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Eircom DSL - DNS Lookups Slow

ShiverinEskimo · 2009-07-01 19:40:04

I'm having terrible issues this evening performing DNS lookups. Takes about 10 to 20 seconds to do the lookup but once done the page loads in normal time. In Dundalk - wondering if it's me or if anyone else is having issues.

01-07-2009 7:40pm

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I'm having terrible issues this evening performing DNS lookups. Takes about 10 to 20 seconds to do the lookup but once done the page loads in normal time.

In Dundalk - wondering if it's me or if anyone else is having issues.

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#2 01-07-2009 7:42pm

Finical

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Same problem here in Mayo and it won't let me log onto my ps3.

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#3 01-07-2009 7:42pm

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Not in that area myself but (even temporarily) switching to OpenDNS might help your situation.

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#4 01-07-2009 7:42pm

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Yip....was just about to post! I'm in Sandyford area....

I think the DNS servers are going up and down.....running full diagnostics, it fails on the IP test, then next time it will pass!??

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#5 01-07-2009 7:43pm

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Yea I first noticed when I tried to log into Xbox Live. Tried the PC and it's the same.

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#6 01-07-2009 7:44pm

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Yeah, noticed in Donegal and Kildare also.

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#7 01-07-2009 7:44pm

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Seems to be getting better now actually but could be intermittent as MartyM said.

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#8 01-07-2009 7:44pm

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here as well in D15,
arrrrrrrrrrrr

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#9 01-07-2009 7:44pm

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ethernet wrote: »

Not in that area myself but (even temporarily) switching to OpenDNS might help your situation.

hi ethernet, how do I switch? Is it just via the browser? Whats the actual IP address of OpenDNS?

thanks!

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#10 01-07-2009 7:45pm

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Try a different server. 208.67.222.222 or 4.2.2.2

Edit: hmm, a bit slow. 208.67.222.222 is one of the Open DNS servers.

You could also try extending your DNS cache timeout settings so you don't need to do lookups so often.

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#11 01-07-2009 7:45pm

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Slow here and can't access eircom mail either.

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#12 01-07-2009 7:47pm

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Having problems here as well. On eircom and can connect to some sites like boards.ie fine but others like google are a no go.

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#13 01-07-2009 7:49pm

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same in Pallaskenry Limerick
but disconnecting from my router and reconnecting seems to be working fine now again. prob dumb luck though

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#14 01-07-2009 7:51pm

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Same in North Dublin - have switched to Open DNS and is okay now.

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#15 01-07-2009 7:52pm

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I would highly recommend that everyone take one minute to switch to OpenDNS. http://www.opendns.com/

They're much faster and have loads of features that are actually useful.

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#16 01-07-2009 7:56pm

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yep thing's actin wacko.. crumlin/dublin.. will open DNS

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#17 01-07-2009 8:07pm

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Totally borked last few days, no matter what eircom package. Did Eircom let all the good techs go :P ?

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#18 01-07-2009 8:33pm

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FruitLover wrote: »

You could also try extending your DNS cache timeout settings so you don't need to do lookups so often.

on the Netopia DNS page, it says timeout is 0 to 3600 sec - 3600 is the default - what if we switch to the 'always on' option guys? can anyone tell me would this mean my PS3 is less likely to drop as i play a lot of sports sims and one interruption is the difference between winning.. and losing.

not that it happens often - would like it eliminated altogether though! dreaming.

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#19 01-07-2009 9:19pm

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not that the connection drop happens often.. -if i change to always on' it removes the timeout option altogether. does this mean it does not do lookups at all? aside from a certain 1

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#20 02-07-2009 9:51am

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blubloblu wrote: »

I would highly recommend that everyone take one minute to switch to OpenDNS. http://www.opendns.com/

They're much faster and have loads of features that are actually useful.

.. and some features that are less than useful, like redirecting to their website when a lookup fails rather than returning an error status. OK for web browsing, but useless for any other application that does DNS lookups, resulting in long timeouts.

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#21 02-07-2009 6:07pm

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its happing again

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#22 02-07-2009 6:15pm

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whAt?!? booted up Fight Night, 7 rounds in and lost connection/match.

this DNS crap again.

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#23 02-07-2009 6:16pm

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glossy wrote: »

its happing again

Look, just change to opendns and leave the crappy Eircom ones, I'm on Eircom and have no dns problems as I've been using opendns for over a yr. Opendns even does a better job of fixing mistakes (like typing .cmo instead of .com etc) also.

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#24 02-07-2009 6:21pm

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mines acting up aswell, its very annoying

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#25 02-07-2009 6:26pm

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Acting up here right now, although appears to be getting better.

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#26 02-07-2009 6:26pm

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Acting up again this evening for me.

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#27 02-07-2009 6:32pm

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This is day 2 of my Eircom broadband service. My entry onto the network has clearly broken their DNS service. Sorry about that, folks. I've switched to OpenDNS now, though, so hopefully that'll solve that.

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#28 02-07-2009 6:33pm

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I've now switched to opendns on web and also my ps3. Much better already.

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#29 02-07-2009 6:34pm

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Switched to opendns on the router...all OK now.

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#30 02-07-2009 6:39pm

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OpenDNS works a treat. By the way, they are:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

These are publicly accessible DNS servers belonging to Verizon/GTE:

4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6

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#31 02-07-2009 6:40pm

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Very unresponsive in Cork as well.:mad:

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#32 02-07-2009 7:30pm

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Seems OK now.

Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.
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#33 04-07-2009 11:42pm

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cpu-dude wrote: »

OpenDNS works a treat. By the way, they are:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

These are publicly accessible DNS servers belonging to Verizon/GTE:

4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6

I haven't been able to access some big websites, particularly www.ebay.com or .ie while using 4.2.2.x DNS servers. It could be limited to people on vodafone/perlico (same company) however. See http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055611689 for details.

OpenDNS definitely works, but i prefer to use another IP's DNS. Voda's own DNS is actually pretty decent.

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#34 05-07-2009 9:29am

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I call for sticky, this regularly comes up. Althogh Eircoms DNS may be ok today, chances are it'll go to shít again before long

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#35 05-07-2009 3:54pm

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Here's an interesting one. Whenever I set my DNS servers to OpenDNS, my router crashes.

I have to reset it then, so I seem to be stuck using Eircom's service.

Anyone else encountered this?

I must try it with the Verizon servers mentioned above - but perhaps not when family members are trying to watch Wimbledon!

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#36 05-07-2009 7:04pm

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Hmmm... Possible workaround. Have set my network card to use Open DNS instead of Eircom. Will report on success, or lack thereof, for anyone who might be interested.

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#37 05-07-2009 7:11pm

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It's really bad this evening :mad:

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#38 05-07-2009 7:29pm

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208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

I changed mine to those and it works a treat.

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#39 05-07-2009 7:32pm

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sigh. boards seems to be only site that works for me

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#40 05-07-2009 7:48pm

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What the hell they doing? It's been acting up last few days.:mad:

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#41 05-07-2009 8:05pm

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I'm having trouble here as well. Can't log into Windows Live Messenger, pages keep timing out and my Digiguide won't update. I'm having similar problems on another computer so it's nothing I've done

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#42 05-07-2009 8:06pm

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yup another fine eircom mess, switched to opendns servers all fine now

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#43 05-07-2009 8:10pm

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i switched over to opendns but when i try to check if its working on www.opendns.com it just times out.
Anyone else having this problem with opendns?

All other sites seems to be back working now though.

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#44 05-07-2009 8:14pm

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Its truly dire in Limerick at the moment.
Managed to limp along manually to boards.ie via its IP (got lucky in the sense that while diagnosing the problem the DNS worked for the barest of seconds, not enough to load pages but enough to resolve a single IP).

Dug up this thread, grabbed the OpenDNS servers' IPs and made them my secondary DNS and once again I'm back online.:)

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#45 05-07-2009 8:17pm

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Massive packet loss too.

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#46 05-07-2009 8:18pm

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in wexford here and its terrible. wont even load simple pages like hotmail, i went to check my BB stats and when i click on check a picture of a woman comes up, shes not naked but she not wearing a lot either,very odd...what the hell is up with it??????

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#47 05-07-2009 8:24pm

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I've having very similar problems, and like the OP, I'm in Dundalk.

I switched the DNS servers to OpenDNS, and I think it is working ok. However, www.google.ie won't load for me (and it nearly always works).

Edit: www.google.ie now working, and changing to OpenDNS seems to have helped considerably.

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#48 05-07-2009 8:25pm

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same here, its absolutly awful right now...seems to happen every few months!

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#49 05-07-2009 8:29pm

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how do you switch servers to openDNS?

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#50 05-07-2009 8:32pm

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In Dundalk, browsing is horrible. Xbox Live is working to play against people online, no ping problems but some horrendous lag now and then. Marketplace is ****ed too.

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#51 05-07-2009 8:33pm

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Yea dns queries via Eircom are a disaster in Cork this evening.

lol:

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