Is EIRCOM down again???

Claregirl

Sorry not sure if this is the right spot for this but I can't access my mail and can't log on to eircom.net either.

Has it gone belly up yet again? Anyone know?

Local-womanizer

Eircom vans are out and about in Letterkenny all day,poking around holes,but the net is working grand here

mukki

your onto somthing.....



http://isitup.org/www.eircom.net

BlueSpiral

Weird, my brother literally just came down as this page was loading saying his internet had gone down.

Oddly, mine is still working fine.

mehmeh12

how common are eircoms breakdowns?

mukki

BlueSpiral wrote: »

Weird, my brother literally just came down as this page was loading saying his internet had gone down.

Oddly, mine is still working fine.

op said www.eircom.net is down so she can't check her mail

her internet is fine, thats how she posted her message

Biggins

mehmeh12 wrote: »

how common are eircoms breakdowns?

Depends where you are. I know of a lot of complaints.

Anyway, looks like the OP is right.
From the link above...

BlueSpiral

mukki wrote: »

op said www.eircom.net is down so she can't check her mail

her internet is fine, thats how she posted her message

Unless she has some fantastic talent or knack for accessing the internet without eircom.

Just thought it was funny, how the eircom site goes down, along with my brother's internet at the same time.

Claregirl

My mail is back again must have been a blip!

It's very irritating especially if expecting an e-mail:(

none

I'm struggling with Eircom this evening too. Seems very similar to last so called DOS glitch a few weeks ago. I'm based in Dún Laoghaire.

Hank Scorpio

none wrote: »

I'm struggling with Eircom this evening too. Seems very similar to last so called DOS glitch a few weeks ago. I'm based in Dún Laoghaire.

Change over to open dns servers..
Iv been having problems tonight too but its fine now(reset my router recently and my settings went back to eircoms dns servers)

Primary Dns server 208.67.222.222
Secondary Dns server 208.67.220.220

Go to 192.168.1.254 in your address bar, hit enter expert mode then hit configure connection and fill these bad boys into the fields, then at the bottom hit restart router and your up and running

mmcm888

Happening with eircom here in Greystones area. Working ok once an address is resolved but very hit and miss for most sites...Thought they would have had their DNS fixed after the last debacle...

Bottleopener

none wrote: »

I'm struggling with Eircom this evening too. Seems very similar to last so called DOS glitch a few weeks ago. I'm based in Dún Laoghaire.

Same problem here.

fifth

I just switched to opendns and my eircom - which was slow tonight - is flying along.

DonJose

nuxxx wrote: »

Change over to open dns servers..
Iv been having problems tonight too but its fine now(reset my router recently and my settings went back to eircoms dns servers)

Primary Dns server 208.67.222.222
Secondary Dns server 208.67.220.220

Go to 192.168.1.254 in your address bar, hit enter expert mode then hit configure connection and fill these bad boys into the fields, then at the bottom hit restart router and your up and running

Cheers for that, it saved me searching boards for the opendns servers. Had the same problem in Mullingar.

Niall09

My internet went down too tonight (DNS errors).

But iv changed and all is well and good

A country home

wicked bad here in mayo right now, between hanging, and timing out on web pages.. . . and i pay €45 a month for this. . .all for my .8MB line. :rolleyes: why do i bother. . . . . its happening way too often and no credit on the monthly bill. . . . :pac:

might look at those mobile things, , ,working ok around here from what i hear. . .

jaybee747

Yep was struggling allnight with this problem, changed the settings and all is fine now,cheers nuxxx

stylers

yep, looks like eircom DNS is generally going titsup again..

none

nuxxx wrote: »

Change over to open dns servers..
Iv been having problems tonight too but its fine now(reset my router recently and my settings went back to eircoms dns servers)

Primary Dns server 208.67.222.222
Secondary Dns server 208.67.220.220

Go to 192.168.1.254 in your address bar, hit enter expert mode then hit configure connection and fill these bad boys into the fields, then at the bottom hit restart router and your up and running

Yes, I know that changing DNS should help. But I use VPN, it's quicker

Hank Scorpio

A country home wrote: »

wicked bad here in mayo right now, between hanging, and timing out on web pages.. . . and i pay €45 a month for this. . .all for my .8MB line. :rolleyes: why do i bother. . . . . its happening way too often and no credit on the monthly bill. . . . :pac:

might look at those mobile things, , ,working ok around here from what i hear. . .

More than likely its just DNS issues, not a direct line/connection problem , Mobile internet will be 10 times worse, just changeover to Open Dns and your problems will dissapear

RGDATA!

just to add to the consensus - yeah, there seem to be DNS issues again and switching to OpenDNS seems to be the way to go

A country home

nuxxx wrote: »

Change over to open dns servers..
Iv been having problems tonight too but its fine now(reset my router recently and my settings went back to eircoms dns servers)

Primary Dns server 208.67.222.222
Secondary Dns server 208.67.220.220

Go to 192.168.1.254 in your address bar, hit enter expert mode then hit configure connection and fill these bad boys into the fields, then at the bottom hit restart router and your up and running

bloody magic. . .just works a treat. .

where u get these servers from?

A country home

nuxxx wrote: »

More than likely its just DNS issues, not a direct line/connection problem , Mobile internet will be 10 times worse, just changeover to Open Dns and your problems will dissapear

care to enlighten me?

whats Open DNS and how do i do it?

Bucklesman

Enter magic numbers=Internet works again.

Do we really care?

Thanks nuxxx!

Hank Scorpio

A country home wrote: »

care to enlighten me?

whats Open DNS and how do i do it?

There open source ( available to everyone and free ) , judging from your previous post it looks like you changed over to them so enjoy

cxema

nuxxx wrote: »

Change over to open dns servers..
Iv been having problems tonight too but its fine now(reset my router recently and my settings went back to eircoms dns servers)

Primary Dns server 208.67.222.222
Secondary Dns server 208.67.220.220

Go to 192.168.1.254 in your address bar, hit enter expert mode then hit configure connection and fill these bad boys into the fields, then at the bottom hit restart router and your up and running

magic. thx

Blazer

Down in limerick as well.
Thank christ I left my opendns settings on my xbox as I couldn't remember them

Chonaic

none wrote: »

I'm struggling with Eircom this evening too. Seems very similar to last so called DOS glitch a few weeks ago. I'm based in Dún Laoghaire.

+1

the_syco

Had the same this evening, so switched to OpenDNS. All good since then.

Star Bingo

u know.. changing them DNS is on ur PC fine n all, but when yer in the middle of a game online on the console? its make or break.

sick of these issues, didn't expect em back so soon.

Wheety

I had the same problems. I'm in Crumlin, Dublin.

I switched to open DNS and it's working great now.

What does pen DNS mean? Is it any harm being on open DNS?

Flukey

Add me to the list of people experiencing problems too. There have been intermittent problems all evening. It doesn't seem to be as bad as the episodes we had a while back, but it is the same symptoms.

Star Bingo

tsup wheety ;-

probs less of a threat on OpenDNS than on eircom at times like this

Wheety

Are you the owner of Star bingo or something or can you just see it from your window?

Star Bingo

yup.. window. street. i used to play quasar and SFII there and count the lice crawling around little Dalton's gel encrusted spikes waiting my turn.. but now its just a locale for reference to incidents like this

Wheety

I'm not far from there. Near the firestation.

Anyway, you reckon Eircom is getting attacekd again like a few weeks ago?

Flukey

Technical question: I've set up Open DNS, as instructed above, and it appears to be working. It is now showing the 4 DNS address (2 old ones and the 2 Open DNS ones). So that's all fine.

Now, do we need to revert to the old settings when all this is over or will it automatically default back to using the Eircom ones and use the Open DNS ones when there are problems? Is it a case of "Leave it as it is, why would you want to ever go back to Eircom's servers?" or do we have to reset it again at some point. Basically, a little bit more on the implications of changing and what to do next or should we just leave it as is?

Star Bingo

Wheety wrote: »

I'm not far from there. Near the firestation.

Anyway, you reckon Eircom is getting attacekd again like a few weeks ago?

dunno.. have not seen the searchbar hijack anyhow - maybe that was the only occasion

Hank Scorpio

Flukey wrote: »

Technical question: I've set up Open DNS, as instructed above, and it appears to be working. It is now showing the 4 DNS address (2 old ones and the 2 Open DNS ones). So that's all fine.

Now, do we need to revert to the old settings when all this is over or will it automatically default back to using the Eircom ones and use the Open DNS ones when there are problems? Is it a case of "Leave it as it is, why would you want to ever go back to Eircom's servers?" or do we have to reset it again at some point. Basically, a little bit more on the implications of changing and what to do next or should we just leave it as is?

Leave it as it is if you dont want any furthur problems with time outs

It wont have any complications on your connection whatsoever

Wheety

Any answer for Flukey's questions? Is there any harm in changing DNS?

Thank's nuxxx

Star Bingo

Flukey/Wheety i was concerned the distance of the OpenDNS may cause slowness in some form or another, maybe lookups? only reason i changed back. some seem perfectly happy to have not though


-we should probs keep it in that thread too.

marko91

my internets really slow tonight and i cant sign into my ps3 account:mad:

TheDonMan

No there aren't really any realistic harms in using Open DNS, less than Eircom's infact i'd wager. I've been using it for as long as I can remember. If you're intrested in finding out more about Open DNS check out their website.

TheDemiurge

It's gone again - EirCON they should be called

Star Bingo

marko91 wrote: »

my internets really slow tonight and i cant sign into my ps3 account:mad:

hate having to change the DNS on that, esp. having bn in the 10th round of FN4 and winning.


OpenDNS:

primary - 208.67.220.220

secondary - 208.67.222.222

marko91

Star Bingo wrote: »

hate having to change the DNS on that, esp. having bn in the 10th round of FN4 and winning.


OpenDNS:

primary - 208.67.220.220

secondary - 208.67.222.222

this happens often doesnt it!...i wont bother messing about with settings cos i do just leave it for the night and its always back working by the morning:)...im from crumlin too...must happen alot to us:mad:

jor el

Just set the DNS settings in the router, then you won't have to change anything on PCs or PS3s, etc.

DonOcelot

Cheers guys for those DNS no's, My internet was hit and miss all night, not only has changing the DNS fixed that, they also have my browsing speed running smoothly now.
Thanks.

woop

stupid question whicH i answered myself

stesh

Sporadic connections again, just like a couple of weeks ago. Another DDOS?