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user3175226
user3175226

Reputation: 3669

does DNS speed differs by type of domain? .com / .nu / .io

If I register same domain name:

and point all to same DNS servers, is that possible to one response faster than other?

I'm asking because my NU domain seems to be slow and I'm using this tool to check speed: https://www.ultratools.com/tools/dnsHostingSpeedResult

Upvotes: 0

Views: 371

Answers (1)

krisku
krisku

Reputation: 3991

Each top-level domain has their own set of nameservers and they can certainly vary in number, location and performance.

E.g. when resolving mysite.nu, the DNS resolver must first ask one of the well-known root nameservers for the authoritative nameservers for the .nu top-level domain (turns out there are only three), pick one at random (e.g. b.nic.nu) and ask that nameserver for the location of nameservers for mysite.nu.

The country code (two character) top-level domains tend to concentrate their nameservers in a particular geographical region, and might therefore work faster for clients in the same region.

Upvotes: 1

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