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Icemanbrfc said:
anybody know what has changed here? i dont recall seeing this IP address, but this is under my LAN Host settings in the router? should i worry about this?


LAN Host Settings
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IP address:
8.8.8.8
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Server Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
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DHCP Server
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DHCP server: Enable
Start IP address:
8.8.8.9
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End IP address:
8.8.8.254
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Primary DNS server address:
8.8.8.8

Secondary DNS server address:
8.8.8.8



*edit* i see its google DNS... so question,how do i change this to Afrihost or whatever its suppose to be
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Definitely Google's IP's. Are you definitely using our DNS? Maybe you need to flush DNS somewhere :(

It looks like your host is called 8.8.8.8 - that's weird. What's your router's IP address when you do a traceroute?
 
Icemanbrfc said:
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If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to name your host anything you like becuase that's only for local network IP allocation. That's not an IP that will be seen on the internet (your public IP is assigned by Afrihost and not your router). Telkom routers (for example) use 10.0.0.1, etc. If it's working, I don't think you'll have any problems :)
 
AfriMan said:
If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to name your host anything you like becuase that's only for local network IP allocation. That's not an IP that will be seen on the internet (your public IP is assigned by Afrihost and not your router). Telkom routers (for example) use 10.0.0.1, etc. If it's working, I don't think you'll have any problems :)
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I'm not having problems using the Google DNS, but would preferably like to use yours. My only question is this, and I tried to change to yours only to get Connection errors. Thus I had to flush dns, re add the Google DNS restart pc and working again. Previously under the wifi adapter or settings, it was automatically find the ip and DNS. In this instance I had to manually assign the Google DNS.
 
Icemanbrfc said:
I'm not having problems using the Google DNS, but would preferably like to use yours. My only question is this, and I tried to change to yours only to get Connection errors. Thus I had to flush dns, re add the Google DNS restart pc and working again. Previously under the wifi adapter or settings, it was automatically find the ip and DNS. In this instance I had to manually assign the Google DNS.
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So you are just wanting the Afrihost DNS IP's?

169.1.1.1 and 169.1.1.2

re-read your post :o it's early in the morning ok!
 
ghostR said:
So you are just wanting the Afrihost DNS IP's?

169.1.1.1 and 169.1.1.2

re-read your post :o it's early in the morning ok!
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Nah I know what the AH DNS are, just need to know in the router where to change it. I tried last night and got loads of connection errors and timeouts. All my other devices were okay, but PC somewhere I did something wrong :)
 
Icemanbrfc said:
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So what should this be, as at the moment this is the only DNS that's giving me a working internet connection.

I tried changing it to the 169.1.1.1 of Afrihost, but didn't work, unless I put it in the wrong place.

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Had no connection (ignore the virus bit, that is what I call my WiFi lol)

And had this error trying to open up a page via Chrome

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So basically had to flush the DNS and restart the pc to get a connection again. I really don't want to use this 8.8.8.8 so if anybody can advise what the correct IP should be please and where I should enter it.

#sigh :(
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Hi Iceman

Your lan host should be something like 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1, DHCP enabled, then set your DNS to auto or 8.8.8.8 for google etc.
 
wingnut771 said:
Hi Iceman

Your lan host should be something like 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1, DHCP enabled, then set your DNS to auto or 8.8.8.8 for google etc.
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Thanks I'll try this tonight. Not sure why the LAN hosting is showing the Google DNS.

Every page on chrome wouldn't load, thus I had to manually in the PC change to this

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Only then did I get pages loading again. All other devices were okay.
 
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Icemanbrfc said:
I'm not having problems using the Google DNS, but would preferably like to use yours. My only question is this, and I tried to change to yours only to get Connection errors. Thus I had to flush dns, re add the Google DNS restart pc and working again. Previously under the wifi adapter or settings, it was automatically find the ip and DNS. In this instance I had to manually assign the Google DNS.
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This is your host name so it won't interfere with your public IP address (which is the one that we assign).
 
Icemanbrfc said:
Thanks I'll try this tonight. Not sure why the LAN hosting is showing the Google DNS.

Every page on chrome wouldn't load, thus I had to manually in the PC change to this

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Only then did I get pages loading again. All other devices were okay.
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No prob :)
 
AfriMan said:
I can;t imagine these settings were set automatically so it's probably a manual change that happened at some time. You can always factory reset and then recreate your DSL settings if you don't have any custom settings :)
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Any advantages of using the Google DNS?
 
Would like to thank Gian and his team (afriman and afriguy) for helping me get back on line again and for keeping me up to date about the issue via email, not only am I happy to be burning though my 100GB bundle and AH+ double data XD, I'm also very happy with the overall service !!!thanks guys (BTW line came back yesterday, they replaced the backbone copper cable which is nearly 2km in length lol.

As for the DNS issue, Unotelly seems to work just fine my side, streaming youtube at full 1080p no buffering and web pages load quick
 
krustyrsa said:
Would like to thank Gian and his team (afriman and afriguy) for helping me get back on line again and for keeping me up to date about the issue via email, not only am I happy to be burning though my 100GB bundle and AH+ double data XD, I'm also very happy with the overall service !!!thanks guys (BTW line came back yesterday, they replaced the backbone copper cable which is nearly 2km in length lol.

As for the DNS issue, Unotelly seems to work just fine my side, streaming youtube at full 1080p no buffering and web pages load quick
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persistence pays off Krusty :D These guys will do all they can, and i know its frustrating when things dont work, but they are some of the best reps along with DJ(CEO) at Crystal Web and Charl from TelkomZA on MYBB who will always try and assist or resolve.
 
krustyrsa said:
Would like to thank Gian and his team (afriman and afriguy) for helping me get back on line again and for keeping me up to date about the issue via email, not only am I happy to be burning though my 100GB bundle and AH+ double data XD, I'm also very happy with the overall service !!!thanks guys (BTW line came back yesterday, they replaced the backbone copper cable which is nearly 2km in length lol.

As for the DNS issue, Unotelly seems to work just fine my side, streaming youtube at full 1080p no buffering and web pages load quick
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Glad everything's sorted, thanks for keeping us posted :)
 
krustyrsa said:
Would like to thank Gian and his team (afriman and afriguy) for helping me get back on line again and for keeping me up to date about the issue via email, not only am I happy to be burning though my 100GB bundle and AH+ double data XD, I'm also very happy with the overall service !!!thanks guys (BTW line came back yesterday, they replaced the backbone copper cable which is nearly 2km in length lol.

As for the DNS issue, Unotelly seems to work just fine my side, streaming youtube at full 1080p no buffering and web pages load quick
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Unotelly issue does not impact Youtube.
 
Can someone explain to me how Afrihost calculates your data used. This is my third month with them and I still don't understand it. According to the graph I've used about 165 gigs of data in total for the month so far but night time data shows I've used 203 gig for just night time. I'm confused :confused:
 
neoassasin said:
Can someone explain to me how Afrihost calculates your data used. This is my third month with them and I still don't understand it. According to the graph I've used about 165 gigs of data in total for the month so far but night time data shows I've used 203 gig for just night time. I'm confused :confused:
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All of the totals are gathered from accounting packets sent/ receiving from your line and totalled up :)
Do you think you're using less data than what's being reported on ClientZone?
 
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