BT DNS Issues

avicarage — Fri, 08 May 2026 22:00:24 GMT

Is anyone else having issues with BT DNS this evening?

DNS shows as 81.139.56.100 as default but nothing will connect using this DNS. Manually changing my DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google) instantly connects which would indicate an issue on BT's side as opposed to anything internal on my side.

Tracert to 81.139.56.100 shows the below:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 172.16.18.217
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms 62.172.102.142
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

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BT DNS Issues