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freitasm: What DNS are you using?
izomezzo: I'm having problems connecting to guardian.co.uk (was getting slower and slower looks like it's going to stop completely) and asrtechnica.com is dead again today. In Auckland Central. This is getting annoyingly frequent now. Is there a way I can avoid the useless Telecom proxy?
Telecom NZ
DNS Server 1 (202.27.158.40)
DNS Server 2 (202.27.156.72)
DNS Server 1 (8.8.8.8)
DNS Server 2 (8.8.4.4)
mail2mm: I am a Telecom XTRA customer on broadband in the Auckland CBD. For the past several days I have been having intermittent trouble connecting to some web sites including http://arstechnica.com/, http://www.nytimes.com/, and www.npr.org. This happens with the Windows and Mac machines we have at home. The Telecom provided Thomson SpeedTouch ST5x6v6 modem/router has an Internet Connectivity check which shows all is well except the DNS server connections.
I called Telecom tech support and after lots of waiting and explaining I was transferred to a 2nd level support technician. She told me there was a known issue with the Telecom DNS servers not working properly for some customers. I was advised to change my computers' network settings from auto DNS selection to manual IP settings using the Google DNS servers. I have done this and it cleared the problems I have been experiencing.
For reference:
Telecom NZ
DNS Server 1 (202.27.158.40)
DNS Server 2 (202.27.156.72)
DNS Server 1 (8.8.8.8)
DNS Server 2 (8.8.4.4)
CraZeD,
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danww: I suspected a DNS issue, and so swapped out the Google DNS servers for the Orcon ones on my PC, and also hard-coded the Orcon DNS servers in both my Wireless Access Point and DSL router.
The difference was immediately noticeable - every site worked - and it may be coincidental, but everything seemed to respond faster, too.
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