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What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?

Speaking of DNS names yesterday, I think it's high time for me to blog on this subject: PLDT DNS.

To those who are using MyDSL, PLDT ADSL, Smart WiFi: "Had you ever experienced (not down time, because it's a usual thing) not being able to browse to a particular website?"

Quite odd, but it is indeed happening. Some of their subscribers, including me, at times cannot view Google nor Yahoo! for no concrete reasons. When you call their "technical support" the only thing they will tell you is that they will look into the matter. After that, bye bye! See you on the next billing.

Posted 01-31-2006 11:51 AM by bobreyes

Comments

cruizer wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 01-31-2006 2:01 PM
it's funny because one time PLDT DSL seemed to be down i tried setting the DNS manually to globe's DNS servers, and they worked :P

i guess reliability is not a concern for PLDT when it comes to their servers, eh?
dehran ph wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 01-31-2006 8:02 PM
my gf suffered always with pldt vibe and those dialup promos of pldt. always "page cannot be displayed" or a message saying the url is not valid. maybe you are right they locked the market and then forget about it.

Kawawang mga home users na hindi masyado aware sa technical side ng dsl agreement.

i also experienced downtime with greendot (PT&T) but they're technical support is good. they just came here this mornig to check our connection.
bobreyes wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 01-31-2006 8:17 PM
thanks cruizer and dehran_ph (familiar usernames) for your comments!

this is my problem since last year. there are times that they will "fix" the problem, and my clients will be able to see their websites hosted by me. the problem lies when it goes "down" again, unabling my clients to see or edit their websites. they sometimes think that my server is down, which is not the main reason for such "downtime".
n0th1n6 wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 02-01-2006 1:08 AM
I dont if its really just PLDT, some other DNS servers are also acting weird. Ours for example, just yesterday I cannot browse inq7 and some other sites.
Link wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 07-10-2007 7:53 AM

try using Opeen DSN (www.opendns.com)

Go to Control Panel

Open Network Connections

Right-click Local Area Connection and Select Properties

Under General Tab, Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties

Choose "Obtain an IP address automatically"

then below choose "Use the following DSN server addresses"

Prefered DNS server : 208.67.222.222

Alternate DNS server:  208.67.220.220

click OK.

restart your browser. (internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox)

Thats it! =P

Jay wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 04-20-2008 10:04 PM

   Windows XP users

   - Open the Network Connection from the

   Control Panel

   - Right-click your Connection

   - Select Properties

   - Open TCP/IP

   - Check "Obtain an IP address automatically"

   - Use the following DNS Server address

   - Preferred DNS Server 208.67.222.222

   - Alternate DNS Server 208.67.220.220

   Windows Vista users (like me)

   - Open the Network and Internet from the

   Control Panel

   - Head over to Network and Sharing Center

   - Open Manage network connections from

   the side

   - Right-click your Connection

   - Select Properties

   - Open Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP/IPv4

   - Select Properties

   - Check "Obtain an IP address automatically"

   - Use the following DNS Server address

   - Preferred DNS Server 208.67.222.222

   - Alternate DNS Server 208.67.220.220

   PLDT FIX from marici2006

   Mirrors

   Rapidshare

   rapidshare.com/.../pldtdns.rar.html

   Tiny Upload

   s000.tinyupload.com/index.php

   Plunder

   www.plunder.com/-download-128131.htm

   Mediafire

   www.mediafire.com

Bisaya wrote re: What's Wrong with PLDT DNS?
on 08-10-2008 9:19 PM

Why OpenDNS has gone bad - see the sections on "Privacy issues and covert redirection" and  "Conflicts" in en.wikipedia.org/.../OpenDNS.  It has hijacked DNS-query-based Google searches.  They have gone bad!


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