfar wrote:

VietCanada wrote:

DNS 1.1.1.1 is a fairly recent DNS that doesn't track the websites you visit. That claim may or may not be true but it is faster.

Google's 8.8.8.8 has been around longer but it is not a 'trick' it is something people have been using for a long time. It is a proven method for getting faster results on the internet.

1.1.1.1 is newer and faster still.

Yes.  Also 9.9.9.9

To All:
If you have any doubt about how the DNS can affect your speed, run the tester from

and it will tell you.  Nothing to install, just run it.

ý More than 20% of resolvers were unreliable?
Such a high percentage is suspicious: As you may have noticed, a relatively large number of the resolvers (27) benchmarked (more than one in every five) had apparent reliability problems. Since this is a suspiciously high number, it is more likely that the local network was busy and congested while the benchmark was running. Since this will produce unreliable timing results, you should probably attempt to re-run the benchmark at a time when the local network is quiet. Until then, you should consider these timing results to be invalid.

ý Only the built-in default resolvers were benchmarked.
Please consider taking the time to create a custom resolver list.
This is a reminder about the tremendous benefits to be gained from benchmarking the "Top 50" resolvers that are found for you by the Benchmark's custom resolver list builder. When you have time, don't forget to give that a try. The results will astound you! You can find the option to do this on either the application's System Menu (Alt-Spacebar) or on the Add/Remove nameservers dialog on the Nameservers page.

ý System has only ONE (router based) nameserver configured.
It appears that only one local (router gateway) DNS nameserver, with the IP address of [192.168.1.1], is currently providing all DNS name resolution services to this system. This configuration is not recommended because most consumer-grade routers provide inefficient and under-powered DNS resolution services.

Unless the DNS resolvers your router is using is under your control, it may not be providing the best or complete name resolution services. For example, is it using multiple redundant DNS nameservers?

Users of GRC's DNS Spoofability system have determined that consumer-grade routers can be crashed by the receipt of specific DNS reply packets from the Internet. This opens the possibility that Internet-based criminals could acquire access to your router from the Internet as well as to the private network in controls.

Many consumer-grade routers fail to provide the full range of DNS lookup services. This may have been detected by the benchmark and noted below.

Just ran it & above were the conclusions!!

goodolboy wrote:

Travelfar wrote:

VietCanada wrote:

DNS 1.1.1.1 is a fairly recent DNS that doesn't track the websites you visit. That claim may or may not be true but it is faster.

Google's 8.8.8.8 has been around longer but it is not a 'trick' it is something people have been using for a long time. It is a proven method for getting faster results on the internet.

1.1.1.1 is newer and faster still.

Yes.  Also 9.9.9.9

To All:
If you have any doubt about how the DNS can affect your speed, run the tester from

and it will tell you.  Nothing to install, just run it.

ý More than 20% of resolvers were unreliable?
Such a high percentage is suspicious: As you may have noticed, a relatively large number of the resolvers (27) benchmarked (more than one in every five) had apparent reliability problems. Since this is a suspiciously high number, it is more likely that the local network was busy and congested while the benchmark was running.

ý Only the built-in default resolvers were benchmarked.
Please consider taking the time to create a custom resolver list.
This is a reminder about the tremendous benefits to be gained from benchmarking the "Top 50" resolvers that are found for you by the Benchmark's custom resolver list builder. When you have time, don't forget to give that a try. The results will astound you! You can find the option to do this on either the application's System Menu (Alt-Spacebar) or on the Add/Remove nameservers dialog on the Nameservers page.

ý System has only ONE (router based) nameserver configured.
It appears that only one local (router gateway) DNS nameserver, with the IP address of [192.168.1.1], is currently providing all DNS name resolution services to this system. This configuration is not recommended because most consumer-grade routers provide inefficient and under-powered DNS resolution services.

Did you accidently enter your router's gateway address into the DNS IP address field?

Unless the DNS resolvers your router is using is under your control, it may not be providing the best or complete name resolution services. For example, is it using multiple redundant DNS nameservers?

When you enter a primary DNS IP, enter the secondary also.  E.g., 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1, or for Google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.  You can also mix them such as 9.9.9.9 and 1.1.1.1.

Users of GRC's DNS Spoofability system have determined that consumer-grade routers can be crashed by the receipt of specific DNS reply packets from the Internet. This opens the possibility that Internet-based criminals could acquire access to your router from the Internet as well as to the private network in controls.

Many consumer-grade routers fail to provide the full range of DNS lookup services. This may have been detected by the benchmark and noted below.

Just ran it & above were the conclusions!!

Did you read the note in RED?  "One VERY IMPORTANT usage note before you begin:"

It suggested your connection was too busy at the time you ran it for valid results. Try again when it isn't so busy.

I just ran the DNS benchmark program, and was surprised that the VNPT servers at 203.162.4.190 and  203.162.4.191 were the fastest (3 ms), with 203.119.36.106 a close second (5 ms).  I am on VNPT.

About DNS servers:

Did you accidently enter your router's gateway address into the DNS IP address field? …...nope, would not know how to do that even if I wanted too.

When you enter a primary DNS IP, enter the secondary also.  E.g., 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1, or for Google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.  You can also mix them such as 9.9.9.9 and 1.1.1.1. ……...sorry dont have a clue what you are describing!

Did you read the note in RED?  "One VERY IMPORTANT usage note before you begin:"

It suggested your connection was too busy at the time you ran it for valid results. Try again when it isn't so busy…………...if the connection is too busy, what exactly does that mean?

Thanks so much for your help, but I think we should shut this down as far as my problem is concerned as I really dont have a clue what you are talking about, I am a self confessed idiot with computers & IT. once again thanks for trying to help but you really are shooting a dead horse with this one.

Huh? I saw some antennas wrapped in aluminium foil. But you might want to use that and make your own hat?

Are the antennas at an angle? They radiate outwards, at a 90 degrees angle.

At my hotel, wifi has been unreliable. i complained once and they did  s o m e t h i n g, improving it PDQ. OOKLA speedtest, wehsat does it say? Care to share screen prints?

In Germany, 20 GB have been the norm on a cheap broadband deal with unlimited calls @ 500 k. Here, it's 6 Gbit when the connection is good, with an upload of 0.01 when it's awful.

You might be right, what else is there to do?

Yep, stay-at-home kids online would put a big strain on the network, and haven't sharks chewed through the cables again?

I wouldn't put any faith in 'technicians' who talk about brick walls and internet boxes off the perpendicular, they just waffle on to sound knowledgeable, though I did get one in Saigon who didn't talk much but sorted things out.

If it's any consolation, now that I'm back in Melbourne, my top-of-the-range fibre-to-the premises (FTTP) connection through the much-vaunted National Broadand Network (NBN) at $90 a month is slower than the ADSL landline I had here15 years ago. The so-called 'helpdesk' in Bangalore can't offer any more solutions than I had applied already.

The Labor government's grand vision at the time with fibre-optic across the country was hamstrung by subsequent Liberal governments that claimed they could do it cheaper by using the ageing copper network that keeps breaking down.

Not sure if that applies to Vietnam. One thing I noticed after returning to Australia is that our 'first world' is rapidly getting left behind by what's happening in Asia.

Walls can and often do make a big difference to WiFi strength...

But often given out as easy excuse

robvan wrote:

Yep, stay-at-home kids online would put a big strain on the network, and haven't sharks chewed through the cables again?
that one lasted more than a year but have not heard it recently, must be because all the sharks have been made into soup!!

I wouldn't put any faith in 'technicians' who talk about brick walls and internet boxes off the perpendicular, they just waffle on to sound knowledgeable, though I did get one in Saigon who didn't talk much but sorted things out.

If it's any consolation, now that I'm back in Melbourne, my top-of-the-range fibre-to-the premises (FTTP) connection through the much-vaunted National Broadand Network (NBN) at $90 a month is slower than the ADSL landline I had here15 years ago. The so-called 'helpdesk' in Bangalore can't offer any more solutions than I had applied already. not easy!!

The Labor government's grand vision at the time with fibre-optic across the country was hamstrung by subsequent Liberal governments that claimed they could do it cheaper by using the ageing copper network that keeps breaking down.

Not sure if that applies to Vietnam. One thing I noticed after returning to Australia is that our 'first world' is rapidly getting left behind by what's happening in Asia.

Yep same in UK & France, left way behind, living in the past! I look at the infrastructure investment especially in say Thailand these days & think wow!

Reminds me of a trip about ten years to Singapore. 1% population have clothes dryer.. 99% have internet over 100meg

UK at the time struggle to get 36meg

Jlgarbutt wrote:

Walls can and often do make a big difference to WiFi strength...

But often given out as easy excuse

Not if there is no wall between me & the box they dont!! & me sitting less than 2 meters from it as far as I can make out the connection to the box is FO. I think the schools being off makes sense to me but hey like I said before I am no expert.

Travelfar wrote:

VietCanada wrote:

DNS 1.1.1.1 is a fairly recent DNS that doesn't track the websites you visit. That claim may or may not be true but it is faster.

Google's 8.8.8.8 has been around longer but it is not a 'trick' it is something people have been using for a long time. It is a proven method for getting faster results on the internet.

1.1.1.1 is newer and faster still.

Yes.  Also 9.9.9.9

To All:
If you have any doubt about how the DNS can affect your speed, run the tester from

and it will tell you.  Nothing to install, just run it.

did it already as per your last post, nothing changes!!

It's ridiculous, it's doesn't stop anything. Everybody still go to Facebook, Twitter, Zalo or other social network. What profite for the Vietnamese government ?

Jlgarbutt wrote:

Reminds me of a trip about ten years to Singapore. 1% population have clothes dryer.. 99% have internet over 100meg

UK at the time struggle to get 36meg

Of course it's always raining in England.    so first things first.

Would forgo the dryer in the UK back then for fast broadband... Gaming was at the time a big thing for me

goodolboy wrote:

Travelfar wrote:

VietCanada wrote:

DNS 1.1.1.1 is a fairly recent DNS that doesn't track the websites you visit. That claim may or may not be true but it is faster.

Google's 8.8.8.8 has been around longer but it is not a 'trick' it is something people have been using for a long time. It is a proven method for getting faster results on the internet.

1.1.1.1 is newer and faster still.

Yes.  Also 9.9.9.9

To All:
If you have any doubt about how the DNS can affect your speed, run the tester from

and it will tell you.  Nothing to install, just run it.

did it already as per your last post, nothing changes!!

And nothing WILL change unless you make a change.  The DNS test is just to show the speeds to the servers.  You would then select a fast one and put it into your computer or router.

Travelfar wrote:

goodolboy wrote:

Travelfar wrote:

Yes.  Also 9.9.9.9

To All:
If you have any doubt about how the DNS can affect your speed, run the tester from

and it will tell you.  Nothing to install, just run it.

did it already as per your last post, nothing changes!!

And nothing WILL change unless you make a change.  The DNS test is just to show the speeds to the servers.  You would then select a fast one and put it into your computer or router.

Thanks for your help,  but forget it for me, I havent got a clue what you are on about & have just accepted that anything I need do is in the morning or late at night when the speed is acceptable. As far as putting what ever it is on my laptop, I have said before its not my lap top that has issues, my phone & my GF phone are the same going through the FPT router but acceptable going through Mobi 4 g Anyways please move on & dont waste any more of your time. I have moved on & so should you.

If you change your mind ... Let me know
I'm happy to meet at a mutual location
Good luck