Comments on: High Speed Internet – 3 Tips To Optimize Your Verizon FiOS Broadband Connectivity

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:46:43 +0000

I know you posted this a while ago, but I just wanted to send a HUGE THANK YOU for posting. I have basically average tech skills and I’ve been struggling with my wireless connection with my mac for a few weeks now. I also have FIOS. Changing the DNS address was an easy, safe, and super fast fix.

By: Chris (Admin)

Chris (Admin) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:24:31 +0000

Also, those DNS servers I listed have never had a performance issue for me in 2 years. Doesn’t matter to me whatsoever how old a service is or how many people use them – just that they perform…

By: Chris (Admin)

Chris (Admin) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:22:38 +0000

ginigma

The problem I had with the default DNS servers was not related to network latency – it was the speed at which their DNS server could respond to a DNS request.

So, I would connect immediately, send my request, and wait…

By: ginigma

ginigma — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:31 +0000

Hi, I think you are doing your readers a dis-service by telling them to set their DNS servers to the old Level3 servers that everyone in the world uses.

At least here in Central NJ, the FiOS provided DNS servers (71.250.x.x) were a lot faster. Ping times were 12ms vs. 3ms. Hop Count was 14 vs. 7.

I’ll go with the lower numbers all the time.
(Your original article is a year and a half old, so things may have changed since then.

By: tom b

tom b — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:35:36 +0000

i am sorry but can you tell me how to replace my fios router without losing tv and phone service. my fios roiuter sucks horrible connectivity to my room on the 2nd floor. i had a linksys that worked great until i got fios

By: Meleniumshane90

Meleniumshane90 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:38:01 +0000

I actually found a solution to this issue – heres the link:

http://asymptomatic.net/2009/04/20/2807/run-a-server-on-verizon-fios

Or the first link on Google for “Fios Meleniumshane90″

By: Dax

Dax — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:34:12 +0000

I have been running a server for the past year, the ip has remained constant.
I did the port-forward using 80, 2302

multi servers the rang is 2303 – 2315 with no spic. port on the 80 i left it blank.
no problems and all constant IP’s. on the lower 5 servers up for 2 months,
there is more to the Verizon router than some when it comes to settings, if you only do what you need it might help.