/me on the net!

Many times it happens that we are configuring network on a newly installed machine and forget what the DNS server addresses are.. or when your ISP's dns server just doesnt work.. If you find yourself in such situations frequently then its time you remember these easy to recall public dns servers.

• 4.2.2.1 - to - 4.2.2.6 (Verizon)
• 198.6.1.1 - to - 198.6.1.6 (GTI Internet)
• 128.100.100.128 (University of Toronto)
• 198.6.1.1 (UUNet)
• 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google)

Though i should add a note of caution, use these dns servers to get to the net, search for your ISP's dns servers and add them instead. Its really not a good idea to trample on someone else's bandwidth.. Also while using a third party DNS server, one must understand that its very easy for them to redirect icicibank.com to any server they wish

Its also a good idea to install bind locally to get out of such situations.. in which case the only IP to be added is 127.0.0.1

[Update: Dec 3, 2009]
Google today announced the launch of their own public DNS servers. The IP addresses for using their DNS servers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4