Thread: Increase Speed of BSNL Broadband connection

Setting DNS For Your Connection
One of the major problems with BSNL Dataone Broadband connection is the DNS servers they provide by default. Most of the time they are very slow and sometimes they fail to respond. I noticed that I am starting to spend a significant amount of time in DNS resolution with Dataone connection, often it is larger than the time it takes to actually get the reponse. Here is a simple solution to significantly speed up your DNS resolution.

Open up the network connection profile and edit TCP/IP settings. In the DNS server address fields, specify the following DNS server addresses: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Disconnect the connection and then connect again. You are done.

This specifies third party DNS servers which are significantly faster than BSNL Dataone’s DNS servers.

this works for me thanks for sharing.

Everyone advised to use this.

Does it work for the Unlimited PLAN ??

Yes it should work..
Just write down your original settings and use the ones given in the first post and see how it goes and if it doesn't make any difference just revert to your original DNS settings and you will be fine
Dont forget to report back what the result was.. a screen shot of your speed test would be a huge favor.. if possible before and after pictures please.

Originally Posted by Admin

Yes it should work..
Just write down your original settings and use the ones given in the first post and see how it goes and if it doesn't make any difference just revert to your original DNS settings and you will be fine
Dont forget to report back what the result was.. a screen shot of your speed test would be a huge favor.. if possible before and after pictures please.

Its not working may be because bandwith for unlimited plans are 256 kbps (and not upto 2mbps). any ways thanks for the info on increasing bb speed.

I hope BSNL increases the speed of Unlimited plans to 512 Kbps atleast by 2008.

I guess you got the wrong impression.. These DNS settings wont increase your speed beyond what your plans max speed is, it would only help in bringing your actual speed to the advertised speed for your plan so if you are getting anywhere near 80% of 256kbps then you are getting what you should do and anything above that is a bonus

this is not true.... here is the proof...

Before Changes...



After Changes...

i am setting this dns server address.its shows error the server address is blocked

I used to Download at about 30 Kbps using my plan
And after using the DNS server ips I still got 30 Kbps

The downloading speed was normal to me bcoz it was same as it was bfore.

Here's a screen cap of my speed




By using RapidShare Premium speed is 200kbps-240kbps.
By using Torrents speed is 220kbps-250kbps.
By using DIRECT HTTP or FTP speed is 250kbps constant.

dont expect to get 2mbits on a 256K connection!!!dns servers help reduce the time it takes to load web pages!!nobody else noticing tht after u type a web address, u hav to wait for 4-5 seconds and then the website starts loading very fast?

well by changing the dns server u can reduce tht 4-5 second waiting time!!

thanks for the tips admin..i am using that already and let me tell you the speed definitely gets improved..

one more tip to add is:

in your microsoft's data handling you can reduce its "Onlinesvc"'s bandwidth utilization to 0% which is by default set at 20%..so getting another 20% added to your speed boosting

I use Treewalk DNS. It also helps me in faster browsing

Originally Posted by jassy

thanks for the tips admin..i am using that already and let me tell you the speed definitely gets improved..

one more tip to add is:

in your microsoft's data handling you can reduce its "Onlinesvc"'s bandwidth utilization to 0% which is by default set at 20%..so getting another 20% added to your speed boosting

elaborate?

Originally Posted by (-N-)

elaborate?

Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for its own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc.)
Here’s how to get it back

Click Start / Run
Type: gpedit.msc
This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Network / QOS Packet Scheduler / Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the ‘Explain‘ tab:

“By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.”

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

Originally Posted by (-N-)

dont expect to get 2mbits on a 256K connection!!!dns servers help reduce the time it takes to load web pages!!nobody else noticing tht after u type a web address, u hav to wait for 4-5 seconds and then the website starts loading very fast?

well by changing the dns server u can reduce tht 4-5 second waiting time!!

Well i dont face this problem. I have their connection at my office and i would say that it load a website instantly.

may be changing the dns not affected/increased to your net speed, but they are the Open DNS Settings you will get some other benefits using those like blocking porno sites or any site you would like to block etc. For more details go to the site OpenDNS | Providing A Safer And Faster Internet

Try using the follwing DNS addresses as the ping latency is considerably less when compared to others. I hope, these two servers are in Bangalore only. Bangalore users may face an improvement in the loading time of the webpage

Primary: 218.248.220.46
Secondary:218.248.220.69

Am on Treewalk DNS service

thanks for sharing the info dude..

People i am using thea above DNS settiings but the problems are same.
many sites like Yahoo mail (Ouch!), Nokia discussions, Hotmail, Sun Java etc are not working

you can also try changing the default MTU in your modem settings.sometimes setting it lower(default is usually 1483 or 1500) helps.

Originally Posted by whitestar_999

you can also try changing the default MTU in your modem settings.sometimes setting it lower(default is usually 1483 or 1500) helps.

dear sir,
I am new to all this, Some detailed explanation would be appreciated!

in my modem in LAN settings there is "MTU" setting which is 1500 in my case.there should be this setting in your modem & should be set around 1483 or 1500.lower it to say 1460 & then see if it helps.

dear admin,
is this dns still giving speed nearer to actual????