Re: DSL Down completely in AT&T Southeast http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19556767 en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:49:54 EDT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:49:54 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19575821 steveatl : My Westell 327 still has the Open DNS addresses that I put in the other day. It has not been reset since then, though, so may that would set them back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19575821 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:53:14 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19575586 David : Should be unless you don't have good sync, but I think the westell can see the sync readings I think.

Got a model number of the westell by chance? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19575586 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:15:12 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19575428 anon : I experienced the spotty outage like others here. I accessed the netopia modem/wireless router advanced mode and changed DNS. DSL was back up and so were our wired computers. However, we provide a wireless hotspot (not using the netopia wireless) and we can not connect to the wireless with XP based systems. Vista systems can access the wireless. What is with that?
So, today I am thinking I am going to change the DNS back and when I access the settings, found that it has already been changed to provider defaults??!! How did that happen?
I am going to manually switch them back to Opendns to see what happens.
Did changing DNS in the modem mess with our wireless router and access point?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19575428 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:51:33 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19573412 anon : Sorry, replied to the wrong message with my earlier post...

Guess that could be my problem. I hit the reset on my modem (of course that was before I had access to any forum let alone any tech support).

I still don't have access and my internet light is solid red. So from what I gather, I need to type in 192.168.1.254 to get to the westell page, then type in my login information, change to bridge mode for my linksys then I should be set?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19573412 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:52:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19573336 anon : Guess that could be my problem. I hit the reset on my modem (of course that was before I had access to any forum let alone any tech support).

I still don't have access and my internet light is solid red. So from what I gather, I need to type in 192.168.1.254 to get to the westell page, then type in my login information, change to bridge mode for my linksys then I should be set?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19573336 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:35:14 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19573045 anon : Thanks for the friendly fast professional answers that solved my dsl issues yesterday.

Where do I send the 12 pack of coke?

be the remedy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19573045 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:01:40 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19570542 Claybraker :
said by Santa_NorthPole :

Almost. The Westel will can only be accessed when it's not in Bridge Mode.

Close. But good try.
Since we're picking at nits here, if one has set the nic to an ip of 192.168.1.x and a gateway of 192.168.1.254, then it's pretty easy to access it.

Not that very many people have that setup, most folks use DHCP.

Having said that, I'll give my unqualified endorsement to the advice of not mucking around with the reset button if you don't know what you're doing :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19570542 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:48:46 EDT Re: Pizza and a Coke http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19569361 anon : Well. "Come On." Almost had it right.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19569361 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:06:04 EDT Pizza and a Coke http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19569331 anon : Ok here. The question is:

How many people owe the neighborhood GeekGuy a pizza and 12-pack of cokes?

Common. Come clean.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19569331 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:39:13 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19569235 David :
said by Santa_NorthPole :

Almost. The Westel will can only be accessed when it's not in Bridge Mode.
Another good point as well, something I didn't even think of. But then again I don't get much exposure to westell modems.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19569235 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:24:09 EDT Working again http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568916 anon :

Working here. Just a few power cycles.

Good way to reconnect with the family and meet your neighbors. It's like losing power for few hours. "Hey, I have a new neighbor. You move in WHEN??"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568916 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:29:21 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568873 anon : DSL is working again. :-)

Now we just need rain.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568873 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:24:02 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568805 anon : Almost. The Westel will can only be accessed when it's not in Bridge Mode.

Close. But good try.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568805 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:14:06 EDT Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568801 David :
said by Bham :

Word to the wise.

Resetting your Westell, when used in bridge mode, wipes out your user ID, password, and resets the Westell modem to a gateway. Actually, it resets all of the factory settings regardless.

If you using a Linksys or other router as your gateway and access point, you will need to change the Westell back to bridged mode. Again this assumes you hit the reset button on the back of the Westell.

Don't hit reset unless you know what your doing. If you just feel the need to tinker, print or copy down every screen of information on the Westel (90.168.1.254) before hitting reset. This address will work only if the Westel was reset via the button and is not in Gateway mode.

---
Another safe idea is to have the Linksys set have the router and DHCP turned off. Then set the Westel as the gateway and DHCP server. This way both devices can be accessed from the local network. Linksys (192.168.1.1) and Westel (192.168.1.254)

If the tech at Tech support asks you to hook to the modem directly, there is nothing to change on the Westell.

Hope this helps.
I agree with this, another thing you might also consider is changing the linksys to a different base address say a 10.x.x.x (old efficient) or a 172.x.x.x (old 2wire).

Just change your base address for the linksys to 10.0.0.1 or 172.16.0.1 and that would probably help the browser confusion 2 fold.

I actually did that 192.168.1.1 and had a device that passed a 192.168.1.x address, and lemme tell you. Your computer will just sit and spin depending on how it's set up.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568801 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:13:08 EDT Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568743 anon : Word to the wise.

Resetting your Westell, when used in bridge mode, wipes out your user ID, password, and resets the Westell modem to a gateway. Actually, it resets all of the factory settings regardless.

If you using a Linksys or other router as your gateway and access point, you will need to change the Westell back to bridged mode. Again this assumes you hit the reset button on the back of the Westell.

Don't hit reset unless you know what your doing. If you just feel the need to tinker, print or copy down every screen of information on the Westel (90.168.1.254) before hitting reset. This address will work only if the Westel was reset via the button and is not in Gateway mode.

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Another safe idea is to have the Linksys set have the router and DHCP turned off. Then set the Westel as the gateway and DHCP server. This way both devices can be accessed from the local network. Linksys (192.168.1.1) and Westel (192.168.1.254)

If the tech at Tech support asks you to hook to the modem directly, there is nothing to change on the Westell.

Hope this helps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19568743 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:02:29 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19567790 FROSTY : Something to chew on.....

12/03 roughly 8:00 PM

Router had IP address starting with 72.x.x.x
Tried many different DNS servers.
From OpenDNS to my work's DNS servers (non-AT&T/BSFA)
Most webpages still would not load.
Some would start to load, then stall and timeout.
Disconnected/reconnected, got a 68.x.x.x IP
Still no luck.
Even ping to most IP addresses failed, some responded, most did not.

Powered off modem and router around 8:30 PM

12/03 roughly 10:20 PM
Powered everything on, pulled a 68.x.x.x IP.
I could surf the web fine with AT&T/BSFA DNS servers.

Disconnect/reconnect, pulled a 72.x.x.x IP
Could not access anything on the Internet.
Even changing DNS servers made no difference

Disconnect/reconnect, pulled a 68.x.x.x IP
Everything working fine again.

To add to which, a friend of mine during this time could not even establish a PPPoE connection.
Kept getting PPPoE authentication errors.
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Im reading about OpenDNS....changing the numbers?

Good idea, or stay with this stragedy explain thus far?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19567102 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:33:15 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566804 anon : My connection is still down!! Am I the only one? Lol

The internet light on my netopia is solid red and I've restarted several times.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566804 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:39:26 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566686 anon : In Windows 98 you'll have to type "command" without the quotes instead of "cmd" in the run prompt.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566686 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:09:34 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566557 anon : Thanks Jen......Im using Windows 98, anything I should be made aware of before attempting this? thanks mucho ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566557 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:38:35 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566467 anon : Default gateway is: 192.168.1.254 or type launchmodem in your browser's address bar

-jen]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566467 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:09:06 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566248 anon : Greets NJT....

Wasnt able to use my home puter yesterday, if I follow this instructions below, will this get me "back on"?

Curious, what is the: paste number for default gateway???

thanks goye

1. click on start
2. click on run
3. for xp type cmd
4. ipconfig on blinking cursor
5. get default gateway
paste number for default gateway on your address bar...this should get you to the modem page where you can enter you account username and password...save it and go...you should be connected....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566248 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:13:06 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566200 anon :

the dsl connection actually never went down....thats why after changing dns settings youre able to surf again...the things was none of their suits was able to post that switching to other dns servers will work while if you got through to their tech they were switching people to general dns servers....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566200 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:34:19 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566195 anon : youre best bet is to hoep you can get ATT dsl tech's from the philipppines...those guys troubleshoot anything...the few who get through their lines and get those guys were turned to using the general 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 dns settings...which of course worked fine after....

problem was of course connecting to them.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566195 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:31:07 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566194 anon :
said by chong67 See Profile :

I am a rookie in all this.

I use the OpenDNS server now and it seems to be working.

My own PC use static IP and so I use the openDNS IP also and now I have configure my router to use this openDNS IP.

But isnt using Bellsouth DNS better?

Does that mean it has to route further to OpenDNS?
-using BELLSOUTH DNS does not necessarily make it better...you can even use public DNS servers if you dont want to use OPEN DNS...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566194 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:28:30 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566189 anon : exactly bogey...exactly....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566189 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:24:34 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566186 anon : if your "dsl" is on solid, and the internet light is off..it most commonly is an issue with you authenticating to you ISP's servers. go to your command prompt...

1. click on start
2. click on run
3. for xp type cmd
4. ipconfig on blinking cursor
5. get default gateway
paste number for default gateway on your address bar...this should get you to the modem page where you can enter you account username and password...save it and go...you should be connected....if not youll need to TS more.....

hope it helps... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566186 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:17:46 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566185 anon : if your "dsl" is on solid, and the internet light is off..it most commonly is an issue with you authenticating to you ISP's servers. go to your command prompt...

1. click on start
2. click on run
3. for xp type cmd
4. ipconfig on blinking cursor
5. get default gateway
paste number for default gateway on your address bar...this should get you to the modem page where you can enter you account username and password...save it and go...you should be connected....

hope it helps... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566185 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:16:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566181 anon : no. they wont be able to switch it back, its embedded on you system unless you change to automatically get your dns settings from their servers or manualy hard code new dns server numbers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19566181 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:13:06 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565425 pencoyd : OpenDNS works fine as is with most VPNs, as long as they don't "split" DNS. Most VPN software will use the DNS of the network that you are VPN'ed into, which is correct. Some software tries to use your set DNS to resolve the VPN domains, which doesn't work. But OpenDNS has a simple checkbox workaround, detailed here: »www.opendns.com/support/article/164

John Roberts
OpenDNS]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565425 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:39:22 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565409 pencoyd : Folk, DNS speed is not only measured by ping time although that is the easiest thing to measure, I agree. More here:
»www.opendns.com/support/article/130

With respect to privacy, I'd encourage you to read the OpenDNS privacy policy at »www.opendns.com/privacy/

From the blog post announcing our updates earlier this year to give you more control over your data. »blog.opendns.com/2007/07/23/priv···-update/
Without an account, data is kept for 2 business days. (An account is optional.) With a free OpenDNS account, your data is kept indefinitely, unless you choose to delete data and have us stop recording your data. You can set your stats collection preference in the new Dashboard. If you delete your account, your DNS data is removed.


In accounts, stats collection is OFF by default. You have to turn it on -- and many do, because it's really helpful to see. There's a detailed description of the available stats, if you want them. »www.opendns.com/features/statistics/

One last note: have you read your ISP's privacy policy? Some of them claim ownership of your data outright, and they have ALL your data, not only the domain requests.

John Roberts
OpenDNS]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565409 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:35:04 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565370 anon : I forgot to mention this translates into a latency # between 300 and 900 or so while in world of warcraft which makes it quite unplayable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565370 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:28:00 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565369 jazzman916 :
said by bathswife See Profile :

....I did speed tests with both the open dns that I changed to last night during the outage and then reverted back to the Bellsouth DNS and did a test. On open DNS my download was a little bit faster but the upload was a lot slower....
Remember, DNS servers do not impact throughput.
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I did a trace route to us.logon.world of warcraft.com everything looks good in the first 7 hops 25-29 ms. once i hit hop 8 (tbr2.attga.ip.att.net) it jumps up to 74 ms and continues to climb for about 5 hops and then just starts timing out.
Any ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565352 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:25:38 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19565236 bathswife :
said by chong67 See Profile :

Should I change back to BLS DNS?

Doesnt using other DNS make it go further and slower?

Using BLS DNS take the shorter trip.

No?
I'm not an expert at all but I did speed tests with both the open dns that I changed to last night during the outage and then reverted back to the Bellsouth DNS and did a test. On open DNS my download was a little bit faster but the upload was a lot slower. For now I've changed back to Bellsouth and am using Treewalk.

You could just experiment like I did and see what seems to be working best for you.
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Doesnt using other DNS make it go further and slower?

Using BLS DNS take the shorter trip.

No?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19564330 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:03:18 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19564273 LogRock : I'm not able to change my DNS settings on my Westell Wirespeed A90-210030-04 DSL Modem. It's like expert mode doesn't work anymore and there is nothing editable. Has anybody here been able to use the OpenDNS addresses with this modem? I have my D-Link Router set up as passthrough (I think) and the DNS addresses there were 0.0.0.0. Changing them makes no difference to the modem settings.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19564273 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:55:02 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19563574 anon :
A single router caused the failure for all of the DNS pairs that they have users in the 9 state area configured for?


Yes, because if you notice that your nameservers are a long ways away from you, in an entirely different subnet. Who cares if they put a massive DNS server farm behind some monster load balancer and fancy Cisco router. If it's not a distributed design, with caching nameservers close to the edge, then a couple routers can create a major service interruption.

The only reason to build a DNS infratructure the way they have is "cost". It's more expensive to toss several hundred servers out onto their network and maintain them, but it's definitely more scalable. It wouldn't necessarily increase reliability because you have more equipment that can fail, but when equipment DOES fail (and it's not IF but WHEN) the number of affected users would be greatly reduced.

I don't know if their DNS architecture is a component of Shasta SSS or not. It sounded more like a provisioning system and I never saw any mention of DNS in the literature. if it is, perhaps they got stuck with it when they acquired Shasta.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19563574 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:14:06 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19563328 signmeuptoo : David, I sure am glad you are here and that you try so hard to help everyone. Whatever complaints people have and whatever justifications there are, it's nice guys like you reach out!

Now if only your employer would just give in and decide that FTTH is the way to go!
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said by BurningGod :

Multiple restarts. I've tried to call them numerous times as well, I get to the initial menu then gives me an error message (We are unable to transfer your call) when I try to call tech support
Question, how long did you leave it off for? also what type of modem is it?

I had heard one solution of possibly leaving the modem (and any routers attached) off for a minimum of 2 minutes to a max of 5 minutes to clear your PPPoE session off the router and you should be able to pull new after that.

I have not been able to get anyone to confirm that yet.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562962 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:35:10 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562512 anon :
said by FAQFixer See Profile :

Have you restarted your modem? The outage has been over for a while so you either have an old hung session or you have a different issue.
Multiple restarts. I've tried to call them numerous times as well, I get to the initial menu then gives me an error message (We are unable to transfer your call) when I try to call tech support]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562512 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:14:58 EDT Re: DSL Still down @2:20 pm est. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562073 anon : I'm in the Ft. Lauderdale area, and around 6PM I started to notice that I could get on some websites, but others showed DNS errors. An hour later it was all gone, except for the connection to e-mail. I guess the DNS server for mail.bellsouth.net was not affected.
At about 11PM I checked again, and the problem was resolved.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562073 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:03:10 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562014 FAQFixer : Have you restarted your modem? The outage has been over for a while so you either have an old hung session or you have a different issue. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19562014 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:51:38 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561987 anon : I'm in North Florida myself. Yeah I can't even get through to talk to someone. 24 hours? That ridiculous, alot of people are losing money and even casual users need internet on a daily basis. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561987 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:47:04 EDT Re: DSL Still down @2:20 pm est. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561860 anon : Yeah, we're still out here in South Florida too. ATT said it could be up 24 hours before service is restored. That's not what they told the media. They told them everything is bact to normal knowing full well that it wasn't. Does this mean we get a refund on our monthly bill. I run my business off my DSL line and it is digging in deep here...
2:20 est.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561860 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:22:59 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561827 myokitis : Hi John - I've considered OpenDNS but never tried it since I use a VPN to access my corporate network and I'm concerned impairing my connectivity to the VPN.

Is there an issue here or should OpenDNS not impact VPN connectivity?

Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561827 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:16:11 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561800 billimek :
said by Folk See Profile :

When Bellsouth's DNS servers are working (which is 99% of the time) they will always be faster than a DNS server that's off the Bellsouth/AT&T network.
That may be true if you only look at network latency, but what if the BellSouth DNS servers themselves are slow to respond?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561800 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:09:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561724 David : Well if you wish, you can post in the direct forum. I have been hoping a few more people (so far I have only one in bellsouth that posted) You can also e-mail me if you wish. just click on my name just to the left of this post. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561724 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:57:29 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561634 anon : Well the response they gave is a flat out lie. If it was fixed at 11pm last night, many of us wouldn't still be without service AND you'd be able to call and get a person. (indicating their phone lines are totally stuffed full of people)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561634 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:41:19 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561523 gotoman : Some news on AT&T's response:
»AT&T Responds To Outage

AT&T's investigation concluded that the outage was due to an "an isolated router failure."
A single router caused the failure for all of the DNS pairs that they have users in the 9 state area configured for?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561523 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:19:20 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561073 Folk : Have any of you stopped to wonder about OpenDNS's business model? You do realize that by using their DNS servers that they have the ability to track each and every site you visit? If you don't mind that, then have at it. I used Speakeasy's DNS server during this outage and then switched back to Bellsouth's this morning.

When Bellsouth's DNS servers are working (which is 99% of the time) they will always be faster than a DNS server that's off the Bellsouth/AT&T network.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19561073 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:55:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560701 woode : Just a quick heads-up on my problem: turns out my new roomie's modem was set to bridged ethernet, with the Linksys WRT54G set to do the PPPoE login. I set the modem back to log in with the router just routing (DHCP off), and then put the OpenDNS servers in the modem's DNS fields. All returned to normal.

I've used OpenDNS in the past, and have always had good luck. For those with Netopia modems, here's how to set the DNS entries:

1) Point your browser at 192.168.1.254
2) Click "Expert Mode" at the bottom of the left-hand menu
3) Click "Yes, Enter Expert Mode"
4) Click "Configure" in the left-hand menu
4) Click "Connection" in the left-hand menu
5) Enter the OpenDNS servers (208.67.222.220 and 208.67.222.222), one each in the Primary and Secondary DNS Server fields.
6) Click "Save and Restart"
7) Surf happily (unless AT&T is still having authentication problems -- I think I had both)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560701 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:54:52 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560670 KeysCapt :
said by Stumbles See Profile :

Well here it is 10:34AM in southern Florida and Bellsouth is still sucking.
When my connection does work it doesn't last long because I start losing sync.
Just FWIW, I'm not seeing any issues in South Florida today, still using OpenDNS servers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560670 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:50:26 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560648 gwalt3075 : I kinda figured it was a DNS issue. My Vonage was working fine and I could VPN to my office. I changed my DNS to Bellsouth Business DNS numbers and I am up and working. Whats the point of having 2 DNS numbers in you Ip configuration when you are limited to only the first one. ATT with is network doesn't have a backup DNS server? Everybody has a backup right?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560648 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:47:03 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560588 Stumbles : Well here it is 10:34AM in southern Florida and Bellsouth is still sucking. Last night when I started getting failures in name resolution, switching to OpenDNS servers was the first thing I did.

Well, since then ATT/Bellsouth still have their heads up their patuties.

When my connection does work it doesn't last long because I start losing sync.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560588 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:37:13 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560573 anon : On my Westell the DSL light is red, then will just go out completely then back to red.

It died on me about 8pm last night and is down today as of 10:30am (all EST)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560573 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:35:48 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560531 anon : ok anyone having trouble /besides/ their DSL being out of sync?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560531 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:31:11 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560453 anon : Well, you could actually install your OWN nameserver on your own system and allow it to do recursion. You can even get ISC bind packages pre-compiled for win32. Just be sure to restrict the allowed query sources to your local network and to secure the cache.

The only drawback to this is that you won't get the extra performance of having a big pre-loaded cache nearby, but I guess this situation has made light of the fact that AT&T's servers are not-so-nearby and not-so-reliable. At least you don't have to worry about someone spoofing a domain if you run your own server.

I cringe though at the idea of everyone running their own nameservers or configuring their hosts to use nameservers far far away. This is NOT how DNS is supposed to work! A big network like this should implement a metric ton of caching only nameservers and there should be several in every city where they have customers. They should not be pushing DNS traffic from every customer over their backbone. It's crazy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560453 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:15:23 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560397 JohnQPublic : Like the pay phones, maybe AT&T has decided to sh!tcan their little used and often flaky DNS servers and just neglected to notify anyone?! :hmm:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560397 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:06:54 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560388 anon : On my issue my Internet light won't come on on my Westell DSL modem, even after powering down, waiting a few minutes, and powering back up. The DSL light flashes continuously.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560388 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:05:09 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560353 anon : details please. no DNS resolution or just can't surf? how far does a tracert go?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560353 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:25 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560349 anon : I started having problems last night around 10 P.M. (eastern TN) Before it completely died around 1 A.M.

As of 45 minutes ago it is still dead (9:15 am EST) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560349 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:07 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560294 anon : AT&T actually notified our business (in south florida) that there was going to be temporary outages from midnight to 8am. I guess they could care less about regular users and made sure to notify the businesses or at least the company i work for. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560294 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:51:17 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560274 anon : I'm getting the same issue. The message says it is resolved, yet still no connection. When I try to get to a tech it says we are unable to transfer you at this time.

Looks like it's wrong about the resolution.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560274 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:47:47 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560255 anon : Last night I experienced the DNS outage and then later on that night I completely lost internet connectivity on my DSL modem here in Columbus, GA. I still do not have Internet connectivity this morning (12/4/07) . Calling the 888 # gets a recorded message that the issue was resolved but obviously not for me. When I try to get transferred to the DSL support it tells me it cannot complete the call at this time and to try again later.

Looks like I'm going to have to go back to the cable company for my Internet access. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560255 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:43:52 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560241 weatherzap : I would recommend having DNS servers IPs for at least two different providers regardless of your broadband provider. I use OpenDNS for my primary and secondary, and my ISP for my third and forth entry. As long as your ISP does not block port 53, you can use any DNS servers you want to---but I would recommend that you only use "known" DNS providers for security reasons.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560241 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:40:53 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560115 jayperkins : Forgetting the fact that a critical failure of BOTH primary and secondary DNS failed for hours with no rollover to a backup--

My biggest disappointments in all of this are:

1). ATT's failure to notify users via a web page posting of the problem (for those of us that could reach a web page by cell phone).

2). The failure of ATT's 888 number. It answered and just hung-up for several hours. Wait. Aren't they a PHONE company?

This is pretty poor communications and technology management from one of the world's biggest telecommunications companies.

"Welcome to the new telecommunications dinasaur" ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560115 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:10:57 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560104 Killa200 : they seem to be back up, but i couldn't tell you personally, because as of last night i switched about 12 or 13 people in town including my place fo work over to my own dns servers in TX and PA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560104 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:09:13 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560083 bored_in_nh : So are they back in business or is this still a problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560083 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:05:19 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560073 Killa200 : "AT&T Inc. customers were unable to connect to the Internet through their DSL service for several hours Monday night because of an equipment problem, a company spokesman said."

They are much to modest... this one affected more than dsl customers, lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19560073 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:02:27 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559956 anon : Went to OpenDNS...will never go back to BS....far far faster loads of pages... noticed during the outage could reach CNN and google...thank goodness for Google cache which gave me OpenDNS ip addresses.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559956 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:33:45 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559899 melonduck : at&t admitted they had equipment failure

»www.ajc.com/news/content/busines···age.html

BTW, dslreports is mentioned in that AJC article :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559899 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:17:57 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559787 wdsnls : Newspaper Article:

»www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/···00.story]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559787 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:34:21 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559765 anon : Hi John--

OpenDNS is lightning fast! I have NEVER experienced internet services at home this fast before!! You don't have to worry about my leaving, that's for sure.

Regards,
Steve
Charlotte, NC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559765 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:24:28 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559706 anon : Yay, finally back up and running! We gave up trying to resolve names last night.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559706 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:56:50 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559542 anon : Heh.
it would've been nice if customer's wouldn't have reset the dsl modems, especially routers. can't really blame 'residential' customers I guess.
just another day at work for us.

By the way,
tech support lines were open throughout the outage. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559542 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:06:15 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559481 barton44 : John,
said by pencoyd See Profile :

...we even took our Washington DC location offline for maintenance during this period and -- as designed -- there was zero interruption of service.
Um...could you teach "The New" AT&T how to do this? :)
Actually, I have had great service from Bellsouth and AT&T and have not noticed any down time until last night. Just lucky, I guess. But, it's like Ubuntu and the open source community. I don't know why you do it for free, but I'm glad you do!

And thanks to tigers for posting the Open DNS solution. When my DSL wouldn't work and I was trying to win an E-Bay bid, I didn't call AT&T tech support. ("...please unplug everything in your house") I came here. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559481 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:19:40 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559108 anon : there was some sort of issue with high utilization on the load balancers going to the dns servers. they had to reboot a router upstream from te dns servers to get things going. I know, i had to sit on the outage bridge from beginning to end]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559108 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:37:52 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559096 Joey : I use treewalk and have never missed a beat, lookups are always lightning quick.

»ntcanuck.com/
--
Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems? - Calvin]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559096 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:33:40 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559001 pencoyd : All of us at OpenDNS are glad our service was able to help so many during the outages. Please stay with OpenDNS... and spread the word about our nameservers and our safe, speedy, reliable free service.

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

We've been available to the public for ~18 months, with zero downtime.

Ironically, we even took our Washington DC location offline for maintenance during this period (not knowing about these ISP DNS issues), and -- as designed -- there was zero interruption of service. Traffic was re-routed to our other locations seamlessly. Check our system page at »system.opendns.com or »208.67.219.60 in case your DNS is ever down.

John Roberts
OpenDNS
»www.opendns.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19559001 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:14:22 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558919 Yippz Voip :
Voip such as Vonage, Axvoice, Lingo, etc etc all use IP ONLY on their boxes so you don't a DNS server to access your VOIP service.

In fact, during the outage, if you knew the actual IP of every website you go to, you could completely bypass the DNS servers.

Just an FYI... Thanks OpenDNS for saving us this evening... :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558919 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:59:23 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558733 gotoman : I just got back up here in Triangle area of NC, but have switched to OpenDNS in absolute disgust at this type of outage.

I *did* manage to get through to the "new AT&T" tech support at 888 321 2375 soon after the issue arose at around 1740 ET - was on the line for about an hour telling the tech "I think it's a DNS issue"

SOS from the tech "restart the router" "reboot" etc.

At around 1845 the tech finally found someone to tell him that there was a "southeast-wide" problem that would take 24 hours to resolve. He refused to give me any further details.

I can't believe that their tech support didn't know about a major DNS outage until then.... shameful.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558733 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:34:43 EDT Answers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558736 anon : My dialup was down on my main computer and when I cranked up an old laptop just to get dialup on it, the old modem in there would not connect completely it would just time out lol.

I want to get dsl but for cheap, also I don't want to use bellsouth/att/deathstar for dsl because of all this recent crap about att interests more aligned with hollywood. Where I go on the internet is my own dam business not theirs. Also I've noticed that I can't get to the real www.bestbuysux.org site it seems to be a redirect to some pro bestbuy propaganda site but I don't know if it's just att redirecting or was the site shut down etc who knows for sure.

I want to try earthlink dsl (all dsl in my area is just resold covad for cheap anyway) but they want too much now something like $30.00 a month for some crappy 768kb down no thanks thats too dam slow for the price.

Is there a reseller of covad dsl in atlanta that will only charge $20.00 or less a month and not a bunch of extra fees for dsl?

I'm posting now from those public opendns servers lol I should have done this a long time ago but I wonder how long the open dns servers will last now that everyone is switching to them?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558736 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:33:32 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558685 anon : Go to comcast. I've had both but have to use BS now because Comcast isn't available in this area. I wish everyday I was back on comcast. BS has been dropping out a lot on me here. My conncection is still slow but hopefully it will pick back up by tomorrow. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558685 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:26:25 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558672 NetFixer :
said by GrrATTBS :

I would rather they told me that there was an outage that will last for a while instead of blaming my router. Every time I've ever called that's what they tell me. GRR! I'm cancelling and going to Cable modem on Comcast.
Interesting. That is one of the reasons that I switched my backup connection from Comcast to AT&T/BellSouth.
--
We can never have enough of nature.
We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.
Test your firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558672 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:23:37 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558669 mitchell : I have a suggestion all y'all should sign up for the free Line Monitoring service.

See the link at the top of the forum page

I've had a 30-45 min compete drop of service last month. and this is the 3rd or 4th time the DNS servers have failed.

Like I said earlier I'm going to stay with OpenDNS, others may be okay too but they have a good track record with me. Plus I just blocked all the adult sites on the other pc's the family uses for free.

Here is the link to the Line Monitoring »[Services] Member Line Stats

Mitch]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558669 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:23:05 EDT ATT DNS http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558653 anon : Networking is like life...sometimes bad things happen. Sure you can switch till Comcast has their turn at an outage. I'm pretty no ISP would lie about issues in today's world. Things are complex with lots of opportunities for things to fail. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558653 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:21:11 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558545 anon : :mad: WHY?! AT&T/BS been lying... I've had regular outages usually only about 20 mins but recently longer as much as an hour. Today was the last straw! And the last time I called, the tech had me plug directly into the wall for my PPoE connection and voila! It worked. So they said it's my router. I know it isn't. This started happening only recently with tonight's 4 hour outage being the worst. So they don't want to tell us the truth? I would rather they told me that there was an outage that will last for a while instead of blaming my router. Every time I've ever called that's what they tell me. GRR! I'm cancelling and going to Cable modem on Comcast.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558545 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:04:14 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558508 dot_null : Working fine here in Atlanta again. I switched to alternate DNS servers earlier today when the BellSouth DNS servers became unresponsive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558508 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:58:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558394 anon : Service seems to be back up in Darlington, SC.

Four hours of downtime and I bet they'll find some way to charge us for it ... pfeh.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558394 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:51:48 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558450 anon : We are in Kentucky and this is the biggest outage we have experienced in the past year. We do not monitor uptime 24/7.
Last outage we have personally experienced, and our customers experienced was about 2 months ago and only seemed to be for about 20 min or so.

Shouldn't we return to the Bellsouth DNS? what are the pros and cons on that subject? What, if any are the potential problems of staying on the Open? I am only a shop tech on second shift and do not really know the best answers to these questions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558450 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:50:02 EDT Re: I think the outage is more than DNS http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558427 anon :
said by KE4MUR :

I've been using OpenDNS IP's for a long time (ever since the last Bellsouth/AT&T DNS issue). I can get to the net using OpenDNS servers...but still VERY SLOW and sometimes it still will not connect to whatever I'm trying to connect to.
Glad to see one other person can see this,,,]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558427 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:47:36 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558416 anon : After 5 hours of downtime, St. Augustine is back up. It's comforting to know that the new AT&T is equally as dysfunctional as the old one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558416 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:46:19 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558387 heels_fan :
said by Repair Shop :

DSL has been spotty since about 5:30 pm Eastern. Going to Open DNS has given us service.
Work has resumed. Not switching back until I feel confident that issue is completely resolved.
Why switch back?
This is maybe the 3rd or 4th time in the last 6-12 months that BS DNS servers have crapped out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558387 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:41:13 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558377 anon : DSL has been spotty since about 5:30 pm Eastern. Going to Open DNS has given us service.
Work has resumed. Not switching back until I feel confident that issue is completely resolved.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558377 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:39:55 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558374 anon : anybody have any ideas why mabell - inlaw dns servers went down?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558374 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:39:22 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558359 anon : Well, I jumped over to the OpenDNS numbers about the same time everyone started reporting that things were coming back online. Whatever the case, I'm cruising right along here in Jacksonville, FL. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558359 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:35:50 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558321 anon : > I thought you all use the auto DNS thing on your PC network.
>
> I always specify my own LAN IP address and DNS.

I have my PCs set to use static IPs also. If you're using a router on the home side of your DSL modem you have to tell it what DNS servers to use. My Linksys BEFSR41 has spaces for three DNS servers -- right now it has the Bellsouth Georgia servers in the first two positions, and one of the public DNS servers in the third. The PCs have spaces for two DNS servers (this is Win XP) and I have the router (192.168.1.1) entered first and a different public DNS server second. If the PC needs to resolve a name (URL) into an address it first asks the router, which in turn asks Bellsouth server #1, then Bellsouth server #2, then the public DNS server the router knows about. If all three of those fail, the router replies back to the PC that it can't resolve the name. The PC then tries the DNS server it has in its own second position. So you potentially can have a setup that can try a total of four DNS servers one after the other before failing completely.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558321 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:34:15 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558348 anon : SHASTA issues should fix themselves as the server traffic normalizes. They are getting hit really hard right now]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558348 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:34:01 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558339 anon : nice
ive been having probs with bellsouth dns for a few weeks now
then this was the last straw....

going to use opendns from now on... and my pings seem way better for my gaming]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558339 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:32:29 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558330 cvbrown : There is a "shasta" outage. My area..Mobile, Alabama.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558330 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:31:32 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558319 HomeLvr : I reported this dang outage before this poster. Why isn't my thread big. Darn you lol.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558319 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:30:36 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558309 anon : Dns servers seem to be up but i have seen some blips on the Authentication (SHASTA) server which is giving some PADT disconnects.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558309 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:29:11 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558298 naseqp : Jacksonville Fl went down hard around 6:00pm. Secondary DNS would come up then down....primary DNS would be up with no secondary. slow page loads. Then voila! both up long enough to head here and find out "Welcome to the New ATT". Wrote the OpenDNS numbers down just as ATT went down again.

Thanks guys! Up now with OpenDNS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558298 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:27:53 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558281 anon : I don't know who you guys are but I am so glad I found this forum. Atlanta GA is back up as of 10:15 pm. If it hadn't been for my neighbor's wireless cable connection and this forum I would still be tinkering with my laptop and router trying to figure out why I couldn't get online. Definitely going to bookmark this site. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558281 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:26:11 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558279 anon : Used the OpenDNS and speed returned to normal. Bellsouth/ATT DNS must be having "issues".
North Atlanta
Bellsouth DSL ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558279 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:26:07 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558278 nafri3005 : OK GUYS!!! CONNECTIONS ARE UP AGAIN!!! ISSUES HAS BEEN RESOLVED ON THE AT&T SIDE.. IF still not able to connect try powercycling the modem .. i.e., unplug the power cable and replaug it back up!!! should work!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558278 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:25:51 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558268 nafri3005 : OK GUYS!!! CONNECTIONS ARE UP AGAIN!!! ISSUES HAS BEEN RESOLVED ON THE AT&T SIDE.. IF still not able to connect try power cycling the modem .. i.e., unplug the power cable and replug it back up!!! should work!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558268 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:24:55 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558261 anon : My Bellsouth nka ATT DSL went down @ 5pm, I'm in West Palm Beach Florida area. Neighbor down the street has no service also. Telephoned ATT help desk just now and got through on 2nd try, received message that they are trying to resolve a "region wide" outage and wait times to speak to a human could be up to 1 hour, no further info available. Am on earthlink dial up now. Wow, hadn't heard that modem squeal in years!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558261 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:24:31 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558250 jammddr : Screw that. I'm staying on OpenDNS. I've been noticing DNS slow downs for a couple months now. Sorry ATT but your DNS servers will not be used by me again. Thanks to all who posted the OpenDNS IP's.
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Make the homies say HO and the girlies wanna SCREAM!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558250 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:23:50 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558238 anon : Actually as soon as I posted that everything began working fantastically. No problems now :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558238 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:22:46 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558232 anon : Seems to be back up now in NW Atlanta (Marietta). Down from about 1800---2215.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558232 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:21:38 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558231 dago52 : Nevermind, I am back up and running.

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558231 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:21:18 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558225 anon : Funny thing is my VOIP never went down? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558225 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:20:33 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558226 anon : It appears to be back (or mostly back) in Nashville, TN - I was able to access almost everything except the Bellsouth/AT&T homepage a few minutes ago and even that appears to be working at the moment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558226 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:20:33 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558217 anon : Yes here in the Keys the OpenDNS will connect to sites but it is incredibly slow. No/little service here since 5:30pm, was able to use google and access this site and the OpenDNS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558217 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:19:57 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558205 mjf : Should be working now without any changes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558205 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:18:07 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558197 dago52 : I tried to add the dns servers to the TCP/IP and no luck. Do I need to change the router and the desktop?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558197 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:16:51 EDT Re: I think the outage is more than DNS http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558189 huckleberry : Everything back up and running here in Tenn bellsouth must have figured out the problem]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558189 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:16:06 EDT DSL up again! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558186 ccureau : Hello again from Covington!

Service seems to be restored -- I just got an VoIP call from home. Still a major inconvenience for me to have to go to work...sigh.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558186 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:15:44 EDT I think the outage is more than DNS http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558170 anon : I've been using OpenDNS IP's for a long time (ever since the last Bellsouth/AT&T DNS issue). I can get to the net using OpenDNS servers...but still VERY SLOW and sometimes it still will not connect to whatever I'm trying to connect to.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558170 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:13:14 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558136 anon : In and Out.... for several hours now
Ft. Lauderdale/Miami]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558136 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:09:22 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558129 chong67 : I thought you all use the auto DNS thing on your PC network.

I always specify my own LAN IP address and DNS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558129 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:08:40 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558128 anon : Atlanta GA has been down since around 5pm yet interestingly enough, Rex GA. which is a small city in 26 miles south of Atlanta got their service back 3 hours ago. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558128 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:08:37 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558117 mjf : Change the DNS on the TCP/IP properties of your desktop.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558117 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:07:26 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558096 anon : Charlotte, nc down too. I changed my dns to the opendns servers and it fixed my issue completely]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558096 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:04:15 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558091 dago52 : I also live in Covington, La. and my desktop cannot connect to the internet. I have a linksys router and I am able to connect to the internet on my laptop. I tried to change the dns in my router settings but no luck. Why can I connect on my laptop but not my desktop? I would think if I was having a problem with my internet, I should not be able to connect on my laptop wireless. Anyway, I am still trying to get my desktop connected.

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558091 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:03:47 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558079 iLive4Apple : I'm in Hoover, Alabama and down. Been using 4.2.2.1
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I get 29 MPG in my Toyota Highlander Hybrid!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558079 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:02:40 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558043 heels_fan :
said by jazzman916 See Profile :

Been using OpenDNS severs for more than a year, so yes they are a good permanent solution, for me at last.

I didn't even know there was a problem until logging in to BBR.
Me too jazz.
I use OpenDNS with treewalk and I have been zooming along the interweb all night.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19558043 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:57:04 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557998 anon : > Anyway MIA looks like Miami (CLLI code?).

Missing In Action]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557998 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:49:23 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557993 anon :
said by barton44 See Profile :

No DSL at all for the last hour here in Macon, GA. Anyone else? (I'm using MindSpring dial up to post this message. Bellsouth dial up couldn't do it either.)
Same in Lugoff, SC. All service numbers are completly "120 Htz busy", No help no, online chat, no sustainable dialup serice either. What a way to run a mulit billion $ business.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557993 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:48:57 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557945 dave006 : Hi David,

I just posted as you requested. Here is the list of dns servers that appear to have issues providing responses to dns queries.

State Primary Secondary
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

Thanks,

Dave]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557945 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:42:59 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557932 anon : For hours here in NW Atlanta (Acworth) not able to get through to Tech support, Tech Chat, etc....finally got an online agent who reported....

AT&T eAgent > At this time the AT&T network is having issue with our DNS servers. This is causing your connection issue. We are currently working on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. There is no estimated time or restoral at this time. Thank you for you patience.

Pretty much useless. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557932 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:41:27 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557895 anon : I have seen a couple routers experiencing high packet loss in my traceroutes, however it looks like the biggest issue is the packet loss at the LAST hop which are the nameservers for the southeast themselves. Packetloss at the last hop could be indicative of a DoS attack.

I don't know how their provisioning system works, but what I see looks like this:

; > DiG 9.3.2-P2 > dns.mia.bellsouth.net. A
;dns.mia.bellsouth.net. IN A
dns.mia.bellsouth.net. 600 IN A 205.152.144.23

Anyway MIA looks like Miami (CLLI code?). Why in the world would they send me down there for my DNS.

In Jax, FL I changed my nameservers to a couple I know from experience:
208.67.222.222
24.129.0.34]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557895 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:36:41 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557883 David : Hmmm, well if you guys (and anyone else affected) could post in direct with the topic of

[BELLSOUTH-DNS]

Be sure to post your dsl enabled phone number or naked dsl number as well so I can track this down as well and send a group alert to those people.

Thanks
David
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If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this.
Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557883 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:35:02 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557854 Oleg : After DNS change i am up and running again :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557854 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:31:32 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557849 jazzman916 : OpenDNS test: »www.opendns.com/welcome/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557849 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:30:36 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557782 ccureau : Hello from Covington!

Internet was out as of 6.00pm Central here -- I have school work to do and had to come to work to get it done! I'll try the DNS when I get back home...

FWIW -- my ipv6 tunnel to SiXXs.net is down, and I know that operates using ip addresses, not host lookups...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557782 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:20:03 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557754 anon : Jacksonville, Florida BellSouth DSL is out. The BellSouth phone system also is not letting anyone through and the chat system on the web site times out.

I guess we will just have to wait, thank you Verizon wireless card. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557754 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:15:47 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557753 p_h_b : Very little DSL available here in Florida. Just a few local links. BellSouth DSL support (supposedly available 24/7) yields just a fast busy signal, meaning they are so swamped with calls their telephone system can't handle it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557753 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:15:40 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557729 anon : can someone post how to make the changes on here. oddly i can get to this website but not opendns.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557729 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:12:44 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557715 anon : Murfreesboro TN completely down and I can't call the helpdesk either]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557715 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:10:17 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557711 chong67 : I am a rookie in all this.

I use the OpenDNS server now and it seems to be working.

My own PC use static IP and so I use the openDNS IP also and now I have configure my router to use this openDNS IP.

But isnt using Bellsouth DNS better?

Does that mean it has to route further to OpenDNS?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557711 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:09:22 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557644 anon : It can be a temp fix or long-term solution. Take your pick. :)

Either way, here is a quick tutorial for OpenDNS, assuming you can access the server:

»https://www.opendns.com/start]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557644 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:03:34 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557652 anon : Are AT&T DNS servers back up?

Is OpenDNS a good, permanent solution?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557652 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:02:38 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557668 jazzman916 : Been using OpenDNS severs for more than a year, so yes they are a good permanent solution, for me at last.

I didn't even know there was a problem until logging in to BBR.
--
"Hoaxes use weaknesses in human behaviour to ensure they are replicated and distributed. In other words, hoaxes prey on the Human Operating System." --Stewart Kirkpatrick]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557668 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:02:09 EDT THANK YOU! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557661 anon : Wow I love you guys so much right now. I was in the middle of registering for my spring term classes when my internet went down. I'm located in Birmingham, AL btw.

Thankfully my cell phone has internet capabilities and I found this thread. I used the first 2 DNS servers listed on page 1 and it fixed everything.

Thanks again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557661 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:01:00 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557659 b3jazz : Yup. ATT DNS down on FL east coast (OpenDNS). Considering RR.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557659 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:00:24 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557651 pinkfloydfan : I'm also experiencing the outage (it started for me at around 5-6p et) and haven't been able to connect to the Net. I can log in to DSLReports using my DSL line but not to other sites. Thank God I can log in to this site for latest news.

I tried calling the 1-888 AT&T tech number to see if there's a recorded message about an outage but keep getting a message saying "due to technical difficulties we can't answer your call" or something like.

All the lights on my modem and on (except for the UBS one) but the AT&T Desk Help thing shows no connection.

I remember having a problem with my connection sometime ago and one of the tech dudes I spoke to walked me through setting up different DNS numbers. I took a screenshot of the setting/numbers but can't remember how to set it up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557651 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:58:54 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557630 jazzman916 : For instructions: »https://www.opendns.com/start]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557630 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:56:07 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557616 anon : Apparently AT&T's DNS servers are down.

Go to this website and reconfigure your DNS server addresses.

»www.opendns.com/

It has instructions and everything.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557616 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:53:13 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557605 chong67 : Please, I do not know what you all are talking about here.

What is reconfigure DNS or renew DNS?

Are these above temporary solution?

What is going on?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557605 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:51:55 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557596 anon : i'm down in broward county florida. dsl service line constantly busy. this looks like the big one ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557596 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:50:59 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557592 anon : I just noticed how many people use their internet ALOT.

If AT&T is flooded.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557592 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:50:33 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557577 anon : Yep - In Miami Florida and Same issue with DNS. I tried Calling 611 for help but the number is busy - hahaha. One time I did get through, I was dropped during the transfer. I got on the web using my blackberry, and used the OPENDns servers instead of the bellsouth servers and it worked just fine for me.

The OpenDNS:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

I feel sorry for the million people who don't know enough to reconfigure DNS. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557577 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:47:20 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557563 anon : Change it on your Linksys. If using DHCP, renew your client connection for any attached clients. If using static, then set the DNS on your clients as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557563 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:45:41 EDT OpenDNS Works Fine http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557554 anon : »www.opendns.com/

After switching over to their DNS servers everything has been working fine.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557554 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:44:34 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557546 anon : I have the Netopia dsl modem bridging to my Linksys router. Do I need to change DNS on the Netopia and if so, how?

I see where I can change DNS on the Linksys and on my Mac...

I'd like to move to OPENDNS.

Lil' Help!

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557546 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:43:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557522 anon : In Baton Rouge...I put the OpenDNS numbers in as suggested in the beginning of this thread, and it's working like a charm.

Now I just hope those servers don't crash under the new loads from everyone...

Thanks for the OpenDNS numbers! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557522 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:39:24 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557513 anon : I can ping them, but they are dropping data.

Anyway, there appears to be an AT&T-SouthEast DNS failure. It has happened before back in the BellSouth days. It will probably happen again. Migrate to OpenDNS and/or some other AT&T DNS servers, as previously noted in the thread.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557513 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:38:16 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557500 anon : If you don't care to sign up for OpenDNS, here are some public DNS servers from »www.tech-faq.com/public-dns-servers.shtml. I haven't tried them all but 199.166.31.3 (NS1.QUASAR.NET - Orlando, FL, USA) is working for me right now.

s1.de.opennic.glue (Cologne, DE) 217.115.138.24 ns1.jp.opennic.glue (Tokyo, JP) 219.127.89.34
ns2.jp.opennic.glue (Tokyo, JP) 219.127.89.37
ns1.nz.opennic.glue (Auckland, NZ) 202.89.131.4
ns1.uk.opennic.glue (London, UK) 194.164.6.112
ns1.phx.us.opennic.glue (Phoenix, AZ, US) 63.226.12.96
ns1.sfo.us.opennic.glue (San Francisco, CA, US) 64.151.103.120
ns1.co.us.opennic.glue (Longmont, CO, US) 216.87.84.209
ns1.ca.us.opennic.glue (Los Angeles, CA, US) 67.102.133.222
bigguy.gte.net 206.124.64.1
ns1.granitecanyon.com 205.166.226.38
ns2.granitecanyon.com 69.67.108.10
NS1.QUASAR.NET - Orlando, FL, USA 199.166.31.3
SpeakEasy Nameservers
66.93.87.2
216.231.41.2
216.254.95.2
64.81.45.2
64.81.111.2
64.81.127.2
64.81.79.2
64.81.159.2
66.92.64.2
66.92.224.2
66.92.159.2
64.81.79.2
64.81.159.2
64.81.127.2
64.81.45.2
216.27.175.2
66.92.159.2
66.93.87.2
Sprintlink General DNS
204.117.214.10
199.2.252.10
204.97.212.10
Cisco
128.107.241.185
192.135.250.69
ns1.mailworx.net 69.1.200.68
usenet.net.nz 202.49.59.6
zbasel.fortytwo.ch 193.138.215.60
ns.second-ns.de 213.133.105.2
ns2.your-server.de 213.133.106.251

Jim]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557500 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:36:12 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557482 anon : Same here in Southeast Florida. Just found that my DSL connectivity is hosed for most outgoing destinations. Was able to get to places like www.oracle.com and this site, but not dnsstuff.com, google, yahoo and most other places.

I can't seem to ping either of my DNS servers:
205.152.144.23
205.152.132.23

What the freak is going on?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557482 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:34:17 EDT I Got It http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557476 anon : Thanks Heavy Metal, it now working after I renewed the router connection.

Although the OpenDNS website says I am not using OpenDNS it appears that I am doing so because everything is working.

Thanks again!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557476 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:33:34 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557451 bogey780 : This is why my NIC is set to check the gateway first and OpenDNS second.

I never have an issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557451 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:29:53 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557439 mitchell : My Linksys Wireless router would not keep the settings when I set them a few months ago. so I just set each computer for the new DNS settings. Not ideal, but it works.

Mitch]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557439 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:28:40 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557428 anon : you could also change whatever network connection you're using on the local computer and add the DNS server you want. I did this when my modem didn't propagate the proper DNS to my router's clients]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557428 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:27:10 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557425 anon : You do not need an OpenDNS account to use the basic OpenDNS service.

If using DHCP on your LAN, just set the OpenDNS IP addresses (208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220 ) in your router's DNS configuration, then renew your client connections to push out the new DNS information.

If using static IP/DNS, then you will need to set the OpenDNS DNS IP addresses on each connected client.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557425 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:26:47 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557388 jazzman916 :
said by usap :

Apparently I still cannot connect to most websites after switching to OpenDNS on my router, I guess its because I cannot activate my account because I cannot check my email which does not work. However this site works.
Try flushing your DNS cache: ipconfig /flushdns
--
"Hoaxes use weaknesses in human behaviour to ensure they are replicated and distributed. In other words, hoaxes prey on the Human Operating System." --Stewart Kirkpatrick]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557388 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:22:54 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557381 anon : Sir U r Right
The DNS Servers r down for entire SOUTH EAST Cu's]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557381 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:22:21 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557379 scubasteve : I used the DNS servers that Jazzman suggested and I can get into email and most sites now

-s]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557379 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:22:16 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557364 anon : Apparently I still cannot connect to most websites after switching to OpenDNS on my router, I guess its because I cannot activate my account because I cannot check my email which does not work. However this site works.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557364 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:20:57 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557351 anon : SouthEast Florida down as well.

Changed to OpenDNS addresses, working fine now.

Thanks for the suggestion.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557351 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:19:19 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557328 Jasonrs585 : I had the same problem until I changed my DNS server but my modem now says it is syncing at 5 mbps instead of 3 mbps which I pay for.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557328 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:16:28 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557306 anon : DSL went out in Huntersville, NC (just north of Charlotte) as well. Switched to OpenDNS and things are working. I had the same issues with trying to call Bellsouth. "All circuits busy." or just a fast busy signal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557306 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:12:54 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557303 chong67 : Here too in Jonesboro, GA.

I cant get to Bellsouth website and see alot of missing page, timeout and it comes and go and it is slow!

I call BLS support and a recorded region wide outage and wait time is 60+ mins if you want to talk to an agent.

Two days ago they did a upgrade to 770 code but I have no idea what.

And now this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557303 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:12:33 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557283 anon : Down for me in Miami, Fl Help Desk number busy and 411 flooded.

Trying OpenDNS now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557283 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:09:53 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557266 scubasteve : I have had intermittent problems since about 1830 here in Fl. The router has been in synch, but the connection was still down.

It's back up now - funny thing I can connect to DSL Reports, but I can't get to the ATT web site.

611, 877 #'s ring busy and when they don't ring busy no one answers or they get disconnected. Must be a huge hit somewhere

:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557266 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:08:22 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557259 norlan : What's the difference switching DNS servers, can i stay on opendns forever or there is something i should know? how many dns servers are out there?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557259 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:07:15 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557254 jazzman916 : For those who wish, you may also use the AT&T AnyCast DNS servers:

68.94.156.1 dnsr1.sbcglobal.net
68.94.157.1 dnsr2.sbcglobal.net ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557254 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:06:27 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557221 anon : Working for me in FL. One router generally does not take down a whole region. However, I am using AT&T/SBC-SouthWest DNS servers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557221 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:01:47 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557203 mitchell : OpenDNS rocks !!!

I have had one pc on OpenDNS for 6 months and now the others are switched and will NOT be switched back to BS's servers.

Mitch
Darlington SC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557203 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:59:11 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557199 pro7070 : problem here in upstate sc since 6:00 pm ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557199 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:58:58 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557188 rileydag : I called the AT&T DSL support number, 1-888-321-2375 from 2 different phones. It never rings, it just disconnects.

I asked a operator for assistance, she said that the line is busyed out. I informed her who I was calling, she said that a lot of people have called in.

I guess AT&T is WELL aware of the issue.

Thank goodness for OpenDNS!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557188 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:58:17 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557175 sdm8309 : Yep, used 4.2.2.2 and it's working again. Also hardcoded my kids xbox360 and he is back up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557175 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:53:57 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557173 tigers :
said by barton44 See Profile :

I went to the OpenDNS site and it looks amazing. Is there any potential problem with using these DNS numbers permanently? My speeds are faster and according to their material, more secure. Can AT&T change my DNS back when/if it's fixed?
Perfectly safe. I've been using them for quite some time. I suspect AT&T doesn't care if you're using the Opendns, if for no other reason than it's less load on their own servers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557173 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:53:44 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557171 pwelch109 : All of Florida is down
BroadBand os reporting router.vortechhosting.com is completely down. With a current index of "0".

Paul
North Florida Bellsouth DSL
Posting via dial-up Bellsouth]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557171 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:53:06 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557166 woode : I'm down completely in Newnan, GA. Netopia modem has DSL sync, but the "Internet" light is not on. I don't think changing the DNS settings will fix it. The modem isn't even grabbing an IP address. Like others have mentioned, the support line won't take any calls -- it just hangs up after a few seconds. Grrrr!! I got work to do!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557166 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:52:46 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557152 signmeuptoo : Seems to be a problem here in the Nashville area as well. Thanks for the post about openDNS, I forgot about that. They have had issues before like this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557152 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:51:12 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557146 barton44 : I went to the OpenDNS site and it looks amazing. Is there any potential problem with using these DNS numbers permanently? My speeds are faster and according to their material, more secure. Can AT&T change my DNS back when/if it's fixed?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557146 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:50:50 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557131 jayperkins : DNS problems here is central MS for an hour or two. New DNS settings worked.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557131 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:49:02 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557102 Simon Hed : Yep, DNS fudged up. I used 4.2.2.2 until I got on here and saw those opendns numbers. Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557102 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:42:53 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557093 bonnjer : Same here in central Louisiana. Problems until I switched DNS. Working great now!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557093 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:41:39 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557055 anon : I can get through using the AOL client. Not direct to the Internet. BS support lines are down.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557055 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:36:17 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557052 PetesPCW : I've had 7 customers call, email OK so it must be DNS server problems.
All on the Treasure Coast, FL.
Tequesta to Fort Pierce.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557052 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:35:47 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557049 KeysCapt : Another thanks for the DNS numbers.
I've been totally down for well over an hour, and when it came back, it was only partial. Those numbers did the trick.
Gotta be pretty widespread too, because the help desk isn't taking any calls ... any calls. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557049 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:34:58 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557043 IPingUPing : Yup, couldn't get on until I changed my DNS servers. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19557043 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:34:32 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556986 Pashune : Alright, Bellsouth's DNS servers in my area seem to really be bogged down and/or slow at the moment...

Time to make a switch.
--
I have achieved 3 meg , fastpath sync on a 15,700 ft. 26 ga copper line. =]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556986 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:24:27 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556963 anon : I changed my DNS............works great!
Thank you]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556963 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:20:49 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556958 anon : Frustrating - I have detected numerous DNS outages over the past few months, generally brief, with ATT/BellSouth; none this significant, though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556958 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:20:29 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556870 barton44 : Thank you. Those DNS numbers did the trick. I can't really complain. My DSL has been very reliable.

My setting was "On-Demand." Is it OK to leave it at that selection? Thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556870 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:06:08 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556826 Alphalutra1 : Yep, there is no greater frustration then knowing that the dns servers are down, but not having written down alternate ones then calling every friend you know until you find one that is next to a computer and looks up opendns's ip for you.

Finally got the darn thing working, up yours at&t for sucky dns servers

Cheers,

Alphalutra1
--
OpenBSD for all your needs...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556826 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:58:33 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556767 Pashune : Been too lazy to change my default DNS servers ever since I got the Netopia; but no DNS outages here.
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I have achieved 3 meg , fastpath sync on a 15,700 ft. 26 ga copper line. =]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556767 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:50:08 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556766 badbeat : I think its a DNS problem . I put in a different DNS server and all is well]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556766 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:50:01 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556742 Carl : My connection is up and working. I use OpenDNS.

My neighbor called and said she couldn't surf. I switched her DNS servers to OpenDNS and all is well now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556742 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:46:24 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556727 jedi2099 : OpenDNS works like a champ. No more issues after swiching over to those DNS servers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556727 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:44:09 EDT Re: DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556711 tigers : Do you get synch on DSL at all? Around here it's a DNS outage.

Try using the following opendns servers and see if it improves things (it worked for me):

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556711 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:41:59 EDT DSL Down completely http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556693 barton44 : No DSL at all for the last hour here in Macon, GA. Anyone else? (I'm using MindSpring dial up to post this message. Bellsouth dial up couldn't do it either.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19556693 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:36:58 EDT