Cable modem gurus..does this SH*T look right? + short RANT

[thirdlegstump]

Ok so I downloaded ethereal and captured some packets while trying to go to some of the sites that I've been having problems with. What does all this crap mean?

I took a screencap of the packets captured during my visit to pics.bbzzdd.com

http://maggotcontrol.com/uploads/picsbbzzdd.gif

What does you think? When I hit GO, I had a 5 second delay. Then it resumed normally.

 

[sswingle]

Im no expert, but it appears to me that the first 5 lines there is your computer continually asking for DNS information and not getting a response back. When it finally comes back, the reponse comes from 192.168.1.178??? Or is that the IP of the computer you are using?

When you insert the Level 3 DNS servers, did you put them into your router, or into your computer? On my network it has no effect to put them into the computer, I had to go to my routers configuration page and manually enter them there. A better way really, because then every computer on the network was instantly fixed, but something I didn't think of trying right away.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
Im no expert, but it appears to me that the first 5 lines there is your computer continually asking for DNS information and not getting a response back. When it finally comes back, the reponse comes from 192.168.1.178??? Or is that the IP of the computer you are using?

When you insert the Level 3 DNS servers, did you put them into your router, or into your computer? On my network it has no effect to put them into the computer, I had to go to my routers configuration page and manually enter them there. A better way really, because then every computer on the network was instantly fixed, but something I didn't think of trying right away.

Yep they are inserted at the router and I point the client computers to the router for DNS and IP. Same problem occurs if I put in the DNS on my computer itself with manually assigned IP or DHCP. Doesn't matter.

xxx.xxx.1.178 is my computer's LAN IP while xxx.xxx.1.1 is the router IP.

 

[thirdlegstump]

OH SCHNAP YO. I think I fixed dat sh*t! Popped in Verizon's dial up DNS servers in mah router and bam son, dat sh*t B flyin yo. Peace out n mad respek 2 mah AT bros iight.

 

[sswingle]

Its good to hear you got it fixed. I'm a little lost on why the Level 3 DNS servers didn't work while the verizon dialup dns servers are working fast. The Level 3's should be fine, I am using them with no problems at all, but hey, whatever works

 

[thirdlegstump]

Yea I've tried switching back n forth to make sure but I get consistant results. Odd! I've found a bunch of other DNS servers while googling and made a little list.

verizon dial up:
206.124.64.253
206.124.65.253

verizon dsl:
151.203.0.85
151.202.0.85

level 3:
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6

time warner:
24.29.99.15
24.29.99.14

earthlink:
207.69.188.185
207.69.188.186

speakeasy:
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

 

[sswingle]

Nice! I'm saving that list for future reference