Router/Modem DNS change question

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Tater, Jul 31, 2015.

  1. Tater

    Tater Tot

    My home PC is one my wife got for free after her workplace upgraded. It's a Win7 Lenovo.
    Our internet speeds seem to be slow whether on the PC or an Xbox game. Would a DNS change help at all or is there anything else that could be done to increase speeds?
    This is with Comcast cable and a Motorola Surfboard. Hopefully this is the right sub forum.
     
    Tater, Jul 31, 2015
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Post a speedtest result http://www.speedtest.net/
    so we can see how slow it is.
    I generally get around 30Mbps with Comcast ans an old DOCSIS 2 Motorola Surfboard.
    http://www.walagata.com/w/perk/speedtestJuly.jpg

    I have a new one waiting to be installed; I'm just waiting until the power goes out because it is a pain to power down the modem, router, print server and two POE adapters.
     
    plodr, Jul 31, 2015
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  3. Tater

    Tater Tot

    Thanks plodr, I'll post that as soon as I get home today. Where did you run that test?

    Also, maybe slow wasn't the correct term. I guess sporadic might be better.
     
    Tater, Jul 31, 2015
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  4. Tater

    Tater Tot

    Tater, Jul 31, 2015
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  5. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Well that is not a slow connection!
    Perhaps pages seem to load slow. If that is the case, what browser is being used? Do you have any addons to block ads and all the flash content?
     
    plodr, Jul 31, 2015
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  6. Tater

    Tater Tot

    I'm running Adblock Plus, but the main issue I guess is with an Xbox online. It seems it takes longer for things to load than everyone else and it's really choppy quite often.
    Probably their servers I assume, maybe I was just hoping for a magic bullet to improve things.
     
    Tater, Jul 31, 2015
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  7. theefool

    theefool Geekified

    By the way, changing the DNS probably won't help since all that DNS does is resolve IPs to a name.

    So, if you ping majorgeeks.com, your DNS provider will provide an IP of 74.50.120.86

    That is pretty much what DNS does.

    If you feel that the internet is slow, turn off all devices that use your internet access, including phones. Then try accessing the internet on one device. Faster?
     
    theefool, Jul 31, 2015
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  8. Tater

    Tater Tot

    I always turn off the other device (there's only one PC and an Xbox) when I need speed.
    Neither are using wireless either, both are wired.
     
    Tater, Aug 1, 2015
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  9. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I know nothing about XBox so I can't help you troubleshoot that.

    Go here http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Your-Nat-Type-on-Xbox-Live
    and start reading at step 4, 5 and 6.
    Step 4 is XBox 360 and step 5 is XBox One so one of those is probably yours.
    Then follow through with step 6.
     
    plodr, Aug 1, 2015
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  10. Tater

    Tater Tot

    Thanks for the help guys, I guess the issue isn't on my end. This helps as I was considering switching to AT&T cable.
     
    Tater, Aug 1, 2015
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