Anyone having problems with Eir today?

JamesBond2010 · 13-10-2018 04:33PM

Now lads eventually they spoke
https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1013/1002966-eir-outage/?fbclid=IwAR2nHokEIsyXps-d_9LrkUxUryKJYgZptsNAiYRSDJ0CJ1SmRFQvk3jltk0

Hellrazer · 13-10-2018 04:35PM

This is about the 4th time in the last few months that the network has gone down.
Im regretting signing an new contract with them now.

When it was meteor I don't think the network ever went down.

J. Marston · 13-10-2018 04:38PM

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

Now lads eventually they spoke
https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1013/1002966-eir-outage/?fbclid=IwAR2nHokEIsyXps-d_9LrkUxUryKJYgZptsNAiYRSDJ0CJ1SmRFQvk3jltk0

"DNS [Domain Name System] outage", and said that there is no timeframe for a restoration of services."

Sound.

JamesBond2010 · 13-10-2018 04:39PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

This is about the 4th time in the last few months that the network has gone down.
Im regretting signing an new contract with them now.

When it was meteor I don't think the network ever went down.

It was owned by eir for a bit though before they rebranded it. Thats like with 3 as well every one is using their mast & when its goes its World war 1.

ofcork · 13-10-2018 04:44PM

flazio wrote: »

muffler wrote: »

Down here in Donegal. I can log in with fire tablet which is odd but then again I'm not into all the technical stuff so maybe that's normal

Use your tablet to follow my instructions on the previous page.
As for the need to change back. You can if you want but you don't have to. Only if Google's DNS starts getting the same trouble as eir's did today.
I don't fully understand how this all works, I just know that it does.

Worked here too in cork thanks for the information.

deafroadrunner · 13-10-2018 04:49PM

Tried those DNS settings on the f1000 didn't work though .

popsy09 · 13-10-2018 04:55PM

Thanks for the fix I don't understand how it worked but I don't need too either ha ha

13-10-2018 04:59PM

Thanks for the dns info, everything working , Netflix,internet radio et al

13-10-2018 05:00PM

flazio wrote: »

OK, I'm going to try to post the idiots guide to changing your DNS to google for F2000 modems
first open a new tab and enter http://192.168.1.254/ into the address bar
username is admin and password will be your wifi password as printed on the back of the modem
From the top of the page click Internet
In internet settings go to the bottom of VDSL WAN-1
just after IPv6 address prefix list you'll see two buttons, Delete and Edit.
Press Edit
Scroll down until you see an unticked box called Static DNS
Tick the box
8 more boxes should appear called IPv4 Primary DNS Server and secondary DNS Server.
In each of the boxes for the Primary server replace all the numbers with a single 8
then in the secondary server replace the first two boxes with 8 and the last two boxes with 4
It should look something like this.
IPv4 primary DNS server: [8].[8].[8].[8]
IPv4 secondary DNS server: [8].[8].[4].[4]
Click Save a few lines down.
After about a minute. Internet should be restored. There should not be a need to restart your modem.
Hope this helps someone.

Not looking for help (I can set per-device DNS) but in case anyone is having issues I should point out that my F2000 doesn't hold these settings, for whatever reason. It never has, could be a bugged FW I have or something.

ednwireland · 13-10-2018 05:06PM

Changed my DNS settings to Google's DNS 8.8.8.8 and everything started working again

passremarkable · 13-10-2018 05:09PM

Gone here in midlands too

Sean9015 · 13-10-2018 05:10PM

flazio wrote: »

OK, I'm going to try to post the idiots guide to changing your DNS to google for F2000 modems
first open a new tab and enter http://192.168.1.254/ into the address bar
username is admin and password will be your wifi password as printed on the back of the modem
From the top of the page click Internet
In internet settings go to the bottom of VDSL WAN-1
just after IPv6 address prefix list you'll see two buttons, Delete and Edit.
Press Edit
Scroll down until you see an unticked box called Static DNS
Tick the box
8 more boxes should appear called IPv4 Primary DNS Server and secondary DNS Server.
In each of the boxes for the Primary server replace all the numbers with a single 8
then in the secondary server replace the first two boxes with 8 and the last two boxes with 4
It should look something like this.
IPv4 primary DNS server: [8].[8].[8].[8]
IPv4 secondary DNS server: [8].[8].[4].[4]
Click Save a few lines down.
After about a minute. Internet should be restored. There should not be a need to restart your modem.
Hope this helps someone.

That did the trick. Thanks!

tigger1962 · 13-10-2018 05:11PM

thanks everyone... was wondering what the issue was. now that i realised it was eir dns servers, i switched to opendns and google. all happy now

Dcully · 13-10-2018 05:26PM

We will be fecked after changing dns settings when they fix this we will be the ones locked out :P

littlejp · 13-10-2018 05:27PM

Dcully wrote: »

We will be fecked after changing dns settings when they fix this we will be the ones locked out :P

Is that true?

dinorebel · 13-10-2018 05:30PM

littlejp wrote: »

Dcully wrote: »

We will be fecked after changing dns settings when they fix this we will be the ones locked out :P

Is that true?

Takes 2 minutes to change it back.

Comer1 · 13-10-2018 05:30PM

In an earlier post someone said no, but we could change the back if we wanted to. I took a photo before I changed them.

The high horse brigade · 13-10-2018 05:30PM

Dcully wrote: »

We will be fecked after changing dns settings when they fix this we will be the ones locked out :P

Locked out of what? Just keep using Google DNS if you don't trust that Eir will stay working

gzoladz · 13-10-2018 05:31PM

Change dns works, then you can change it back easily.

Rock Lesnar · 13-10-2018 05:32PM

Hey lads, i dont know to much about dns and all that and apologies if its a stupid question but is there any reason i shouldnt change the settings to google.

Kiith · 13-10-2018 05:32PM

I've been using a different DNS for months, so you don't have to worry about it. I'd recommend changing it anyway, as the open DNS gives you a far better browsing experience.

And no, no real reasons not to change it. I'm sure Eir will come up with one though :pac:

blade1 · 13-10-2018 05:33PM

Back working normally here again.

DinoSteve · 13-10-2018 05:34PM

deafroadrunner wrote: »

Tried those DNS settings on the f1000 didn't work though .

Did you reboot the modem?

CrowdedHouse · 13-10-2018 05:39PM

deafroadrunner wrote: »

Tried those DNS settings on the f1000 didn't work though .

Try under : Network Settings - Home networking - DNS Values - (near the bottom of the page)

DinoSteve · 13-10-2018 05:40PM

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

deafroadrunner wrote: »

Tried those DNS settings on the f1000 didn't work though .

Try under : Network Settings - Home network - DNS Values - (near the bottom of the page)

Also reboot after you apply changes.

Dcully · 13-10-2018 05:41PM

littlejp wrote: »

Dcully wrote: »

We will be fecked after changing dns settings when they fix this we will be the ones locked out :P

Is that true?

nah just kidding, hence the sarcastic smiley, sorry if it scared people though.

Tigerandahalf · 13-10-2018 05:41PM

My wife's wifi on phone wasn't working so I changed to google dns.

However I have now lost the ability to cast eir sports.

Any ideas?

Edit: got it working by restarting my phone

robbiep958 · 13-10-2018 05:43PM

Anyone know how to change the dns on a huawei router from mobile broadband ... i cant find any setting to do it

Rooy · 13-10-2018 05:47PM

blade1 wrote: »

Back working normally here again.

with the DNS changes or just on its own ?

kathleen37 · 13-10-2018 05:47PM

I changed DNS on the F2000 modem, but, rather than being connected to VDSL LAN - I'm now connected to GE-WAN1? That may be *cough* because I changed the dns settings on the wrong one, but should I be connected to VDSL? (I changed back to non static on GE - WAN and it just stopped working again, but I don't have the option to disconnect or connect to VDSL)

I also noticed that the time server won't sync. From memory I seem to remember this being an issue on the old modem, before Fibre so I'll just change the NTP server.

Lastly, my 5g network appears to have disappeared on my laptop but I'm still connecting to it on my mobile?

So much for Fibre being "fantastic - no issues"...

Thanks guys....

Anyone having problems with Eir today?

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