Using XP with DSL where, when and how can the DNS entries ..

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Using XP with DSL where, when and how can the DNS entries be changed from:

1. Obtain DNS server entries automatically

To enter them manual into:

2. Use these DNS server entries

First DNS server
Alternate DNS server

Can I borrow other DNS entries from MSN, IBM, Sprint, etc. ?
How can I find some DNS entries to borrow?

What is your best guess that makes BS DLS work and quit and connect and lose
connection since Katrina?

Thank you!

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Galen fixed it.
http://www.artboy.org/2005/18/alternate-dns-servers

Yes you can use public DNS servers IIRC.

Galen

"N. Miller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1vhwf3132xpq2$.dlg@discussions.microsoft.com...
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 23:07:58 -0500, LsuEdu@Bellsouth.net wrote:
>
>> Using XP with DSL where, when and how can the DNS entries be changed
>> from:
>>
>> 1. Obtain DNS server entries automatically
>>
>> To enter them manual into:
>>
>> 2. Use these DNS server entries
>>
>> First DNS server
>> Alternate DNS server
>>
>> Can I borrow other DNS entries from MSN, IBM, Sprint, etc. ?
>> How can I find some DNS entries to borrow?
>>
>> What is your best guess that makes BS DLS work and quit and connect and
>> lose
>> connection since Katrina?
>
> DSL connection issues are completely unrelated to DNS issues. If it is
> connection issues, I'd troubleshoot the connection issues first. Do you
> have a DSL modem with access to the line status figures? If so, you want
> line attenuation to be less than 60db, and the signal-noise ratio at least
> 9db to 10db. Greater than 60db attenuation, less than 6db snr and you will
> suffer connection problems; only Bellsouth DSL techs can help you if line
> troubles are evident.
>
> I never was able to check my line stats before I installed a DSL splitter
> at the NID (or MPOE, or demarc; the place where the telephone wire crosses
> from the company to the premises). I did try to get "slick" when I
> installed the splitter, and wound up with something called a, "bridge
> tap".
> When I addressed the bridge tap issue I saw my snr rise from 6-7db to
> 12-14db; a good thing to see. My throughput speed is marginally better,
> too; though it was nearly as good as I could expect on a 1536/384 line to
> begin with.
>
> Anyway, see if you can't improve the snr, at a minimum; maybe you don't
> really have a DNS problem to begin with.
>
> Alas, http://www.broadbandreports.com isn't responding right now. Nor is
> the older alias, http://www.dslreports.com. There is a Bellsouth forum at
> that site, and you should be able to get specific Bellsouth help there.
>
> --
> Norman
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