Globe Wireless Broadband – Selective Browsing
Categories: Featured, Internet, Rambles, Rants, Raves, Tips & Tricks
Written By: Louis James Diaz Google+
Ok so, I woke up around 10 am and to my surprise, my internet connection was crappy.. very. I can see that my wireless modem can connect to the internet, but I could not browse anything (well maybe a few, as in few, 2 sites to be exact, google.com and lycos mail). All the bad things, nightmares, whatever you call it, that other globe wireless users are crying out load, are beginning to sunk in to my head. All of the ramblings are beginning to sink in my head. I was so frustrated that I was tempted to call the customer service representatives of globe, but HELL NO!, these representatives or whatever they call themselves, does not know a thing! and I mean it. Why? well they all have the same script, “Our system is having service upgrade / please monitor it for 24 to 48 hours / our technician will arrive at your place within 24 hours”… and the like. Well so much of those candy coated lies!! Don’t assume that customers who complain does not know anything (most of them do, mind you), and dont assume that you (csr) know everything, matter of fact its the other way around. I know Im mean but its either you agree with me or disagree with the rest of the world.
Im sorry about those csr’s that really do know what they are doing, but its just that you will be branded like the incompetent ones since the fault of one usually is the fault of all (specially if its a bad thing).
I always do try to fix everything myself first before calling for any help, in this case, the crappy selective browsing of globe wireless broadband. What I did was to tinker with the settings of my ZTE MF600 modem to see if it can somehow solve the problem. Successfully I managed to get an internet connection, but still is ot fast enough to browse the usual photo heavy or video heavy sites, but just enough for me to browse for help online through forums who also share the same problem.
And of course like what they say “Google is your friend”. I was able to fix my modem (ZTE MF600) plus with whopping speeds that exceeds the planned speed that I applied for. What I found out was that it was a DNS server problem. So instead of auto configuring the DNS properties, I set it manually thru the modem. Below is the list of DNS values that works for Globe Wireless Broadband users:
Globe DNS:
202.52.163.6 Primary
202.52.163.7 Secondary
202.126.40.5 Primary
202.95.226.66 Secondary
202.52.162.39 Primary
202.52.162.40 Secondary
202.95.226.66 Primary
202.95.226.77 Secondary
Special DNS Servers:
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
Open DNS:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Well I’ll still monitor if there will be any changes in the speed and browsing behavior. So if there are any of you that has the same problem but still can’t fix it, just leave a comment and I’ll help you soon as I can.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
Hi KJ,
Ang problem na hindi maka connect kaagad in Online Game servers, yahoo chat servers, irc, etc… i think its because Globelines network cannot resolve Domain names effectively. Try mo observe pingging non-common domain names such as games1.games.fy7.b.yahoo.com, login.yahoo.com, etc.. ma observe nimo na at first few packets sent mag RTO yan then later mag stable na. worse, minsan mag error “cannot find the host” on first try ng ping. The second try maging OK na. therefore, pag nag connect ka sa website or server at first try, malamang mag “Page cannot be displayed” or “cannot find server” ang errors. on the other side naman, since common ang IP address i mean maraming naka share sa Internet IP natin. Suppose the same IP tayo and magloko ako sa server na yun like misconduct or abuse, and the site ADMIN banned my IP address, so if vi-visit ka sa site na yun, banned ka rin kasi nga same tayo ng IP (Globe’s Setup) case to case basis yan. Sa akin for example, I really want to be in IRC (DalNET) kaya lang in either IP addresses (203.177.91.252 and 203.177.57.170) naka AKILL sa lahat ng DALNet servers because of previous IRC users (Globelines Subscribers) mis-conduct that resulted to such AKILL. Kaya, I doubt if may user dito na makakapag log-in sa DALNet without using psyBNC/Proxy/SSH/etc… JUST PLain Globelines IP. Kaya sa problem mong Ma-DC ka kaagad, maybe marami nang connection sa server using the same IP. So resolution mo dyan, pwedeng mag subscribe ka ng proxy and use that but I cannot assure kung mag work efficiently. THe best is to move to another internet provider.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Hi rayven,
i’m using the last one.
202.95.226.66
202.95.226.77
Thanks!
January 21st, 2009 at 12:55 am
mga Sir salamat sa mga infos bro kasi tumino un net ko nun pinalitan ko ng dns sa modem. May tanong lang ako , bakit pag nag lalaro ako ng online games nde ako mka connect madalas pahirapan pa tapos pag nka connect naman malamang ma dc agad. may pwede pa ba ko magawa para makapag online gaming ako ng maayos? tnx!!!
January 20th, 2009 at 9:45 am
@ Rayven: OpenDNS BLocked Globelines subscribers only because the service of Globelines is crap: We shared at most 3 IP Adresseses nationwide distributed all throughout their subscriber. But when u subscribe to providers that give u a unique IP for every subscriber like BayanTel / PLDT myDSL, you will definitely admire the usability of OPenDNS – THe Web content filtering feature i.e. you definitely dont want to see your kids or your 13 yr & below brother/sister are viewing hundred of thousands of PornSItes like r3dTUbe, etc…agree??? In OPenDNS, in few clicks, you are DONE! Yes PUBLIC DNS like 4.2.2.1 & 4.2.2.2 are indeed stable but it does not have an add-on capability of content filtering. That’s the best of OpenDNS.
January 19th, 2009 at 7:34 am
>jhann., which is one?? the 2nd or the last globe DNS server????
January 19th, 2009 at 4:42 am
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January 18th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
for me, i am using 202.95.226.66..
its very stable for me..
January 18th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
,hahaha.,, Now i used Special DNS., because in Open DNS,, your browsing is very limited even Social networks.,, BLOCKED.,, awtz.,, hmmm., for me.,, special DNS is better than Open DNS.,, ^^.,, do you agree guyzz???
January 18th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
but I find it easy with OpenDNS when it comes to control internet viewing of my kids. I can set as to what page they are allowed to view – Awesome service from OpenDNS Team.
January 17th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Yup, madalas talaga ng mga naka open dns eh may problem, kaya minsan napaka hassle gumamit ng open dns, kasi may mga sites akong gustong i-browse na hindi pwede.
the quick fix is just to use the private dns 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2