Boston area Comcast DNS down?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1949199

by madmaze • 16 years ago

7 8 16 years ago

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ive talked to about 10 different people, from boston to newburyport, everyones comcast internet is down. supposedly its a DNS

wmf• 16 years ago

So switch to a different DNS server and see if it works.

gsivil2• 16 years ago

yes I have the same problem here in Cambridge

gsivil2• 16 years ago

I can use skype but I cannot go on the web. Strange

ryutin• 16 years ago

I'm having the same problem around dc. Change dns to use google: 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.8.4 . Problem solved.

dugmartin• 16 years ago

Comcast DNS was not resolving several domains for me last week so I switched over to Google's DNS. Use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to switch if you can't resolve anything.

madmaze• 16 years ago

it seems presistent connections wernt affected..

desigooner• 16 years ago

It's back up for what it's worth .. confirmed with a couple of people .. was down for a couple of hours ..

peterpaul• 16 years ago

same here, setup 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as default on my router and its allset

Boston area Comcast DNS down?

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