when should i receive my details

Cowie · Dec 12, 2007, 21:37:06

Evening,
Just a query,i phoned idnet and was told i would be migrating to them on the 13th(tomorrow) i have not received any email with login settings etc,when should that come?
secondly ,can someone tell me what is meant by dns poisoning?

thanks in advance

Malc · Dec 12, 2007, 21:45:33

I suggest giving them a ring in the morning, it took 5 working days for me

Did a quick google for your other question, take a look at this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_cache_poisoning
hope it helps and

Someone with more knowledge will be along soon

Simon · Dec 12, 2007, 21:52:50

Hi Cowie, are you sure that the IDNet email hasn't got lodged in a spam folder somewhere? I got mine almost immediately when I signed up online. If not, as Malc said, give them a call in the morning.

Cowie · Dec 12, 2007, 22:06:07

hi gents and thanks for the quick replies, i have been checking my spam and junk mail just to be sure but nothing yet,will call them first thing,funny tho as i am leaving Virgin and tbh this last couple of days speeds have been fine and the xbox hasn't had any lag whatsoever,shame its only a freak time and their customer services is pants

Cowie · Dec 12, 2007, 22:09:23

the only email i have received from idnet is a confirmation of DD set up

Simon · Dec 12, 2007, 22:28:34

Quote from: Cowie on Dec 12, 2007, 22:06:07
hi gents and thanks for the quick replies, i have been checking my spam and junk mail just to be sure but nothing yet,will call them first thing,funny tho as i am leaving Virgin and tbh this last couple of days speeds have been fine and the xbox hasn't had any lag whatsoever,shame its only a freak time and their customer services is pants

That always happens to me when I get a new car - the old one always runs great in the last couple of days I have it! Mind you, haven't had a new one for 10 years now.

Lance · Dec 12, 2007, 22:52:38

Hi ian.

dns poisoning is basically an entry in your router which tells it where to find a website, but giving it a false direction. Hopefully that makes sense!

Cowie · Dec 13, 2007, 05:57:57

cheers lance as clear as mud mate lol

Lance · Dec 13, 2007, 07:42:35

lol. To give an example:

The older 2700HGV routers try to 'phone home' to check the user details are correct. Obviously, should you pas this router on they will want to put their own details in.

The way the router phones home is by contacting xxxxx.xxxxxx.bt.com. To poison the dns, in order to stop it doing this, we would put an entry in the routers DNS table to say that whenever you want xxxxx.xxxxxx.bt.com then it is here: 10.0.0.1. As the IP address is that of the unit, every time it tries to phone home, it loops round and gives up.

Anther example could be the the BBC may want to stop their employees going on ITV's website, and so they would put in an entry saying that whenever itv.com is requested, to redirect it to bbc.co.uk.

Hopefully the mud is a bit clearer now!

Cowie · Dec 13, 2007, 08:46:20

right got you,its not more like silty water

i have a dlink dsl 2640B wireless router,which is a pretty new model i think so i should be ok right?

Rik · Dec 13, 2007, 10:22:44

DNS poisoning is only needed with some 2700 routers, due to their links to BT, you can safely forget all about it.

Cowie · Dec 13, 2007, 12:57:26

cheers Rik,thats at least one thing less to bother about

Rik · Dec 13, 2007, 15:28:56

Don't worry, I'll think of something else to cause you concern.