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Intermittent Eircom BB issue?

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  • 17-05-2009 6:41pm
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    thecornerboy
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    I'm experiencing intermittent Eircom broadband problems. As far as I can tell it's a DNS issue. Current connections and downloads aren't affected but opening new connections to websites fails. NSLOOKUP doesn't work for the problem period too.

    I'm going to use other DNS servers temporarily to see how it goes, just wondering if anybody is experiencing similar issues?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    thecornerboy wrote: »
    I'm experiencing intermittent Eircom broadband problems. As far as I can tell it's a DNS issue. Current connections and downloads aren't affected but opening new connections to websites fails. NSLOOKUP doesn't work for the problem period too.

    I'm going to use other DNS servers temporarily to see how it goes, just wondering if anybody is experiencing similar issues?

    I'd suggest the OpenDNS servers as a replacement in the meantime.


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    elderlemon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭elderlemon


    Same problem here (in Dun Laoghaire). As the other posted suggested change dns settings and the problem goes away.
    thecornerboy wrote: »
    I'm experiencing intermittent Eircom broadband problems. As far as I can tell it's a DNS issue. Current connections and downloads aren't affected but opening new connections to websites fails. NSLOOKUP doesn't work for the problem period too.

    I'm going to use other DNS servers temporarily to see how it goes, just wondering if anybody is experiencing similar issues?


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    Doomofman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Doomofman


    Same problem in Artane.. Also my friends in Sandymount and Blanc have problems too


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    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    thecornerboy wrote: »
    I'm experiencing intermittent Eircom broadband problems. As far as I can tell it's a DNS issue. Current connections and downloads aren't affected but opening new connections to websites fails. NSLOOKUP doesn't work for the problem period too.

    I'm going to use other DNS servers temporarily to see how it goes, just wondering if anybody is experiencing similar issues?

    having the exact same problem here in kilkenny, more than half the time any ping request fails

    Tryed changing to opendns didnt help.

    Pinging home.eircom.net [159.134.198.138] with 32 bytes of data:

    Request timed out.
    Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=60
    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.

    Ping statistics for 159.134.198.138:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 92ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 92ms


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    RayM
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    I've been having the same problem for the past few hours. Just switched to OpenDNS and it's working perfectly again. I've found Eircom Broadband particularly unreliable over the past few weeks.


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    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Sorry, needed to reboot router,

    Opendns is working fine.


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    Doomofman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Doomofman


    Open dns worked fine for me...

    http://www.tweakvista.com/articles/39287/speed-up-web-browsing-with-opendns/


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    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    Same problem in Balbriggan. Happening all day!


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    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    ya me also, in ennis, cant sign into psn on ps3, dns error 80710102
    fixed with open dns settings


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    skelliser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    ya same problem here!


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 21,016 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Same in Dundalk.


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    #13
    shinny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭shinny


    I had problems earlier today for about an hour, but it's ok again.


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    #14
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Same here, opendns sorted it for me

    opendns IP's posted below for anyone who (like me) was having problems getting them off the website because of the eircom DNS servers :D

    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220


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    Lamposts
    Registered Users Posts: 2,346 ✭✭✭Lamposts


    Sorted. Thanks guys.


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    #16
    piskins72
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭piskins72


    here too .. am using vodafone dongle at da moment!!


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    thecornerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭thecornerboy


    I'm still having intermittent problems.

    A few days before the DNS issue I had a PPPOE authentication issue, then the DNS issue which I solved by using OpenDNS servers but yesterday I had further intermittent problems with all connections dropped. The broadband router didn't report any problems so it's possibly a problem with the backhaul somewhere. Not sure. I'll ring Eircom and find out what the story is.


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    setanta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭setanta


    I'm also having problems with my BB. I'm getting a lot of packet loss and a lot of random ping time outs.

    I'm with Vodafone - problem first noticed last Friday, logged with Vodafone, changing DNS initially helped but problem back again on Sunday and continuing.

    Logged another call with Vodafone who checked line remotely and said no problems it must be my modem (I don't believe them!).

    It's bloody frustrating and I'm not sure what my next steps should be - all suggestions welcome.


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