Eircom a bit slow tonight?

Darthirishguy · 22-01-2009 8:58pm #1

In Cork here and Eircom BB seems to be going very very slow. Download speed is as usual at about 650kbs for me, but latency is killing me.

Most pages aren't responding without a few tries, and as of now I can't get onto google, eircom.net and most other sites. Just keeps timing out.

Anyone else having probs?

Scubadevils · 22-01-2009 9:01pm

Yeah me too, on and off all day - in Dublin though. Moving ok now but I just watched a page load for about 5 minutes... my fist nearly went through the screen!!!

texas star · 22-01-2009 9:01pm

Yep mine too:mad:

Thrill · 22-01-2009 9:02pm

It's a pain. Timeouts, slow download of pages etc.

EDIT: google is a bit off as well.

Edit 2: just tried google now and it failed to load.

cork, eircombb.

weeder · 22-01-2009 9:03pm

me and the mate are down like this too

Jackz · 22-01-2009 9:04pm

Wicklow. Was ok then my DNS was screwed up and now slow.

rc28 · 22-01-2009 9:04pm

Yep, Eircom is really slow to load pages this evening with timeouts, particularly google for some reason- it's not my line either as lines stats are now fine and stable after the technician came out the other day (water in junction box).

DublinWriter · 22-01-2009 9:05pm

Thank god it's not just me.

Things mental here. We have an Eircom Business BB package.

In fairness, the service has been pretty good of late. Given the nationwide problems reported here, I think it must be a fairly big problem on the Eircom side and not just limited to particular local exchanges.

Gu3rr1lla · 22-01-2009 9:05pm

Finally got to load this page to answer your question! lol

yes it is for me too.

EDIT: this is the fourth time i tried to submit reply lol

Scubadevils · 22-01-2009 9:06pm

Are they worth calling to ask if there's a problem? I've never had reason to call them, well, not in recent years anyway.

Edit - there is obviously a problem, I should say call them to ask when it will be sorted!

eddiehead · 22-01-2009 9:07pm

Mine too, you'd swear they knew Lost season 5 started in the US last night :rolleyes: Bastards

Gu3rr1lla · 22-01-2009 9:08pm

eddiehead wrote: »

Lost season 5 started in the US last night :rolleyes: Bastards

wow forgot all about lost thanks for telling me

Melion · 22-01-2009 9:09pm

Thought it was just me. In Limerick and its been slow all evening.

colly10 · 22-01-2009 9:10pm

Having the same problem in Dublin, have been tempted to ring them but it looks nationwide, see the number of mentions of eircom in recent posts

Jackz · 22-01-2009 9:10pm

Can't get to google.com or .ie

cregser · 22-01-2009 9:12pm

Change your DNS settings. I set mine to magnet's DNS server (85.91.1.18) and web access is fine now.

azzeretti · 22-01-2009 9:12pm

I was having the same problems but when I changed my DNS settings to a non-Eircom server, the name resolution sped up and all is good now.

Gu3rr1lla · 22-01-2009 9:13pm

how do u change your dns server?

Damomanye · 22-01-2009 9:13pm

Bad in south Limerick City too.:mad:

1huge1 · 22-01-2009 9:15pm

Limerick county too.

Google and wiki are barely working at all for me and getting a lot of timeouts.

Thank god im switching to BT soon

overexcitedaj · 22-01-2009 9:16pm

In Tralee and its very bad. Cant watch any shows

azzeretti · 22-01-2009 9:17pm

Gu3rr1lla wrote: »

how do u change your dns server?

Couple of ways. You could go into Network Conenction and the properties of your TCP/IP settings and choose to specify a DNS server. OR you could set it up on the router side. Easiest is most likey to do it on your PC/Laptop

The above assumes your OS is Windows based.

redshoulder · 22-01-2009 9:17pm

Same here.

Unearthly · 22-01-2009 9:18pm

Yep Kildare here and it's pretty much a shambles tonight

Jackz · 22-01-2009 9:19pm

cregser wrote: »

Change your DNS settings. I set mine to magnet's DNS server (85.91.1.18) and web access is fine now.

Cheers I would have googled one but . .. yea you need google to google.

The Black Oil · 22-01-2009 9:20pm

Was OK this morning then it just seemed to drag in the afternoon and has virtually ground to a halt in the evening time.

Darthirishguy · 22-01-2009 9:20pm

Changing DNS settings didn't help unfortunetly. Seems to have gotten a good bit slower again. This is pretty much the only site that'll work for me.

Latency test tracks fine to dublin then times out...

cregser · 22-01-2009 9:22pm

Jackz wrote: »

Cheers I would have googled one but . .. yea you need google to google.

colly10 · 22-01-2009 9:22pm

I click on use the following DNS and enter 85.91.1.18 and vista is telling me its not a valid address, anyone any ideas

Niall F · 22-01-2009 9:25pm

I changed to Eircoms old one and it has been working grand. 159.134.237.6

AnCatDubh · 22-01-2009 9:26pm

Same problems in Meath - thought that parts of boards was unusually quiet tonight (in terms of people posting). Thats probably why I guess.

Darthirishguy · 22-01-2009 9:28pm

Thank you Niall F. Back in business now :pac:

Jackz · 22-01-2009 9:29pm

Magnets no longer working for me at all.

colly10 · 22-01-2009 9:29pm

Niall F wrote: »

I changed to Eircoms old one and it has been working grand. 159.134.237.6

Thanks, that did the job

Gu3rr1lla · 22-01-2009 9:32pm

damn eircom now i have to socialise with real people tonight *quiver*

johnplayerblue · 22-01-2009 9:33pm

Gu3rr1lla wrote: »

damn eircom now i have to socialise with real people tonight *quiver*

bazwin · 22-01-2009 9:34pm

big time....up and running now.........

Reganio 2 · 22-01-2009 9:35pm

Can anybody tell me how to change the tcp/ip setting on Windows Vista? Trying to find it but can't and Iam a bit thick when it comes to these things. Cheers

demanufactured · 22-01-2009 9:36pm

same problem in athlone.

Gonzo · 22-01-2009 9:40pm

I thought this was just me, everything was either not loading or timing out, I even thought i had a virus so did a virus scan. Took me ages to finally log onto boards.

AnCatDubh · 22-01-2009 9:40pm

Niall F wrote: »

I changed to Eircoms old one and it has been working grand. 159.134.237.6

Yep - this appears to be working. Not overly quick i'd say but still working all the same.

Jackz · 22-01-2009 9:42pm

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Can anybody tell me how to change the tcp/ip setting on Windows Vista? Trying to find it but can't and Iam a bit thick when it comes to these things. Cheers

Start --> Control Panel --> Network and Internet --> View network status and tasks --> Manage network connections --> Right click on Local Area Connection and select properties --> Select Internet Protocol Version 4 -- click properties --> click use the following DNS servers.

Holy ****.

Ziggurat · 22-01-2009 9:42pm

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Can anybody tell me how to change the tcp/ip setting on Windows Vista? Trying to find it but can't and Iam a bit thick when it comes to these things. Cheers

From the start menu -> control panel -> network and sharing center -> there should be a number of links on the left of the window, click the one saying manage network settings -> double click on your network connection icon -> properties -> click internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click properties -> click the radio button that says "use the following DNS server addresses" you can enter both the Magnet and alternative Eircom in whichever one you prefer.

EDIT: Must have been off by a few seconds.

Niall F · 22-01-2009 9:43pm

To change TCP/IP settings in Vista, click Start button.....Network....Network and Sharing Centre.... View Status....(on appropriate network connection), go into Properties. Highlight TCp/IP v4 and you should be able to do it there. But presumably you could change on your router either. Need admin privleges in Vista to do this though. Think that's how you do it. XP here in front of me.
Hope I haven't misled you.

Fatloss08 · 22-01-2009 9:45pm

i have eircom 7mb and speed test said 6500kbps download and 484kbps upload and then checked the 192.168.1.254 to get onto the router and said connected and lan/dsl/internet lights all on modem

but wouldnt load up at all

any ideas ????????

working on selected few pages

some sites would say dns could not find etc

Reganio 2 · 22-01-2009 9:47pm

Thanks very much.. All 3 of you. Working perfectly now. Thanks alot

sink · 22-01-2009 9:48pm

Niall F wrote: »

I changed to Eircoms old one and it has been working grand. 159.134.237.6

Thanks, was having similar problems. Everything is working now it seems.

Eo1n8wrd · 22-01-2009 9:48pm

Really feeling your pain guys, In Clare, five tries to load my gmail account, had to abandon it for a cup of tea or my modem was gonna get a flying lesson.

Fuzzy Clam · 22-01-2009 9:52pm

Niall F wrote: »

I changed to Eircoms old one and it has been working grand. 159.134.237.6

That works better for me too.:)

CeilingCat · 22-01-2009 9:53pm

Having lots of probs with it being on and off for a few hours now...

derra · 22-01-2009 9:57pm

Like everyone else it seems i had same problems as well.
On the Netopia router page ..
It has Primary DNS server as ...192.168.1.236
Secondary as ............192.168.1.194

If i recall correctly it was the other way around(last time i looked was a while ago), does this make much of a difference out of interest?

Bray user and using open dns server config. at the moment

Eircom a bit slow tonight?

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