TOT Issues with Some Sites - DNS Problems?

[tweezer]

Hi,

We use TOT HiSpeed internet in Khlong Luang (Pathum Thani).

Over the past week, we have found that we cannot access some websites. For examples:

Websites that work fine:

• Facebook
• Google
• Bangkok Post
• The Nation
• Reddit
• edition.cnn.com (CNN's international news site)

Websites that do NOT load at all:

• thaivisa.com/forum/ (but thaivisa.com itself loads fine)!
• us.cnn.com
• livememe.com
• Thai Airways
• and many others random site.

Yahoo loads only sometimes.

Does anybody else experience this with TOT? I suspect they have some DNS handling issues or something.

If you have had this problem and figured out how to get around it, please share any advice.

Thanks!

T

[GinBoy2]

Try changing your DNS server. Go into your router and select 'manual DNS'. Try google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4

[flash77]

I also have TOT in Klong Luang, and although I haven't had any sites that would not load at all, I did notice rather slow access last night and possibly on weekend. I just checked my DNS servers: two are TOT (203.113.5.130, 203.113.127.199) and one is Google 8.8.8.8. As suggested above, try setting one of your DNS server addresses to a Google address. A quick way to test different DNS servers (and whether your default ones are working) is using nslookup.

PS Just as I tried to post this I had a problem accessing Thaivisa, which reminded me I had a similar problem today accessing TV at work. Maybe overloaded?

[worgeordie]

Try the app, DNS jumper ,lets you change your DNS very easily

between a list of 40,finds the fastest one for you, Google it.

regards Worgeordie

[tweezer]

Hi Folks... thanks each of you for your replies.

I went into my router and set 3 static DNS IP's: Google's 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, and OpenDNS 208.67.222.222.

And it works. All the sites that wouldn't load before now load just fine.

Thanks again!

T

[Crushdepth]

TOT DNS is broken.