Eircom DSL - DNS Lookups Slow

Rebel021 · 05-07-2009 8:34pm

Only way I got it working was to switch to opendns

ShaneU · 05-07-2009 8:38pm

Tried to do a speed test and it kept failing the latency check before it even started

Firetrap · 05-07-2009 8:41pm

I can't even get into OpenDNS to find out what it does

Google's not working so I've had to use Bing. Perhaps it's an evil ploy by Micro$oft :P

Someone said that when they went to view their stats they saw a scantily clad woman. I can't see her myself but a few weeks ago it looked like someone had hacked into Ebay.ie and replaced several of the pages with a scantily clad woman. I wonder is it the same one?

netwhizkid · 05-07-2009 8:44pm

I am back on OpenDNS this now after changing back to Eircom as they were both bad a few days ago. When things get very bad neither will work.

Resi12 · 05-07-2009 8:46pm

Here in Limerick and my Internet is AWFUL. I am writing this fast because it took almost 20 reloads to get this open and it didnt even load right!

It was a godesend this was the first topic to appear, What is going on?

ShaneU · 05-07-2009 8:49pm

Firetrap wrote: »

Someone said that when they went to view their stats they saw a scantily clad woman. I can't see her myself but a few weeks ago it looked like someone had hacked into Ebay.ie and replaced several of the pages with a scantily clad woman. I wonder is it the same one?

I saw her too when I tried to go on twitter, thought I had a virus or something

kerry4sam · 05-07-2009 8:50pm

Same errors happening down here in Kerry, it's a joke this evening! Boards is working okay actually the only two sites giving me trouble are hotmail and facebook, although I have hotmail opened now, but the lastime I refreshed to check for new messages it went down again.

I know we had a power-cut down here today and the IT hasn't been quite right sense, even in work...error + error + error = loosing patience!

ronnie3585 · 05-07-2009 8:53pm

Internet connection has been appaling since about 730pm here in galway city, it's practically unuseable. Having to post this from my phone. Grrr.

Any ideas what's going on?

Finical · 05-07-2009 8:55pm

I need to get on ps3, it's rather annoying now been the same for last two hours.

bennyx_o · 05-07-2009 8:55pm

Been woeful for me too for the past few days, I've just changed to OpenDNS and it's running perfectly now

Araniell · 05-07-2009 9:04pm

Would anybody be able to give me a few quick pointers on changing to open DNS, working from the not-at-all-hypothetical situation that I can't access www.opendns.com (along with 95% of the rest of the internet)

Resi12 · 05-07-2009 9:09pm

I love the person who mentioned OpenDNS!

It has made an amazing difference.

Rebel021 · 05-07-2009 9:10pm

Araniell wrote: »

Would anybody be able to give me a few quick pointers on changing to open DNS, working from the not-at-all-hypothetical situation that I can't access www.opendns.com (along with 95% of the rest of the internet)

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

The above settings are on the Netopia 2247 wireless router, new GUI.

post originally by Irishpancake

flanzer · 05-07-2009 9:24pm

Rebel021 wrote: »

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

The above settings are on the Netopia 2247 wireless router, new GUI.

post originally by Irishpancake

Good job, flying now! I can't wait for NTL Ultra to come to the area in the next 2 months and telling Eircom to go and sh!te

irishpancake · 05-07-2009 9:25pm

Rebel021 wrote: »

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

The above settings are on the Netopia 2247 wireless router, new GUI.

post originally by Irishpancake

Your very welcome

Feel free to quote me any time, but this information comes with absolutely no guarantees, coz there are so many variables, like Opendns is not accessible tonite through eircom.

Strange that :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Board Senseless · 05-07-2009 9:26pm

The only way I can view opendns.com is on 3G. Why is that?

Anyway, I'm using those settings now and it's fixed.

Gonzo · 05-07-2009 9:27pm

ive changed to opendns but now i cant get youtube on it, it keeps going to some search engine called bing.

pdebarra · 05-07-2009 9:30pm

TaxiManMartin wrote: »

i switched over to opendns but when i try to check if its working on www.opendns.com it just times out.
Anyone else having this problem with opendns?

All other sites seems to be back working now though.

Same here. Everything else is fine, but that site simply won't load for me. It'll resolve the domain name just fine, but times out opening the site.

fineospaul · 05-07-2009 9:31pm

yeap opendns only way to go - Eircom Servers extremely unreliable all evening

Damien360 · 05-07-2009 9:33pm

Newbridge is crap tonight for eircom.

Changed to openDNS to get access to net.

Been saying it for months, switching to UPC...now this is the final straw.

anonymous_joe · 05-07-2009 9:33pm

My DNS is bollixed too. Endeavouring to open opendns.com.

As an aside, what's the difference between open dns and normal?

gonzothegreat · 05-07-2009 9:36pm

Yeah, ****e here in Rosslare, just changed over to open DNS cheers!:p

none · 05-07-2009 9:41pm

Yes, it's been awful since approximately 7pm today. Dún Laoghaire exchange. :cool: Can we submit a complaint? I'm rather offline than online this evening so clearly no service provided. Judging by the comments here, it's becoming quite regular so, basically, we're not getting the service we're paying for.

fathersymes · 05-07-2009 9:45pm

Bad all day here in Dublin 8, just switched to opendns and flying now! Thank you for the instructions.

pdebarra · 05-07-2009 9:50pm

anonymous_joe wrote: »

My DNS is bollixed too. Endeavouring to open opendns.com.

As an aside, what's the difference between open dns and normal?

No difference, as far as I know, other than who owns the servers that provide (or fail to provide) the service.

L1011 · 05-07-2009 10:09pm

My Netopia's been in bits for ages so couldn't tell if this was affecting me at all, swapped it out for an antique Zoom DSL 'modem' and a Belkin router tonight to test... and I'm having this too. Slow lookups, slow loads, perfectly fine throughput when I get a connection though.

edit: OpenDNS seems to be resolving much faster...

Davidius · 05-07-2009 10:12pm

Been crap all evening here.

Will see if I have permission to screw with the settings. :pac:

vibe666 · 05-07-2009 10:18pm

if you're ever stuck and can't remember the opendns settings (it's always handy to keep them on a PC in a text file, or an email so you can look them up whenever you're stuck) another good alternative is the level3 DNS servers, simply cos they're easy to remember.

4.2.2.1 straight through to 4.2.2.6, just pick any two or three of those and stick them in your router, or even use one from level3 and one from opendns if you want to cover all your bases.

as a stopgap measure (if you can't edit your router settings), you can manually add them into the dns settings on your PC's network connection instead of your router. will do the same thing, but only affects the PC you make the changes on. you can keep your IP address dynamic and set your dns servers manually.

assuming it's windows xp, go into the properties of your network connection and into tcp/ip settings and set dns to manual and put in the level3 or opendns server IP addresses and okay your way out and you're all set.

Firetrap · 05-07-2009 10:19pm

A couple of minutes ago when I tried to visit Boards, I got a picture of a lingerie clad woman. I've seen her before - when Ebay went all weird about 2 months ago.

Overblood · 05-07-2009 10:22pm

Rebel021 wrote: »

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

The above settings are on the Netopia 2247 wireless router, new GUI.

post originally by Irishpancake

Hey in my settings, the Primary and Secondary dns numbers are 0.0.0.0. What's that about? Is it ok to change them to the above numbers? Sorry, complete n00bfest here.

netwhizkid · 05-07-2009 10:22pm

I must say I am loving the new look boards.ie for sure;)

I am on Eircom and OpenDNS and www.boards.ie is giving me the image below and am accessing now from pie.boards.ie

The boards IP 89.234.66.107 will not let me login either.

pie.boards.ie and OpenDNS FTW.

use the OpenDNS settings as below.

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS: 208.67.220.220

I got several phonecalls all evening because of the Eircom DNS issues with people telling me the internet is broken to their computer is broken! :pac:

bob11 · 05-07-2009 10:25pm

Firetrap wrote: »

A couple of minutes ago when I tried to visit Boards, I got a picture of a lingerie clad woman. I've seen her before - when Ebay went all weird about 2 months ago.

I got the exact same trying to access rte.ie

Takes ages to get any site to load,

In Dublin on adsl

pdebarra · 05-07-2009 10:26pm

vibe666 wrote: »

as a stopgap measure (if you can't edit your router settings), you can manually add them into the dns settings on your PC's network connection instead of your router.

Such a pain having to do this. I had to resort to this earlier, since my router crashes every time I put in the OpenDNS addresses.

Firetrap · 05-07-2009 10:27pm

What does it mean when that woman appears? That someone's hacked into Eircom?

Overblood · 05-07-2009 10:27pm

That lingerie thing is strange innit?

Jammyc · 05-07-2009 10:30pm

Having awful problems here in Greystones.

Though Firefox wont load anything at all whereas IE8 will load the odd thing sometimes.

Wtf is going on and can someone in very simple language & instructions please give me a solution?

Sweater · 05-07-2009 10:33pm

Hi Folks,

I did up some quick instructions with screenshots on how to change your DNS settings. It's easy to follow and this will fix the slowness problem..

www.denclan.com/eircomrework.doc

Overblood · 05-07-2009 10:33pm

Jammyc wrote: »

Having awful problems here in Greystones.

Though Firefox wont load anything at all whereas IE8 will load the odd thing sometimes.

Wtf is going on and can someone in very simple language & instructions please give me a solution?

Do this, it seems to be working for most people around here.

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

netwhizkid · 05-07-2009 10:36pm

Jammyc wrote: »

Having awful problems here in Greystones.

Though Firefox wont load anything at all whereas IE8 will load the odd thing sometimes.

Wtf is going on and can someone in very simple language & instructions please give me a solution?

Found a guide on Twitter on for how to change the DNS in your Eircom modem for those who don't know how to.

Enter:
Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS: 208.67.220.220

unklerosco · 05-07-2009 10:36pm

Overblood wrote: »

Do this, it seems to be working for most people around here.

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

Worked a treat for me!

Jammyc · 05-07-2009 10:43pm

Thanks both of ye.

Can I ask though, what does this mean for my connection? Are there any dangers/rules against using DNS servers other than eircom ones?

unklerosco · 05-07-2009 10:47pm

Jammyc wrote: »

Are there any dangers/rules against using DNS servers other than eircom ones?

None at all...

05-07-2009 10:50pm

Thank God for boards.ie and this thread. In Limerick and it just got bad late on tonight. Changed to the OpenDNS servers or whatever and it's working great. Has Eircom been hacked or something? That woman in lingerie is beguiling!:D

yy885 · 05-07-2009 10:52pm

i canot go into the opendns site...it said time out...

Jammyc · 05-07-2009 10:52pm

Yeah what is the reason for this?

mathew · 05-07-2009 10:56pm

Overblood wrote: »

That lingerie thing is strange innit?

Presumably the DNS servers were hacked.. Pretty **** to be honest

anyone know if part of what were paying for is the DNS?

PirateShampoo · 05-07-2009 10:56pm

Overblood wrote: »

Do this, it seems to be working for most people around here.

Primary DNS: 208.67.222.222
Sec. DNS: 208.67.220.220

You will have to edit your Netopia Router settings.

http://192.168.1.254/

Go into Expert mode/Configure/Connection:

Primary and Sec DNS settings are there, change to above, and hit Save/Restart button.

i get this message when i enter the secondry "208.67.220.220 was entered for an IP Address. Please reenter."

ntlbell · 05-07-2009 10:58pm

mathew wrote: »

Presumably the DNS servers were hacked.. Pretty **** to be honest

anyone know if part of what were paying for is the DNS?

HUH?

L1011 · 05-07-2009 11:02pm

mathew wrote: »

anyone know if part of what were paying for is the DNS?

Its an essential part of every ISPs service so, yes. Sort of. Nobody in the world would ever offer consumer DSL with no DNS.

tinkerbell · 05-07-2009 11:02pm

Yep the internet is acting totally dodgy here too in south dublin. Thought there was some virus going on with my pc when that pic of the woman in the lingerie came up instead of the normal boards.ie homepage!

No pics are loading on boards either - finally managed to log on here after 1.5 hrs of trying.

Rang eircom support and it was an automated message but it said "we are aware of a problem in your area and are currently trying to fix it".

Eircom DSL - DNS Lookups Slow

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