Free Public DNS Servers List

Here is a list of public DNS servers which are free for everyone to use. There are several reasons why you would want to use alternative DNS servers, such as speeding up your browsing experience and improving your security, but the most obvious one is as a backup solution when your ISP servers are down.

And because you're most likely going to need these addresses when you can't browse this page, you can download the following list compiled in a handy text file: public-dns-servers.txt

Google Public DNS:

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

German Privacy Foundation:

• 87.118.100.175 (Ports: 53, 110)
• 94.75.228.29 (Ports: 53, 110, DNSSEC)
• 87.118.104.203 (Ports: 53, 110,DNSSEC)
• 62.141.58.13 (Ports: 53, 110, HTTPS-DNS, DNSSEC)
• 87.118.109.2 (Ports: 53, 110, DNSSEC)

Level 3 Communications:

• 4.2.2.1
• 4.2.2.2
• 4.2.2.3
• 4.2.2.4
• 4.2.2.5
• 4.2.2.6

OpenNIC Public DNS Servers:

• 58.6.115.42 (Queensland, Australia)
• 202.83.95.227 (Queensland, Australia)
• 119.31.230.42 (Victoria, Australia)
• 217.79.186.148 (Germany)
• 27.110.120.30 (New Zealand)
• 89.16.173.11 (United Kingdom)
• 216.87.84.211 (Colorado, United States)
• 2001:470:8388:10:0:100:53:20 (Colorado, United States)
• 69.164.208.50 (New Jersey, United States)
• 69.164.211.225 (New Jersey, United States)
• 64.0.55.201 (New York, United States)
• 66.244.95.20 (Indiana, United States)
• 2001:470:1f10:c6::2 (Indiana, United States)
• 72.14.189.120 (Texas, United States)
• 2001:470:1f0f:48e::2 new (Texas, United States)
• 69.164.196.21 (Texas, United States)

puntCAT:

• 109.69.8.51
• 2a00:1508:0:4::9

easyDNS:

• 205.210.42.205
• 64.68.200.200

Comodo Secure DNS:

• 8.26.56.26
• 8.20.247.20

DNS Advantage:

• 156.154.70.1
• 156.154.71.1

OpenDNS:

• 208.67.222.222
• 208.67.220.220