Broadband in Malaysia

In effect, there are only two Internet service providers (ISPs) providing nation-wide Internet access in
Malaysia: Jaring and TMNet; and both relies on Telekom Malaysia to provide the telephony
infrastructure to their subscribers.
We do not sell products from other ISPs because of their limited coverage.
The third true competitor is Packet One, currently deploying one of the first WiMax grid in the world.
Once you are on the net, there is really nothing preventing you from using any other ISP's name servers
as your DNS servers.
More information about Malaysian ISPs

Packet One Name Servers
Packet One name servers are located in the same building.
Host Name IP Status
ns1.p1.com.my 122.255.96.132 Open
ns2.p1.com.my 122.255.96.133 Open
(No Hostname) 122.255.96.136 Private
(No Hostname) 122.255.96.146 Private
(No Hostname) 122.255.96.148 Private
(No Hostname) 122.255.96.149 Private
Packet One current provide the cheapest and fastest effective bandwidth on every price points against
either Streamyx and Jaring. Note that if you are P1's subscriber, you can't use TMNet's nor Jaring's
name servers.

TMNet Name Servers
TMNet name servers are located in different geographic regions, and logically grouped into two
network segments. This is a very smart setup in that it is very easy to maintain and support: just pick one
server from each segment and you are done.
Host Name IP Status
cns1.tm.net.my 202.188.0.132 Within TM Net
cns2.tm.net.my 202.188.1.5 Within TM Net
cns3.tm.net.my 202.188.0.133 Within TM Net
ns1.tm.net.my 202.188.0.183 Private
ns2.tm.net.my 202.188.1.8 Private
ns3.tm.net.my 202.188.0.184 Private
ns4.tm.net.my 202.188.0.136 Private
ns5.tm.net.my (phased out) Re-purposed
ns6.tm.net.my (phased out) Re-purposed
ns7.tm.net.my 202.188.0.4 Private
ns8.tm.net.my 202.188.1.23 Private
ns9.tm.net.my 202.188.1.25 Private
Unfortunately there is no way of telling where the servers are located. So if you want to maximize your
Internet performance, you will have to check the latency yourself to see which name server is closest to
you and use it as your primary DNS.
Also, its simplicity is both a blessing and a curse: if the router in your area can't reach both network
segments, you can't access the Internet even if all the name servers are still running. Fortunately there is
a way around it: you can use Jaring's name servers.
Jaring Name Servers
It is obvious that Jaring's setup is more mature, but it also appears to be a network administrator's
nightmare. As Internet usage increased, Jaring just kept throwing in name servers and mail servers to
coup with the demand.
Host Name 1 Host Name 2 IP Status
ns1.jaring.my 161.142.201.17 Within Jaring
ns2.jaring.my 192.228.188.61 Within Jaring
ns3.jaring.my gaten.jaring.my 161.142.227.17 Within Jaring
ns4.jaring.my gates.jaring.my 161.142.212.17 Within Jaring
ns5.jaring.my 61.6.38.139 Within Jaring
ns6.jaring.my 192.228.128.16 Within Jaring
gate1.jaring.my 161.142.2.17 Within Jaring
gate3.jaring.my 161.142.1.17 Off-line
gate4.jaring.my 192.228.128.32 Off-line
gate5.jaring.my 161.142.216.17 Off-line
gate6.jaring.my 161.142.216.18 Off-line
gate7.jaring.my 192.228.128.157 Within Jaring
gate8.jaring.my 192.228.128.158 Within Jaring
gate9.jaring.my 192.228.128.159 Within Jaring
gate10.jaring.my 161.142.201.10 Within Jaring
gate11.jaring.my 161.142.216.12 Within Jaring
gate12.jaring.my 161.142.201.12 Within Jaring
gate13.jaring.my 161.142.30.13 Off-line
gate14.jaring.my 161.142.201.9 Off-line
gate15.jaring.my 161.142.113.13 Off-line
gate16.jaring.my 161.142.27.6 Off-line
gate17.jaring.my 161.142.239.1 Off-line
It seems that in the beginning Jaring really planned the deployment of its name servers very
thoughtfully, unfortunately the subsequent commercialization of the Internet was not as thoughtfully
implemented.
If you do use Jaring's name servers, but forewarned that Jaring may streamline its operation and
eliminate some of the name servers in the future.
Also Jaring is quite determined to limit access to its DNS servers. It almost always follow this life cycle
that repeats every six to nine months:
1. resolve names for everybody from anywhere, then
2. only resolve name for Jaring's hosted domains if queried from any network other than Jaring's,
then
3. resolve name for domains end in "jaring.my" if queried from other ISPs, then
4. block access from external network, then half-day later realize that the whole Jaring network is
disconnected, thus frantically re-open many of its firewalls, etc., including reconfiguring its
name servers to allow all access, effectively going back to step 1.

Singapore Name Servers
The Internet is supposed to be a collaborative friendly network of networks. The closest name servers
outside of Malaysia reside in Singapore. Below are some name servers from Singapore's Pacific
Internet, SingNet, and StarHub.
Host Name IP Status
dnscache1.pacific.net.sg 192.169.33.3 Open
dnscache2.pacific.net.sg 203.120.90.40 Open
ns3.pacific.net.sg 203.120.90.43 Phased-out
ns4.pacific.net.sg 203.120.90.44 Phased-out
dnssec1.singnet.com.sg 165.21.83.11 Within Singnet
dnssec2.singnet.com.sg 195.13.10.226 Within Singnet
dnssec3.singnet.com.sg 165.21.100.11 Private
dnssec4.singnet.com.sg 165.21.83.10 Private
dnssec5.singnet.com.sg 165.21.100.10 Private
dnssec6.singnet.com.sg 195.13.10.224 Private
pridns.starhub.net.sg 203.116.1.78 Within Starhub
secdns.starhub.net.sg 203.116.1.94 Within Starhub
These name servers are listed for reference only, you should not use them.

Open Name Servers
There are people generous enough, or insidious enough, to offer DNS service for free. These Open DNS
servers use AnyCast technology to automatically get the server closest to you to respond to your query,
therefore at times offering better performance than a local DNS server.
Host Name IP Status
resolver1.opendns.com 208.67.222.222 Open
resolver2.opendns.com 208.67.220.220 Open
(No hostname) 208.67.222.220 Open
(No hostname) 208.67.220.222 Open
These name servers resolve all names, and in their default configuration will also resolve censored
domains.

Price/Performance Comparison
Unfortunately an apple to apple straight comparision isn't possible, due to a variety of factors. In general
we observed the followings:
Jaring offers the fastest, the most robust, the most reliable, but also the most expensive and the least
coverage, Internet access. They have wisen up considerably and their technical team is the most
competent and is of international standard.
Packet One offers the best price at any given performance. Its network is less reliable as it seems to be
still experimenting with various optimations, some of which, like aggressive caching, are not suitable to
corporate customers or web professionals. Its tech support is the friendliest of all the ISPs, if only
because there is nothing to support: the modems are pre-configured, and end-users are not allowed to
access and tweak the modems they own.
Streamyx network is over saturated. It offers the cheapest packages, but the worst price/performance
ratio. True throughput is typically less than 66% of package's advertised bandwidth. Tech support
quality is highly uneven, as most of whom could only follow preset scripts.

MTU
If you are TMNet subscriber, set your MTU to 1500, period. (for most subscribers, it simply means
"don't change a thing")