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Originally Posted by Fish In The Water
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I'll have a look at that.
I've tried google and opendns before now and logged them in my router.
The results have been somewhat erratic: speeds and ping being effected badly or not at all.
Last time I used opendns it doubled my ping to a uk server and made browsing impossible - click on web page, then go and make cup of tea whilst it is loading.
I've had all sorts of diagnostic things to test, and came to the conclusion that the best thing to do would be to get the telephone dropline replaced to reduce noise on the line, but BT charge really stupid money for such things. As for the dns issue, well, sometimes ff 'cannot load page' so I just click again 3 or 4 times and usually there's no problem. 90% of the time it's ok, but I think most of my broadband problems stem from the infrastructure outside the house - noise margins vary depending on weather and time of day.
The ip range thing is down to the website I'm trying to connect to; my isp forwards the appropriate information, but it's up to the host to apply the list. At least that's the explanation I was given.