Everything's been canceled π
It's true. You may have noticed... There was no PLAY HOUSE yesterday and now no TOPICS & TUNES today. My internets starting doing weird things starting Thursday morning. TBH I didn't even call the provider that day cause I heard "everyone was having similar issues". We live in the mountains, far away from civilization, so this stuff happens often.
Anyways...
What's happening with my internet?
I'm going to describe below what's been occurring in hopes SOMEONE out there has a suggestion. Oh! And yes, I've contacted customer support. They've 'never heard about anything like this' and 'from their end everything looks fine'.
- For all intents and purposes I HAVE internet. Both using an ethernet connection (my computer) and wi-fi (all other devices).
- When running a speedtest I come back with: PING-16, DOWNLOAD-43.51, UPLOAD-21.40
I should have 50 Down and 50 Up. So, this isn't horrible.
- I'm able to stream video services (on my Roku tv) like Youtube, Disney+, Netflix, Hulu, etc. It has trouble FIRST connecting, but once I successfully choose a video it plays without fault.
- Almost every time I try to load ANYTHING in a browser I'm met with one (or both) of these screens:
This image I took from a google search. When this comes up for me, it's VERY FAST and then instantly switches to the screen below. I've not been able to get a good screenshot of it happening... so I found one.
- And if I'm really lucky, I can reload the page and eventually it will 'catch' and load.
- I CAN view webpages eventually... it just has to be able to find the DNS and then the IP... and it's having much difficulty doing this.
- I CANNOT easily do transactions on the blockchain. I'm assuming this is because of the 3 second transaction time... and whatever is happening on my end doesn't even last 3 seconds. π
- My phone, which is set to pick up wifi in my house, can't hold ANY type of connection. When I attempt to open Discord I get notified I have no internet access... then it catches and attempts to load.
- Husband's Chromebook has the exact same issues and the same error screens.
- Discord app (non-browser) on my computer seems to work completely fine...
It's been VERY hit and miss the last several days. Sometimes I'm not able to even get an upvote through after trying over and over... and then sometimes there a solid 30 minutes where I'm SURE everything has magically fixed itself... only to again be devastated when it stops.
Solutions?
As far as I've found I think if I get a VPN I should be able to easy set/program my DNS and IP addresses, bypassing the weird problem that seems to be coming from my provider?
Anyone? Anyone?
Well, that's what I'm gonna try tomorrow... Hopefully, it'll do the trick.
But if you have ANY suggestions... throw 'em at me!
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So... I stuck it in a few places... no luck so far... Is there like a dance or something I'm missing? Do I need to rub my belly and pat my head, while jumping on my right foot? Or something?
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Yes you must do all of those things!!!
Plus, spin around 3 times whilst shouting, "INTERNET YOU WILL OBEY MY COMMAND!"
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I did all this... and some other things... and it seems to have worked! (Hopefully, I suppose I could be speaking too soon...)
Pray for me, child!
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Try to use google dns. At my beginning i had several problems streaming to the blockchain but since i use google dns everything is fine
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/
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OMG! I did this... and it seems like it worked... thank you so much!
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I've been getting it, too.
It comes and goes.
I am on the edge of my wifi so it is always questionable, but I've seen similar behavior on desktops, too.
This is my answer, maybe it will be your's, too.
@jang has the link to the full movie, this is condensed.
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It appears that changing to a Google DNS works (for now)!
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Glad it fixed it, now if they could just do something about the radio waves from the sun,....
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Dude did you move to Venezuela? If not then please stop copying Venezuela π€ͺ
Have you thought about calling Maduro an ass*@$? That is what we do here, it doesnt bring the internet back but it helps feel less angry π€·π»ββοΈ
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Nooooooo!
But I have called Maduro an ass*@$... It's true, it helps.
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Hope everything should be ok..just patient π
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@carrieallen, In my opinion at one side you are living at most beautiful place, means Mountains and other side these kind of places hold the Network issues. Hope that your issue will resolve soon. Stay blessed.
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I agree. While I really dislike these pretty constant problems with 'connecting', I REALLY love nature... so... it's a hard balance.
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Keep balancing and hope that in near future these Connectivity issues will resolve. Have a great time ahead and stay blessed.
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Do you have or have you tried a WIFI extender/Booster. You can get them for under $20 and might help with increasing/getting a WIFI signal on your phone and other wireless devices.
A cheap one for under $20 on amazon below. There might be cheaper ones, the one below is one of the first I came across when doing a quick search.
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-External-Antennas-TL-WA855RE/dp/B0195Y0A42/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=wifi+booster&qid=1574100147&s=electronics&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sr=1-5
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So... before this started happening, our wi-fi signal was impressive. I could often get a solid connection at the very end of the driveway... which is pretty far.
I think changing the DNS to Google has fixed the problem... but I still need to get a VPN (cause, duh).
If I still have issues with my phone, I'll check this out, for sure! Thanks for looking out! π
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