Eircom Speed Problems

keith_d99

Hi all,

Have a weird one - just got connected with Eircom.
Did a speed test :


It's the 2mb package I have.
However when I go to browse - tried wide range of sites - it's dog slow - like dial-up slow.
Rebooted laptop.
Tried laptop on work connection - no problem with that

I did have problems connecting from the router page for a while however.

Anybody any ideas?

Rabidlamb

I had the same problem with IE6/7 & I also have the same 2MB package.
It was taking 40-50 seconds for the pages to open.
I reinstalled IE7, checked firewall settings, disabled phishing filter, reset defaults, dumped cache & still no improvement.

I downloaded Firefox & have never looked back.
Hope this helps.

listermint

Yeah i use firefox also. just seems to be much quicker imo.

digiking

by all accounts it seems as though eircoms primary dns server is at fault for this one...

try setting a manual dns server to 213.94.190.236

to do this goto - start-settings-control panel-network connectioins-right click on the wireless connection or local area connection depending on whether your connected by wireless or cable - choose tcp/ip config and click properties and add the manual dns server!!!

This should help - any questions - just ask

Alan

keith_d99

Thanks for the replies

Yeah DNS would make sense - will try that! Firefox then

Actually when I first connected through the router page - with eircom, broadband1 - it was returning bad password, or timing out - DNS also???

The Real B-man

You havent got IPV6 enabled by anychance? I had the same sympthoms and it was IPV6 causing the problems revert back to IPV4

keith_d99

The Real B-man wrote: »

You havent got IPV6 enabled by anychance? I had the same sympthoms and it was IPV6 causing the problems revert back to IPV4

Is that setting on the router??

digiking

could be alrite - i had a major problem with eircom there at the weekend turned out the primary dns was down so nothing would resolve - it's ur best bet - as another poster suggested check that ipv6 is not enabled by accident - although this is highly unlikely if its working perfectly at the office!!!

keith_d99

digiking - did it resolve itself? Or did manually entering the DNS servers sort it out?

Thanks,
Keith

The Real B-man

keith_d99 wrote: »

Is that setting on the router??

Local Area Connections Properties

actionman85

Hi i dont know too much about speeds etc, but i got the internet hooked up last year off some dude that was recommended to me, he charged me 400e and hooked up a high speed broad band in my house with a small radio on the roof. no bills its class.

Carpenter

actionman85 wrote: »

Hi i dont know too much about speeds etc, but i got the internet hooked up last year off some dude that was recommended to me, he charged me 400e and hooked up a high speed broad band in my house with a small radio on the roof. no bills its class.

Man I could use his number ;)

keith_d99

Rang Eircom - to check my broadband order - and they said it was completed only today, so maybe there was the problem

keith_d99

Was nothing to do with account etc.

Was indeed DNS servers

Strange one - once I specify the 2 dns servers, it works perfectly!
213.94.190.194 (primary)
213.94.190.236 (secondary)

If I go back to get DNS server address automatically - there is the lag again
Like when I do a ping - it seems to hang for about 10 seconds - and then give back the response

Anyhow - working it is!