Geffers
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I have a domain (on my home network) used for personal file transfers plus a couple I use for practice with space on a cloud system.
I must admit confusion with DNS management and NameServers. For a start on my router name server addresses must be IP addresses whereas on DNS management it has to me hostnames.
Further on the management side the NameServers are usually ns1, ns2 and ns3 of the company handling the domain name but then one goes down to NS Records and one can add nameservers of choice. Appears these can be the same as the aforementioned Nameservers (ns1,ns2,ns3) or use opendns, quad9 google etc.
I cannot see pros or cons of either. Appreciate resilience is an issue, hence multiple NameServers.
Now router, using a faster nameServer can be useful, I tend to use 9.9.9.9 or 1.1.1.1 and apparently Google's 8.8.8.8 is supposed to be fast. As mentioned, router uses IP addresses whereas DNS management seems to use Hostnames.
Geffers
I must admit confusion with DNS management and NameServers. For a start on my router name server addresses must be IP addresses whereas on DNS management it has to me hostnames.
Further on the management side the NameServers are usually ns1, ns2 and ns3 of the company handling the domain name but then one goes down to NS Records and one can add nameservers of choice. Appears these can be the same as the aforementioned Nameservers (ns1,ns2,ns3) or use opendns, quad9 google etc.
I cannot see pros or cons of either. Appreciate resilience is an issue, hence multiple NameServers.
Now router, using a faster nameServer can be useful, I tend to use 9.9.9.9 or 1.1.1.1 and apparently Google's 8.8.8.8 is supposed to be fast. As mentioned, router uses IP addresses whereas DNS management seems to use Hostnames.
Geffers