Eircom Broadband being odd for anyone else?

Cionnfhaolaidh

Gerard_Smith wrote:

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

No. Just change the DNS settings in Windows and it will bypass the router.

Gerard_Smith

On a Mac. Same thing?

rc28

Is there any reason why I should store my existing dns somewhere? How do I find out my current dns? Should I look in my router's settings page?

Thrill

Gerard_Smith wrote:

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

No changes have to be made to the router.

If you are afraid to go near these settings then either leave then alone or write them down and change them back later.

Put the numbers in like so.......

highlydebased

That OpenDNS works a treat. That coupled with me switching browsers to Safari, im much impressed!

rc28

Ok I've switched to open dns and havn't noticed any changes in page loading times at all. I'm using firefox with the "fasterfox" add on, would this affect it?

Thrill

rc28 wrote:

Ok I've switched to open dns and havn't noticed any changes in page loading times at all. I'm using firefox with the "fasterfox" add on, would this affect it?

Can you see the "Welcome to OpenDNS" page from this link?

http://www.opendns.com/welcome/

Scram

yeah im getting the same. this site for example has taken 10 mins to login post this. google takes ages to load somesites need to bre reloaded till they appear.

Had problems with World of Warcraft logging in and teamspeak. Glad to see its not just me.

EDIT nice post about open DNS. i made a change to my router settings from

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
Get Automatically From ISP
Use These DNS Servers
Primary DNS ...
Secondary DNS ...

Eircom Primary and secondary DNS Server IP's

Primary DNS:
213.94.190.194
Secondary DNS:
213.94.190.236

Seems to have fixed it.

rc28

thrill wrote:

Can you see the "Welcome to OpenDNS" page from this link?

http://www.opendns.com/welcome/

Yup.

It has cured todays eircom problem but it's certainly not faster than when eircom is working normally anyway.

Thrill

rc28 wrote:

Yup.

It has cured todays eircom problem but it's certainly not faster than when eircom is working normally anyway.

It appears to be faster for me. I dont know why that is. Eircom was fast for me also.

Lets hope they can fix whatever is wrong asap.:)

hobie

I think Eircom is ok now .....

everything seems to be working normal now for me ... :rolleyes:

Gerard_Smith

Its certainly better than it was but downloads still seem slow.

Thrill

I'm getting my max download speeds. Seems to be different for other people.

Thecageyone

I've only just re-connected to eircom BB a week ago (unpaid bills = cut off .. bastards) ... anyway, I found my 2mb connection was suffering major slow down too, I thought they'd punished me for not paying my bill on time or downgraded me! At least I know it was a general problem.

That DNS thing, would it be ok to use in the long run? Is it a static IP? or does it work like one? Would it help boost torrent speeds? Explain to me as if I were a 4 year old ... thanks.

The Volt

I also need four yr old explainations. My connection keeps diappearing and reappearing now

Cionnfhaolaidh

Out in Shankill here - connection is very bad. Probably been asked before, but does this have anything to do with the Eircom strike?

Gerard_Smith

Not as bad as Tuesday but its being a bit pokey here again.

Tchocky

Reloading a lot of things twice

boo-urns

CuLT

Same here, does appear to be DNS.

Gerard_Smith

Anyone else had problems this morning? Internet became unusable around 12AM. Then ranged from slow to usable for the next half hour. Back to normal at 12:30AM.

Got onto Eircom support but again about as helpful as being hit on the head repeatedly with a hammer (and just as much fun).

Anyone else had a problem?

Gonzo

its really slow for me now, sites loading up at dial up speed

Gerard_Smith

My PS3 would not connect at all during the half hour but it did handily inform me "this is a DNS error"

What is up with eircom?

ethernet

Gerard_Smith wrote:

My PS3 would not connect at all during the half hour but it did handily inform me "this is a DNS error"
What is up with eircom?

Try changing your DNS servers. See www.opendns.com

dub45

Gerard_Smith wrote:

My PS3 would not connect at all during the half hour but it did handily inform me "this is a DNS error"

What is up with eircom?

Maintenance work is often carried out at those times when most god fearing folk are safely in their beds!:)

Gerard_Smith

ethernet wrote:

Try changing your DNS servers. See www.opendns.com

Finally took the plunge and tried it. Thats faster. Thats quite a bit faster.