Thread: 3 Tips To Significantly Speed Up BSNL Dataone Broadband Connection

Tip 1: 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.

Note: The service is provided by OpenDNS.

Tip 2: Firefox users can use FlashBlock extension to prevent downloading of Flash content by default, thereby significantly speeding up browsing experience. You can click on the placeholder icon to display the original Flash content any time. This is more of a passive tip in that reduces data usage to improve your overall experience.

Tip 3: You can try to increase your broadband bandwidth tweaking the TCP/IP parameters. The process is simplified by using TCPOptimizer, a free tool. It helped me, your mileage may vary.

what plan are you using ?

TFS will try sometime.

Originally Posted by robinmt

Tip 1: 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.

Note: The service is provided by OpenDNS.

Tip 2: Firefox users can use FlashBlock extension to prevent downloading of Flash content by default, thereby significantly speeding up browsing experience. You can click on the placeholder icon to display the original Flash content any time. This is more of a passive tip in that reduces data usage to improve your overall experience.

Tip 3: You can try to increase your broadband bandwidth tweaking the TCP/IP parameters. The process is simplified by using TCPOptimizer, a free tool. It helped me, your mileage may vary.

Hey can we really use a third party DNS in place of BSNL's.
Cos even if u use Open DNS as the service provider is BSNL it has to go through the ISP DNS to resolve it to Open DNS and then Open DNS will do the rest ......i may be wrong please correct in that case.

even if u use Open DNS as the service provider is BSNL it has to go through the ISP DNS to resolve it

you do not enter opendns as service provider but the server addresses of opendns(208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220).your request for resolving sites names now go to these servers instead of bsnl.

Originally Posted by whitestar_999

you do not enter opendns as service provider but the server addresses of opendns(208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220).your request for resolving sites names now go to these servers instead of bsnl.

OOps sorry i didnt mean that ..actually ....i meant that using Open DNS server address in place of BSNL's server addresses .......
Sorry it was clear in my mind what to write but something else got typed...
Anyways am i correct with this that Open DNS will get preference after BSNL's DNS addresse cos as BSNL is providing the line their server comes first?

if you set the open dns server as preferred dns server then it will be given priority.

Just a side note: OpenDNS settings should be set in the ADSL modem router and not on your PC LANs TCP/IP settings.

why not in the pc's tcp/ip??any reason?

Originally Posted by just4kix

Just a side note: OpenDNS settings should be set in the ADSL modem router and not on your PC LANs TCP/IP settings.

Hmmmmm well i dont know technically but if we think logically then we must apply the server addresses on to the modem....
Cos its the modem that eventually dials to the network hence resolution on the network will take place on the modem end and not on the PC end....
What say guys?Correct or Incorrect?

if you use pppoe mode in which modem dials DNS servers must be put in modem.if you are using bridge mode in which windows dials put these in TCP/IP properties.

even if you use ppoe mode.. and you set it in the computer's tcp/ip it still works fine!!

on the utstarcom router, there is an option to use automatic assigned dns server, which if checked will use the ones stored on the pc...

i am not sure about that.. in the router if you select automatic assined dns server then the router will take the dns server of BSNL

Yes i have tried that flashblocker and found significant increase in speed in firefox while browsing on sites which has heavy flash content in it.

I applied the settings to my local connection amd I got a noticeable improvement in speed. Thank you.

just a quick question...

what d/l speeds do you guys get, say using azureus (on a healthy torrent ofcourse)

my local line attn is 29 which means i am about 1.5-2km from exchange & therefore my max avg.download speed is around 230KBps using IDM.on healthy torrents i get around 200-210KBps using utorrent.

burning with jealousy..

home ul900----30 kbps

Originally Posted by djrudra

burning with jealousy..

home ul900----30 kbps

i only manage to download 2.5GB during free time(2-8AM) as due to power cut from 5-7:35AM.however i am happy because when i was completing my degree i used my institute's 34mbps line to download with a speeds of 2000-3000KBps & downloaded 800GB in 8weeks.

Originally Posted by superprash2003

even if you use ppoe mode.. and you set it in the computer's tcp/ip it still works fine!!

so sir are u sure about it bcauz i didnt change any settings of the router?

i am using ppoe mode
sir i checked the summary in the router settings
before changing only tcp/ip settings and not router they showed the dns addresses diff but changing inside the router made the change showed in summary.
so sir what do u conclude from this?

hello cmkannan,
Firstly forget about the SIR ok.. We're all friends here.. If you change your DNS servers in your tcp/ip your pc will use those DNS servers itself even though some other DNS servers are mentioned in the router's summary page.Since you have defined it manually it will use the tcp/ip dns servers itself.BOth are fine. you could even set the DNS in the router and in tcp/ip set it to automatically assign DNS .. same thing!!!

well my modem gets stuck if i try to change any settings and reboot. and i'll have to take my modem to the bsnl to set it right plz hlp

Originally Posted by whitestar_999

i only manage to download 2.5GB during free time(2-8AM) as due to power cut from 5-7:35AM.however i am happy because when i was completing my degree i used my institute's 34mbps line to download with a speeds of 2000-3000KBps & downloaded 800GB in 8weeks.

which institute you were in ? :O
i would like to join it! :P