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12-01-2009 5:10 PM
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I've found four DNS addresses on the Kitz website for plusnet:
212.159.13.49
212.159.13.50
212.159.6.9
212.159.6.10
Should I use all of these or just one or doesn't it matter?
anyone know why the auto mode has suddenly stopped working? Its been fine for years. Is it something I should worry about ?
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12-01-2009 5:13 PM
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Any of those should be okay. However we quote 49 & 50 on our website.
http://portal.plus.net/support/customer_service/using/settings.shtml
Do you know which servers your router is using?
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12-01-2009 5:28 PM
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My router looks like its using 0.0.0.0 (sic - ?). I guess this is some auto mode too eh? Can the router get the dns addresses automatically somehow?
I was wondering if the problem was with plusnet dns (which I assumed I was using) but entering PN addresses seemed to fix my probs so I'm assuming the issue lies at my side.
I used to "get" all this sort of thing - but now I've gone all vague. I hope its not age.
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12-01-2009 5:33 PM
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It sounds like your router isn't picking up our DNS server and thus your PC isn't getting them either.
I reckon both problems would be solved by manually specifying them on your router. As to why it's happened is another question!
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12-01-2009 8:36 PM
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Bob Pullen
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12-01-2009 9:56 PM
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Many Thanks,
Chris.
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12-01-2009 10:06 PM
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Quote from: Jameseh Hi there,
Any of those should be okay. However we quote 49 & 50 on our website.
The portal may quote these but PN DHCP server always issue the other 2. i.e.
212.159.6.9
212.159.6.10
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12-01-2009 10:10 PM
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Quote from: Anotherone Bob, I'm off on a tangent (maybe), but could you explain (or point me to a link) on how/when one's router auto picks up the DNS addresses and how/when/how often they get refreshed?
Many Thanks,
Chris.
Believe this is dependent on the lease time of the router. My router is working on 5 minute lease time which probably have been issued by my ethernet modem. As the ethernet modem does not seem to use DNS I'm assuming that when the router/modem renew the lease the modem pass over the IP address but the DNS addresses are being requested from PN DHCP server.
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