DSLExtreme Poor Reliability Problem -- How to fix it!

In a previous review of DSLExtreme, I tracked the poor reliability of DSLExtreme as my internet service provider. After digging into the problem and talking with others, I've finally found the way to fix it!!

• Problem: DSLExtreme internet service does down about once per day! And it can stay down for a hour or longer!! Calls to tech support can be an hour long wait and then they hang up on you!
• Reason: the dslextreme dns server (both the primary and the secondary) go down (Note: you don't have to understand what this means to fix the problem)
• Easiest fix: add addtional dns servers. Here's how:
• On your Window PC : Click on Start button, control panel, network connections
• On a "connected" network connection, right mouse click, choose properties
• In the checkbox area , highlight the TCP/IP selection and click properties
• The screen that appears probably says dns server addresses are obtained automatically. Change that to "use the following dns addresses". But that screen only allows you to add 2 addresses. The dslextreme downtime is caused when both servers fail. So, add more dns servers as follows:
• Click advanced button
• choose dns tab
• add the following dns ip addresses (I got these from the dslextreme support pages):
• 66.51.205.100
  
• 66.51.206.100
  
• 66.218.44.5
  
• 66.218.44.90
• Click all the OK buttons to get out. This will make dslextreme stable for you!!
• If these instructions have helped you, feel free to click on an advertisement at the top, bottom, or side of this web page -- thanks! (Your ads click might get you to switch internet providers ... hee hee)
• This web page has some screen shots to help out the instructions above -- you can follow the screen shots up to step 4
• Alternative
  fix: run your own dns server. I used treewalk for windows and it worked well for a month. It might go down every week or two, but then you just restart it.