 jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland
1 edit | [Services] DNS servers Change From a BellSouth email: ======================== In a continuing effort to provide you with the speed and reliability you expect with your BellSouth® Internet service, we are upgrading our network with new enhanced Domain Name servers. The new servers have been successfully installed, and we are now preparing to phase out the old servers. Our records indicate your Internet DNS settings may use an IP address for one or more of the old Domain Name servers. If so, your settings must be changed by no later than October 10, 2006 to ensure your service will continue to work properly once the old servers are no longer available. Please follow the instructions to verify/configure your settings now. » help.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/asp···13be0bd2If you have questions or need help verifying or changing your settings, please call 1-888-321-2375 for assistance. Note: If you already know how to configure your DNS settings, please configure your settings to obtain the server address automatically or use the following IP addresses for the new DNS servers listed for your state: GA 205.152.37.23 205.152.144.23 FL 205.152.144.23 205.152.132.23 AL/KY/NC/SC 205.152.37.23 205.152.132.23 LA/MS/TN 205.152.132.23 205.152.37.23 ======================= |
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 PashuneCaps stifle innovationPremium
join:2006-04-14
Gautier, MS | I would assume this is why my IP doesn't appear to be in the 65-68.xxx.xxx.xxx range anymore? |
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland
4 edits | said by Pashune:I would assume this is why my IP doesn't appear to be in the 65-68.xxx.xxx.xxx range anymore? Nope. That has to do with the DHCP pool from which the IP address that the network assigns you when logging on to the network.
These are the DNS servers for IP resolves when you request an address by name rather than the IP address like cnn.com rather than one of these: 64.236.16.116, 64.236.24.12, 64.236.24.20, 64.236.24.28 4.236.29.120, 64.236.16.20, 64.236.16.52, 64.236.16.84
Edit: Edited first paragraph for clarity. |
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 mikes60My ParadisePremium
join:2001-07-31
Boynton Beach, FL | reply to jazzman916
Interesting:
I checked my Westell 6100 to see if the new DNS settings were there, and they were.
But, these are the same primary and secondary DNS settings that were in a screen shot of my Westell settings I have in my files from June, 2005.
My NIC has always been set to "obtain an Ip address automatically".
So I guess the question is- what changed, I've had these for well over a year.
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland | reply to jazzman916
My guess is that many of these will be retired:
205.152.0.5
205.152.0.20
205.152.32.20
205.152.16.20
205.152.228.252
205.152.150.254
205.152.151.252
205.152.137.252
205.152.144.235
205.152.45.254
205.152.226.254
205.152.191.252
205.152.133.254 |
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland | reply to jazzman916
Sounds link the AT&T DNS server farm approach:
»Some DNS changes
I've been using those off and on for a while with good results. |
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mikes60My ParadisePremium
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Boynton Beach, FL | reply to jazzman916
You're probably correct. But the email and link seem to give the impression that the servers I've had since at least 6/2005 are new.
"In a continuing effort to provide you with the speed and reliability you expect with your BellSouth® Internet service, we are upgrading our network with new enhanced Domain Name servers. The new servers have been successfully installed, and we are now preparing to phase out the old servers".
This might explain why I didn't have any DNS issues while I read many posts of subs who had to use public servers or install Treewalk.
I actually tried other servers and Treewalk and never saw any difference. Now I know why.
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland | said by mikes60:You're probably correct. But the email and link seem to give the impression that the servers I've had since at least 6/2005 are new. As have I. Likely they are just finishing the roll out which started well over a year ago. The email is in preparation of the retirement of the old ones and the onslaught of customer contacts resulting from failed lookups.
There will only be issues for those who assign static DNS servers. Otherwise, the servers will be assigned dynamically as login and will be transparent to the end user. |
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mikes60My ParadisePremium
join:2001-07-31
Boynton Beach, FL | Most likely that is exactly what is happening.
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland | reply to jazzman916
(topic move) [Services] DNS servers ChangeModerator Action
The post that was here, has been moved to a new topic .. »DNS server performance report
stated reason was: Moved for further discussion |
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metfan53Premium
join:2003-07-21
Boca Raton, FL | reply to jazzman916
Re: [Services] DNS servers Change I received this change today **ACTION REQUIRED BY OCTOBER 10, 2006**
In a continuing effort to provide you with the speed and reliability you expect with your BellSouth® Internet service, we are upgrading our network with new enhanced Domain Name servers. The new servers have been successfully installed, and we are now preparing to phase out the old servers.
Our records indicate your Internet DNS settings may use an IP address for one or more of the old Domain Name servers. If so, your settings must be changed by no later than October 10, 2006 to ensure your service will continue to work properly once the old servers are no longer available.
Please follow the instructions to verify/configure your settings now.
If you have questions or need help verifying or changing your settings, please call 1-888-321-2375 for assistance.
Thank you for choosing BellSouth.
Note: If you already know how to configure your DNS settings, please configure your settings to obtain the server address automatically or use the following IP addresses for the new DNS servers listed for your state:
Primary IP
Secondary IP
GA
205.152.37.23
205.152.144.23
FL
205.152.144.23
205.152.132.23
AL/KY/NC/SC
205.152.37.23
205.152.132.23
LA/MS/TN
205.152.132.23
205.152.37.23
...I am clueless how to check it or even what to do...I really want to avoid calling tech support for a bad experience in the past...is there an EASY way for me to do this? I have 4 computers, 3 are hard wired, 1 is set up on wireless, use a westell 6100 and for wireless ZYXEL....help!! |
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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Birdland | reply to jazzman916
»help.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/asp···ructions |
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 MizzatWill post for thumbsPremium
join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA
kudos:1 | reply to jazzman916
OK, I see...when I posted this news almost a month ago it was ignored 
»Upgrades to Domain Name System (DNS) |
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awluck
join:2000-05-24
Duluth, GA | reply to metfan53
OK
205.152.37.23 dns.asm.bellsouth.net Atlanta
205.152.144.23 dns.mia.bellsouth.net Miami
205.152.132.23 dns.msy.bellsouth.net New Orleans
Wondering what the logical and physical inter-connectivity of the Bellsouth backbone looks like for performance, robustness and connectivity to the outside world....
Geeez, I hope they thought it all through.... |
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metfan53Premium
join:2003-07-21
Boca Raton, FL | I still cannot get the changes done..i do not want to call Bellsouth. as they will not help me!! |
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 timcuthBraves FanPremium
join:2000-09-18
Pelham, AL
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by metfan53:I still cannot get the changes done..i do not want to call Bellsouth. as they will not help me!! Are you making the change at your modem? What modem are you using?
E.g., with a Westell 6100, you go to the Broadband DSL Line tab, then click the Configure Connection button on the right. Enter the preferred DNS server IP's in the Primary DNS Server And Secondary DNS Server boxes, save the changes, and restart the modem.
I am using a primary DNS at level3 and secondary at genuity. Should I try the BellSouth servers, again? I am getting very good results with these.
Tim
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jazzman916Life on the UpbeatPremium,MVM,ExMod 2004-10
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1 edit | said by timcuth:I am using a primary DNS at level3 and secondary at genuity. Should I try the BellSouth servers, again? I am getting very good results with these. Tim Your call. I have been using the BS servers and the AT&T DNS server farm with excellent results for a week or so. |
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Key West, FL
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1 edit | reply to mikes60
said by mikes60:Interesting: I checked my Westell 6100 to see if the new DNS settings were there, and they were. Yup even in 6100 bridged mode, even made it back to my router and auto reset for the PPPoE there as well.
Can't say how long they have been that way for sure, but except briefly I hard codded some thay have always been PPPoE derived.
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
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hiatus | reply to timcuth
said by timcuth:I am using a primary DNS at level3 and secondary at genuity. Should I try the BellSouth servers, again? I am getting very good results with these. Level3 and Genuity are one and the same... 
As for using them, you should be fine continuing to use those servers. Those servers are bound to be much more reliable because they are much bigger gears in the internet machine.
As for people having to change IP addresses to make this cut over... They should have been able to do this without having to force the settings changes. You setup your maintenance window, configure one the new one with current IP and swap them out. 3-10 seconds downtime while the switch/router relearns the MAC/IP addresses, maximum. And if you stagger the swap, the customers shouldn't even notice.
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