Can't do it, that was one of the first things I tried to do. They have it all hardwired on. I checking the other ISP options, making sure that whatever I get allows me to change those things I need to change. Shudder, Cox is looking a lot better in this case.
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2017-08-02 at 16:47 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Folks, > > I have moved from SW WA to Oklahoma City. Miss the area up there but > > got to > > go where the $$ is. > > > > I have run into a problem, it is with the ISP. Seems that they no > > longer > > allow you > > to plug in your prefered DNS. I was having issues with their DNS I > > have > > called > > them on it, and they poke at it but no joy. Yesterday I could get to > > about > > half > > to the URL's that I either tried to reach from a browser or ping. > > After much > > phone calls, to no avail I did a MTR on the two DNS which are > > HARDWIRED > > in the router. I found that the primary DNS was good but 4 hops out > > there > > is a router with a high packet loss. To wit: > > > > Turn off DNS. Used fixed IPs for everything behind the router. Use a > VPN to tunnel past your ISPs crappy infrastructure. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
