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Eircom Broadband being odd for anyone else?

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  • 10-07-2007 6:06pm
    #1
    Gerard_Smith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭


    Eircom Broadband seems to have been acting odd all day. Many websites (including Gmail and Boards.ie) have been taking an age to load or just plain timing out then all or a sudden they load perfectly again. Also Emails from my Eircom account are taking an unusually large amount of time to send. Anyone else noticed anything? I'm in the Stillorgan area of Dublin.


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    #2
    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭PhoenixRising


    Yep. Exactly the same here.


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    #3
    Asok
    Registered Users Posts: 6,628 ✭✭✭Asok


    Eircom are having some issues at INEX today, Stuff is intermittantly working for them.


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    #4
    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭PhoenixRising


    All .ie websites are working fine for me, anything else is hit and miss.


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    #5
    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Same here. It's incredibly slow. Even the Google.com or .ie home page wont load for me.


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    #6
    Gerard_Smith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Gerard_Smith


    Well at least its not just me!

    Any ideas on when it will be fixed?


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    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭PhoenixRising


    Think I found a workaround.

    Use the following DNS's:

    Primary : 159.134.237.6
    Secondary : 159.134.248.17


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    Deception217
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭Deception217


    PhoenixRising wrote:
    Think I found a workaround.

    Use the following DNS's:

    Primary : 159.134.237.6
    Secondary : 159.134.248.17

    I'm awful at this type of stuff, how or where do I enter them?


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    sideshowsue
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭sideshowsue


    Same here. Changed DNS addresses and things have improved somewhat.


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    supervixen
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭supervixen


    Deception217 wrote:
    I'm awful at this type of stuff, how or where do I enter them?

    Here is a manual http://www.opendns.com/start/windows.php, the addresses are up to you


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    #11
    Shanegggg
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭Shanegggg


    Cheers back up to normal for now.

    Was wondering what the problem was. Shud i revert to the old one once things settle down r does it really matter?


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    jimogr
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭jimogr


    Same problems here. Perhaps the strike has started early.


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    #13
    Macker1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭Macker1


    Thanks for that. Working fine now.:) :):):)
    PhoenixRising wrote:
    Think I found a workaround.

    Use the following DNS's:

    Primary : 159.134.237.6
    Secondary : 159.134.248.17


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    Cionnfhaolaidh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Cionnfhaolaidh


    Very odd. Lots of sites loading without pulling down the CSS stylesheet.


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    #15
    Jonny Arson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,124 ✭✭✭Jonny Arson


    Eircom being horrible for me too during the past hour or so.


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    #16
    chalkitdown1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    Same problem for me down here in the south. I thought there was something wrong with my computer. Thankfully not.


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    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Yup, same here. In the last half an hour I am finding lots of sites are acting really slow or dont load at all.


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    meathman 007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭meathman 007


    yea i have had the same problems for the last few weeks, that dns fix has improved things - is their any danger to doing it?


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    #19
    hobie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭hobie


    rc28 wrote:
    Yup, same here. In the last half an hour I am finding lots of sites are acting really slow or dont load at all.

    exactly same for me .... :(


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    Cionnfhaolaidh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Cionnfhaolaidh


    Working fine now using a new DNS.

    Just change your primary DNS to 159.134.237.6 instead of your router.

    Change it back to your router after Eircom have sorted the prob.

    (sorry, it's all in Irish, but you should recognise the windows)
    networkua1.gif


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    yayamark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭yayamark


    ya same prob here in killarney with eircom :(


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    Robertr
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭Robertr


    PhoenixRising wrote:
    Think I found a workaround.

    Use the following DNS's:

    Primary : 159.134.237.6
    Secondary : 159.134.248.17

    Good man!!

    Worked a treat.


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    #23
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    I was having same problem up to 10 minutes ago, nothing worked except MSN Messenger did the diagnostics test on the router and it said the "IP Failed".

    I slapped the router around and it works grand now :)


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    meathman 007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭meathman 007


    is there anything wrong using the following:

    Preferred DNS server address for Open DNS is:

    208.67.222.222
    Alternate DNS server address for Open DNS is:

    208.67.220.220

    Like it says to in this link:
    http://www.opendns.com/start/windows_xp.php

    Ive changed it to that and it has improved things.....


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    #25
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,436 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Having alot of errors with Eircom up here in Bray too.
    Works, but very slow, and lots of pages wont load at all.
    Ill try some of those work arounds now


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    #26
    Gerard_Smith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Gerard_Smith


    Going to stick this out without trying a fix to see how long it lasts.

    Its now ranging bad to unusable.


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    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    I switched to open dns and it's flying.

    http://www.opendns.com/start/windows_xp.php

    It must use red bull.:)


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    #28
    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    thrill wrote:
    I switched to open dns and it's flying.

    http://www.opendns.com/start/windows_xp.php

    It must use red bull.:)
    I've read that site and I'm intrigued, does it really make things faster (than when eircom is working properly)? I'm using my laptop over the wifi at the moment, will I have to go to the desktop to change the dns settings or is it different for each pc? Does it have side effects, will I have to change back to the original dns to use some websites?

    Does it improve download speeds?Thanks in advance.


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    #29
    Gerard_Smith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Gerard_Smith


    Yes and do changes have to be made to the router?


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    #30
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,194 ✭✭✭jos28


    I was having problems with Eircom in work all day. Slow downloads, unable to open webpages etc. Got the same problems at home now !


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    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,194 ✭✭✭jos28


    I was having problems with Eircom in work all day. Slow downloads, unable to open webpages etc. Got the same problems at home now ! I'm afraid to change the DNS settings in case I mess up.


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