french lycos.fr sites

[jkat]

hello to everyone! i have problem connecting to any site with http://membres.lycos.fr in the url. does anyone else from the uk have this prob? other users from around the world dont seem to have any trouble and i have been using lycos.fr for years without any hitch.
i have contacted virgin media to see if they are blocking but no reply, i had no probs when the ip was telewest. i've empted all my caches/temps/cookies etc, used opera, ie 7 and ie 6, disconnect firewalls on different pc's to no avail and the only way i can connect is by proxy. all other connections are ok. thanks

[fireman328]

Seems to be working for me.

[jkat]

big thanks fireman! so i guess its something wrong with my pc's/router??

[Cobbydaler]

What error message are you getting?

[fireman328]

big thanks fireman! so i guess its something wrong with my pc's/router??

Sorry I cant help with technical stuff best wait until someone better qualified comes along ! :)

[jkat]

thanks guys. I get "The page cannot be displayed", "cannot find server or dns error"

[Mick Fisher]

Have you tried specifying another proxy?

[jkat]

thanks mike, i use grab,cc proxy and are able to connect ok albeit slow, i have since used a trace prog and it seems to ping out ok to lyceu.net which is of course lycos (tripod free hosting).

[jkat]

it also seems that i cannot connect to club.lycos as well which is hosted at tripod the same as memres.lycos.fr.:confused:

[jkat]

just got a reply off tech support Thank you for contacting the Econtact Support Team.

I am sorry to hear you have been having issues with your broadband
service.

Can you try setting a proxy by going to Tools, Internet Options,
Connections, LAN Settings and adding webcache.blueyonder.co.uk on port
3128. Then try the sites.
If you can then get in, it would point to a filter on their site having
not been updated for the new range of addresses we have been assigned.
If that's the case we will contact them to try and get them to update
their lists.

Please contact us if you have any further queries.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Lowings
Econtact Support Team
Virgin Media


I tried it but it dosent work, I think because i am using a router, i also ticked the box "bypass proxy server" but still no joy??

[Cobbydaler]

Have you tried changing your DNS servers?

[jkat]

thanks Cobbydaler, yes i've tried but it doesnt work it wil not even let me connect to the internet when i do?? right now its set auto.

[Cobbydaler]

Does your router have the option to change them in there?

[jkat]

thanks Cobbydaler,, i'll check right now.

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yes just changed the dns servers in my router but still no joy??

[Cobbydaler]

Sorry, but you have changed them to something other than the VM ones? For example 4.2.2.1 & 4.2.2.2....

[jkat]

thanks cobbydaler, just tried bt's and the 4.2.2.1 and no joy??

[Cobbydaler]

What happens if you use the IP address (212.78.204.20) in your browser?

[jkat]

same fault as before "The page cannot be displayed" dns error

[Cobbydaler]

Hmmm... running out of ideas....

Any content filtering on your router?

What is your MTU set at?

[jkat]

yes its strange to say the least, my mtu is set at 1500.

[jkat]

btw Cobbydaler is the "Spread Eagle" still going strong in Ashton? :)

[Cobbydaler]

No more ideas I'm afraid...

See here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32551110@N00/57498733/)...

It's a German Supermarket!!

[jkat]

Lidl:Yikes: did a bit of work there once upon a time lol! big thanks Cobbydaler! ;)

[simbr]

What are your local proxies?

[jkat]

thanks simbr! as far as I know telewest (virgin media) dont use proxies?? but I had to use a proxy site to connect which is unsatisfactory in that i cannot use the regular features of a forum.