Comcast is suckin' for me this weekend!
Up until this week my Comcast account was chugging along quite nicely. Now however it is very erratic with slow downs and time outs (Very frustrating when I am trying to tunnel into my work VPN to say the least).
From what I have read here it seems to be a DNS server issue since my Cable modem has a solid LED for the "Cable" indicator (not blinking) and about the only work around is to unplug than plug in both the Modem and router. It will work for (maybe) an hour or so, but then it seems to revert back.
I have called Comcast 4 times this weekend and I was able to glean from one of "Tech's" that there was some type of maintenance going on around my area (although he gave me no details of what that might have been) so I have scheduled a tech to come out here on Tuesday night to check things out from the demarc point and beyond.
I have read that adding a public DNS server entry might help things. But does it make any differences which one I use relative to my location? I would assume to some extent that the answer would be yes (IOW I wouldn't want a DNS server located in Tokyo since I live in the Midwest obviously).
So does anybody know of a DNS server located in and around the Twin Cities (MN) area? Or is Chicago my best bet? Or none of the above?
Thanks,
RT
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Richard Twister in Cable Modems
