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bonzoe

07-03-2006, 19:35

Getting lots of server not found messages and unable to access NTL status page. I have tried another proxy and that's not working at all.

I'm in DN16 area.

looselipsuk

07-03-2006, 19:37

Having the same problem with many pages and I come under Mansfield at NG17 area.

Randomly

07-03-2006, 19:38

Same thing here in Woking, a right pain in the ****

bonzoe

07-03-2006, 19:41

Glad to know it's not just me!

looselipsuk

07-03-2006, 19:41

Meant to also say it has taken about ten goes to get access to this site and pictures are not loading here or elswhere on the net.

bonzoe

07-03-2006, 19:43

I'll go and do something useful, things will be working again tomorrow, I hope.

Some sites seem to be working to some extent once again, but as looselipsuk says pictures not loading.

Woodgar

07-03-2006, 19:44

Same problem in Nottingham NG11.

It seems to have been fine most of the day but has just started acting up. I see from the status page that we were due some upgrades today, but they should have finished ages ago at 6am this morning.

grahamj

07-03-2006, 19:45

getting alot of errors here also (glasgow)...ntl uk wide problem???

This is what my firewall reports on alot of sites...
ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

The following error was encountered:
* Read Error

The system returned:
(104) Connection reset by peer
An error condition occurred while reading data from the network. Please retry your request.
Your cache administrator is webmaster.
Generated Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:03:03 GMT by smoothwall. (squid/2.5.STABLE12)

HEHE google doesnt exist!
The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.google.com/

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.google.com

The dnsserver returned:

Server Failure: The name server was unable to process this query.

This means that:

The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.

Your cache administrator is webmaster.
Generated Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:08:46 GMT by smoothwall. (squid/2.5.STABLE12)

looselipsuk

07-03-2006, 19:48

Wondering if it is a main server problem somewhere and nothing to do with NTL at all.

RogerL

07-03-2006, 19:50

Big problems in Manchester (Baguley proxy)

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 19:50

got the same here in Northants....and its got to do with the Poxy Proxy and the DNS servers of NTL (at least thats what MSN messenger troubleshooting said)

byron_hinson

07-03-2006, 19:50

Problems here too - trying www.google.co.uk (http://www.google.co.uk) sends me to a different site altogether!

danvitale

07-03-2006, 19:50

Im having major slowdown when pages are actually loading... it seems like NTL have major issues at the moment.

Im in Bishops Stortford (CM23) and on the 10mb service.

jingleman

07-03-2006, 19:51

I can't even get bbc.co.uk :(

I get re-directed to this: http://www.uk.com/results/bbc?src=bbc

Now I know why I really want to move over to Zen next month after my local exchange has been upgraded to 8Mb

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 19:51

yeah Byron on Firefox I get time outs and if I ping it on the google.com ip address then its alright (ip of google is 66.102.9.99)

Jingle I can get news.bbc.co.uk up but no pics or anything and slow as hell

APS

07-03-2006, 19:52

Similar problems here south of Nottingham. Can get to some sites. Have tried different proxies to no avail. Cannot even ping some well known sites. I can connect to a site within the ntl network OK, so it would seem to be a peering issue.

APS

King Of Fools

07-03-2006, 19:52

Same here in Cambridge!!

Getting lots of DoS pings!

looselipsuk

07-03-2006, 19:53

ebay.co.uk is a complete no no. Cannot even get the page to display.
Glad I'm not bidding on anything at the moment.

beckett1

07-03-2006, 19:54

Getting lots of server not found messages and unable to access NTL status page. I have tried another proxy and that's not working at all.

I'm in DN16 area.

i am getting the same, Nottingham NG7 area

dragon

07-03-2006, 19:55

am i right in thinking NTL's dns servers for broadband are 194.168.4.100 and 194.168.4.101

the router gives its own ip as the DNS server when left for dhcp and although this does work (it probably just forwards the request to the ntl server) i want to specify the right dns to use in my computers networking config

i want to find out if thats why if i try to open about 3 tabs at once it seems to cause an issue where i then cannot browse till i either specify a proxy or reset the router :Yikes:

sniper007

07-03-2006, 19:55

Problem here also im quite near to Woking. 99% of sites resolve fine for me but I cant get onto google or ebay!! Two sites I really need to be working. NTL email and all ntl web pages fine.

---------- Post added at 19:54 ---------- Previous post was at 19:54 ----------

OK google is back. No ebay though.

---------- Post added at 19:55 ---------- Previous post was at 19:54 ----------

And finally ebay is attempting to draw a page for me.....slow as

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 19:56

lardboy

07-03-2006, 19:56

Been having problems in NG17 here as well.

I've done some traceroutes and I've noticed that sometimes the name / address of the hop takes a while to appear, is this normal or could it be related.

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 19:57

google you can get on via the ip http://66.102.9.99 just tried it and fine .... www.google.com no go for me.

ebay no pics for me just plain text on firefox, Internet expl. isnt getting any sites on.

lardboy

07-03-2006, 19:59

OK this is wierd googl.com now sends me to google.co.uk ??

Halcyon

07-03-2006, 19:59

Yep. my downstream light is half dead tonight.
On/off access to pages at the moment.

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:00

yep, same probs here in ST5. Having to use Nottingham proxy to post

Mick

07-03-2006, 20:00

Things do appear to be abit sluggish here too.

Is there anyone not on ntl having the same issues?

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:01

Mick checked with a couple of mates on BT lines and no probs with them

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:02

I've been able to ping allsorts of sites but haven't been able to get many. I got here through google. Yahoo refuses and even NTLworld is dodgy.

I'm in the DN15 postcode.

sniper007

07-03-2006, 20:02

ebay is drawing a page for me and I can sign in but cant get to my ebay. Pain

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:02

somebody better put 50p in the meter at NTL!

Kliro

07-03-2006, 20:03

Yah here in Manchester - gmails down some google searches don't work, and even some parts of sites are selective.

sniper007

07-03-2006, 20:03

Im just about back to normal now but very slow. GU postcode.

Halcyon

07-03-2006, 20:05

somebody better put 50p in the meter at NTL!

lol

It's really giving up tonight isnt it.
Come on lovely NTL server...... dont give up now. Get a grip and reboot yourself .!!!

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:06

no yahoo mail GRRR

inviroman

07-03-2006, 20:10

got the same problem in essex rm

Bill C

07-03-2006, 20:11

Big problems in Manchester (Baguley proxy)

Agreed

lardboy

07-03-2006, 20:13

Seems to be affecting NTL newserver as well.

I get "MSG=DNS - Unable to find server's address" for the NTL server in newsbin but newshosting is fine.

jonifen

07-03-2006, 20:13

Yah here in Manchester - gmails down some google searches don't work, and even some parts of sites are selective.
Yup, same here (nr. Manchester)...

It appears anything it can load from a cache works (google - but perhaps only common searches), but anything secure or like webmail won't work at all.

nemesis01

07-03-2006, 20:14

Getting lots of server not found messages and unable to access NTL status page. I have tried another proxy and that's not working at all.

I'm in DN16 area.

i'm also in sunny scunny getting lots of 404, sometimes proxy helps but mostly not.:(

dragon

07-03-2006, 20:14

dragon is already in the post below yours mate http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=44111

NTL got big big DNS and Poxy problems at the moment.... beeb, ebay, google and some other sites arent reachable

im not saying the NTL dns servers are a problem, im pretty sure that this issue is the router here as when i try to open about 3 sites at once on my laptop it seems to upset it and cause it to not route traffic correctly on port 80.

I want to see if specifying the DNS server resolves the problem as the DHCP on the router is issueing its own IP as the DHCP server so my computer is first asking the router to do the DNS lookup rather than the DNS servers.

I don't want my computer to do that i want to to send the dns request to the DNS server rather then first trying to ask the router to do the dns lookup.

i got the first IP 194.168.4.100 from the routers status page but it doesn't list a secondary DNS server so im guessing with the 194.168.4.101.

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:15

According to the service status page there are no listed problems!!!

What a load of crap that is. LOL

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:15

anywhere is problems..... NTL DNS and PRoxy servers are both toasted

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:16

I am using nott-cache-1.server.ntli.net (I am usually on the baguley one) but it isn't much cop. Cable Forum loads up okay (thank god, or I'd be screaming at the PC by now thinking I was being Dos'd) but nothing much else.

I first realised something was wrong when Yahoo Mail gave me a right strange messed up password page. Then google borked. So...hmmm

mainlime

07-03-2006, 20:20

Same problems in Warwickshire. Far from being the 1st time, this has been happening on and off for months. Oddly enuf its nearly always BBC news and Google that seem to suffer.

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:20

This is the worst problem I have encountered on NTL. Apart from a car taking out my local cabinet, all has been fine.

It must be a serious fault though.

grahamj

07-03-2006, 20:21

heres something interesting. got a friend in Italy at moment and he is having same issues....doubt he will be using NTL as his internet!! maybe not an NTL issue? will post more as he replies to me emails

Paul

07-03-2006, 20:21

There is a big problem somewhere - access from the Nottingham proxies are appalling atm - I've switched to another part of the country for the moment, seems better for the moment.

thewiccaman

07-03-2006, 20:22

Im in Derby DE23 - can't get bbc.co.uk or imdb.co.uk in fact, can't access most of the sites I go to but the US sites I access daily such as macworld.com, macosrumors, for example] are fine. So is Sky news website.

V weird, v annoying! :confused:

FYI, email doesn't seem to affected

andyandy

07-03-2006, 20:22

...and in Watford too!

fatnose12

07-03-2006, 20:22

In the words of Paul Calf, NTL "Bag of Sh*te." Why do we have to pay for such P*ss poor service. Some of us don't have the option of Sky and BT or anyone else supplying us with broadband, NTL have got us by the danglies and don't give a sh*t.
Mr. Angry of Knobworth.:mad::mad::mad:

skyblueheroes

07-03-2006, 20:23

Working here on ADSL.

;) :D

Paul

07-03-2006, 20:24

LSainsbury

07-03-2006, 20:26

Think somthing big has gone titsup tonight....

grahamj

07-03-2006, 20:27

Think somthing big has gone titsup tonight....

RIGHT! who at NTL forgot to pay the electricity bill!!! weve just been cut off!:p:

danvitale

07-03-2006, 20:28

Somethings happening.. got good google connectivity now. Check everything at your end chaps!

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:28

I have the funny feeling a dns server has gone skybound for a bit....some1 tripped over the Cat 5 cable most likely

Wicked_and_Crazy

07-03-2006, 20:29

LSainsbury

07-03-2006, 20:29

eBay sill playing up...

bywater

07-03-2006, 20:30

I suggest you calm down and take a reality check. Faults happen on any system.

Yes they do on one alot more than other's and we all know who that is don't we.

LSainsbury

07-03-2006, 20:30

My money is on a BT balls-up!!

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:31

MSN Messenger isn't working either.

Do they not have back up units for instances like this?

NEONKNIGHT

07-03-2006, 20:32

Having problems tonight with BB connection aswell, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

:(

LSainsbury

07-03-2006, 20:33

MSN Messenger isn't working either.

Do they not have back up units for instances like this?

MSN working here!

So much for the Internet "mesh" :-0

grahamj

07-03-2006, 20:33

My money is on a BT balls-up!!

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm

shows one of BTs dns systems being offline....

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:34

avg scheduled update just borked on me too. Don't know if that was a coincidence

deerokus

07-03-2006, 20:34

google itself is working for me, but mail.google.com isn't. yahoo not at all. bbc intermittently

other sites seem ok

RustMan

07-03-2006, 20:35

Same story in South Manchester - no access to bbb.co.uk or google.co.uk from NTL, both working through my Vodafone 3G datacard (only time in comes in handy).

Pete

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:36

MSN working here!

So much for the Internet "mesh" :-0

just wait 5 mins and it'll be gone again...have been on-off now for the last 10 mins :(

Thorny

07-03-2006, 20:36

same here in northants.
Thankfully a friend has supplied me with his own non NTL dns servers and all is fine :D

Wicked_and_Crazy

07-03-2006, 20:37

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm

shows one of BTs dns systems being offline....

i dont think thats real time. Look at the graphs for working a router. Last updated at midnight

hjf288

07-03-2006, 20:38

HTTP is screwed for me - Gaming is fine though and so is mail

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:38

same here in northants.
Thankfully a friend has supplied me with his own non NTL dns servers and all is fine :D

Any Chance of some info?

Paul

07-03-2006, 20:39

Thankfully a friend has supplied me with his own non NTL dns servers and all is fine :DI don't use ntl's dns servers and still have problems. Also, the proxy servers use ntl's dns servers, not yours ;)

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:39

has any1 tried the DNS as 4.2.2.1 ????

shibby

07-03-2006, 20:40

Http is the only problem for me
FTP, IRC, MSN all working fine!

Craig_e

07-03-2006, 20:41

I bet as we speak NTL engineers are running around trying to find out which piece of equipment needs switching off and back on again.

After all does that not solve all problems......:angel:

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:41

Craig it would if they are running on Windows :-p

ScaredWebWarrior

07-03-2006, 20:41

same here in northants.Indeed.

But it seems to be coming back now...

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:42

My google mail is having problems too, but thats been intermittent for a couple of days. I just thought it was my Gmail software buggering about.

mastic

07-03-2006, 20:43

I think its dns, I've tried speaking to the tech support about it but they are useless. My findings:

C:\Documents and Settings\Dan>nslookup www.google.co.uk (http://www.google.co.uk)
Server: cache1.ntli.net
Address: 194.168.4.100
*** cache1.ntli.net can't find www.google.co.uk (http://www.google.co.uk): Server failed

nslookup queries the DNS servers (nothing to do with the web caches) and this query appears to fail because ntl's DNS cache does not contain google.co.uk (which it should really).

I tore my hair out trying to explain this to the tech support, I hung up when they asked me to reboot for the 3rd time.

:(

If we could get terrestrial or sky where we live I would drop NTL in a heart beat.

LSainsbury

07-03-2006, 20:44

http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceStatus/

Planned Maintainance yesterday?

Paul

07-03-2006, 20:45

THe DNS servers were failing but they seem to have started responding again.

Wicked_and_Crazy

07-03-2006, 20:45

http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceStatus/

Planned Maintainance yesterday?

COMMENCING yesterday

gimpymoo

07-03-2006, 20:46

Change to proxy:

nott-cache-8.server.ntli.net

Worked for me.

salsa

07-03-2006, 20:46

arrrgggghh!!

thank god i found this page, i was jus about ready to throw my computer out of the window !! :Yikes:

now at least can just stamp on my ntl broadband thingy!! :D

crowlord

07-03-2006, 20:47

out of hours service :) nah

we can all wait until tomorrow eh :)

Back to WoW. Please work please work please work

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:47

am using a 4.2.2.1 as DNS server now and all pages load up perfectly :D no probs for me so it is the DNS server thats gone a bit pearshaped

mastic

07-03-2006, 20:48

I think it's an intermitent problem. Sometimes the DNS servers timeout, other times they supply spurious data.

Tech support say they are unaware of a problem with the servers.

hmmm

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 20:48

I think therein lies the answers. More or less everybody gets sod all for nearly a week.

HEY NTL! How about a rebate.:mad:

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:48

Mastic... if your behind a router try the dns 4.2.2.1 as that has worked for me for now.

Craig_e

07-03-2006, 20:49

I think its dns, I've tried speaking to the tech support about it but they are useless. My findings:

C:\Documents and Settings\Dan>nslookup www.google.co.uk (http://www.google.co.uk)
Server: cache1.ntli.net
Address: 194.168.4.100
*** cache1.ntli.net can't find www.google.co.uk (http://www.google.co.uk): Server failed

:(

But they won't listen to me

CS: Are you using a router sir?
Customer: Yes but it's not that because.......................................
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
Customer: No because i've tried plugging it straight in......
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: Thankyou for calling NTL, have a nice day

grahamj

07-03-2006, 20:49

THe DNS servers were failing but they seem to have started responding again.

are NTL 'dealing' with it...they will fix it 'soon' :erm:

mastic

07-03-2006, 20:50

am using a 4.2.2.1 as DNS server now and all pages load up perfectly :D no probs for me so it is the DNS server thats gone a bit pearshaped

nice one, i've set my connection to use 4.2.2.1 as primary and 194.168.4.100 as secondary

LSainsbury

07-03-2006, 20:50

arrrgggghh!!

thank god i found this page, i was jus about ready to throw my computer out of the window !! :Yikes:

now at least can just stamp on my ntl broadband thingy!! :D

Errrrrrr.......welcome? :D

gimpymoo

07-03-2006, 20:51

CS: Are you using a router sir?
Customer: Yes but it's not that because.......................................
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
Customer: No because i've tried plugging it straight in......
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: I think its your router causing the problem
CS: Thankyou for calling NTL, have a nice day

ROFL - SOOO True

I dont even mention I have a router now.

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:51

nice one, i've set my connection to use 4.2.2.1 as primary and 194.168.4.100 as secondary

dont... will confuse your connection.

crowlord

07-03-2006, 20:51

nice one, i've set my connection to use 4.2.2.1 as primary and 194.168.4.100 as secondary

you guys

all im getting here is blah blah blah

i never thought id be a n00b again

cnewton2k

07-03-2006, 20:53

usin that DNS has fixewd it for me :)

DN34 - Grimsby

mastic

07-03-2006, 20:54

dont... will confuse your connection.

shouldn't do

all that will happen is that if 4.2.2.1 fails it will fall back on the original NTL DNS setting.

If anyone needs a walk through on how to set your DNS servers manually give me a yell

daniel@daniel-grout.co.uk

jtwn

07-03-2006, 20:54

I'm not sure, my router has decided its going to take 194.168.8.100 as the primary dns and .4.100 as the secondary, where it would usually be the other way round.

However if I change to my magical proxy it works just fine anyway.

Tuftus

07-03-2006, 20:54

Still very sluggish here in NN10.

ebay still borked.

:(

DocDutch

07-03-2006, 20:55

for those that want to know the 4.2.2.1 is a general DNS server in the states, cant remember much of the details unfortunatly but got it from my boss a while back for if people got problems with their connections

jtwn

07-03-2006, 20:57

Change your proxies people! It works.

mastic

07-03-2006, 20:57

I'm also getting a tiny tiny bit of packet loss, about 0.2%

Paul

07-03-2006, 20:57

At the risk of repeating myself, changing your dns will not help with web browsing, since the proxy servers use their own dns servers (ntl's).

glen8

07-03-2006, 20:57

This is crazy,

I can just about get google and this forum to work, everything else is 404
MSN Messenger is down :-(

Lincoln area

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:58

Change your proxies people! It works.

No it doesn't. You are just seeing pages that are stored on the proxy server.

ultimate

07-03-2006, 20:58

I think it is slowing coming back, ebay works but no graphics.

jtwn

07-03-2006, 20:59

Yes, it does. I just tried it.

Pages randomly fail to load, images don't load on default nott one. Change proxy and bam, it works.

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 20:59

How come this site is working?

grahamj

07-03-2006, 20:59

I think it is slowing coming back, ebay works but no graphics.

been like that for ages...

mastic

07-03-2006, 21:00

At the risk of repeating myself, changing your dns will not help with web browsing, since the proxy servers use their own dns servers (ntl's).

nope

The proxy is transparent (unless you have it manually) which means it intercepts traffic on port 80.

What happens when you request a page is you perfom a DNS query first, then using that IP send the header information via port 80 (which is intercepted)

Bearing in mind this does not hold if you set your server manually in the internet options.

Thanks
Dan

Jerry Shaw

07-03-2006, 21:01

Well I say FCUK it for tonight. I'll see if it's any better tomorrow.

If not I'll be on at NTL and when they tell me there's not been any problems I'll fax them all the pages from this thread. LOL LOL;)

Nighties All

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 21:01

Yes, it does. I just tried it.

Pages randomly fail to load, images don't load on default nott one. Change proxy and bam, it works.

limited at best, mate. I have tried loads of proxies. Changing proxy won't matter if the DNS servers are borked.

altis

07-03-2006, 21:02

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

jtwn

07-03-2006, 21:03

limited at best, mate. I have tried loads of proxies. Changing proxy won't matter if the DNS servers are borked.

True. At least it helps with web traffic.

---------- Post added at 21:03 ---------- Previous post was at 21:02 ----------

cache3-lang.server.ntli.net

port 8080

Try it.

mainlime

07-03-2006, 21:05

Can someone post a link to a list of ntl proxies? I can't get on Google to find one!

Foo Fighter

07-03-2006, 21:05

Bah :(

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at search.ebay.co.uk.

Paul

07-03-2006, 21:05

nope

The proxy is transparent (unless you have it manually) which means it intercepts traffic on port 80.

What happens when you request a page is you perfom a DNS query first, then using that IP send the header information via port 80 (which is intercepted)

Bearing in mind this does not hold if you set your server manually in the internet options.

Thanks
DanSorry my friend but you are wrong.

The fact they are transparent is irrelevant. If you want to test it, add a local host record for a site and point it at 1.2.3.4 - you will still be able to view the site because the proxy looks at the site requested in the http request and does it's own dns look up. :)

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 21:06

proxies

cache3-lang.server.ntli.net

Ashford 1 = asfd-cache-1.server.ntli.net
Ashford 2 = asfd-cache-2.server.ntli.net
Baguley 1 = bagu-cache-1.server.ntli.net
Baguley 2 = bagu-cache-2.server.ntli.net
Baguley 3 = bagu-cache-3.server.ntli.net
Baguley 4 = bagu-cache-4.server.ntli.net
Baguley 5 = bagu-cache-5.server.ntli.net
Baguley 6 = bagu-cache-6.server.ntli.net
Baguley 7 = bagu-cache-7.server.ntli.net
Baguley 8 = bagu-cache-8.server.ntli.net
Belfast 1 = belf-cache-1.server.ntli.net
Belfast 2 = belf-cache-2.server.ntli.net
Belfast 3 = belf-cache-3.server.ntli.net
Belfast 4 = belf-cache-4.server.ntli.net
Belfast 5 = belf-cache-5.server.ntli.net
Belfast 6 = belf-cache-6.server.ntli.net
Belfast 7 = belf-cache-7.server.ntli.net
Belfast 8 = belf-cache-8.server.ntli.net
Belfast 9 = belf-cache-9.server.ntli.net
Belfast 10 = belf-cache-10.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 1 = brhm-cache-1.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 2 = brhm-cache-2.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 3 = brhm-cache-3.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 4 = brhm-cache-4.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 5 = brhm-cache-5.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 6 = brhm-cache-6.server.ntli.net
Birmingham 7 = brhm-cache-7.server.ntli.net
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mainlime

07-03-2006, 21:08

Can someone post a link to a list of ntl proxies? I can't get on Google to find one!

Answering my own post : http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/trancache.html#ntl

Turns out I had an proxy disabled in Firefox from the last time it went pear-shaped; re-enabled it and everything seems OK - touch wood.

Cheers grubbymitts!

Wicked_and_Crazy

07-03-2006, 21:11

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 21:16

I'm still having trouble logging on to sites like google groups, yahoo mail. Oh well, hope someone pays the bill by the morning

jtwn

07-03-2006, 21:17

Try cache3-lang.server.ntli.net:8080

Those sites are working right here.

grubbymitts

07-03-2006, 21:23

yeah, my bad - advert killer was stopping google.

---------- Post added at 21:23 ---------- Previous post was at 21:18 ----------

normal proxy is giving better results now

Barewolf

07-03-2006, 21:30

Big problems in Manchester (Baguley proxy)

Manchester here, South Manchester (Wilmslow)

Last night Broadband went off, set top box interactive light went off, was on this morning but all day i have had problems going to webpages, google wont load alot of the time. MSN Messenger wont sign in.

On the phone to them now but seems very busy.

---------- Post added at 21:30 ---------- Previous post was at 21:27 ----------

yeah, my bad - advert killer was stopping google.

---------- Post added at 21:23 ---------- Previous post was at 21:18 ----------

normal proxy is giving better results now

Whats the normal proxy and where do i go to change it so i can surf the net?

verticalforce

07-03-2006, 21:32

I'm in glasgow here. Yahoo sites, google and countless others are intermittently inaccessible. Lots of stupid servers not found messages too.

I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE! *sob* *sob*

lynx2oo2

07-03-2006, 21:34

Ipswich is knackered, no IMDB, no bbc news etc etc.

Going to read a book.

grahamj

07-03-2006, 21:34

I'm in glasgow here. Yahoo sites, google and countless others are intermittently inaccessible. Lots of stupid servers not found messages too.

I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE! *sob* *sob*

hope they fix it quick! or else me internet cafe tomorrow is going to be a shambles!

unless NTL use different dns servers for business customers (sorry thats a bad joke) :p:

Shabba

07-03-2006, 21:41

Burnley & Pendle areas are naff tonight. Google times out and the kids can't get on Habbo Hotel. Some of my usual haunts are not accessible either :(

Edit: Can't log onto GMail either.

Barewolf

07-03-2006, 21:45

hope they fix it quick! or else me internet cafe tomorrow is going to be a shambles!

unless NTL use different dns servers for business customers (sorry thats a bad joke) :p:

Well for me this and about 4 other sites i use are the only ones i can access, if i was looking for something on google i would never get 8/10 of the pages up i wanted to view.

26 Minutes wait time on the phone up to now so theres deffinately a major **** up with NTL. Wonder if its a Virus? either way i need back my internet before 12.00 coz i am going on quizmania to win some money pmsl

verticalforce

07-03-2006, 21:45

hope they fix it quick! or else me internet cafe tomorrow is going to be a shambles!

unless NTL use different dns servers for business customers (sorry thats a bad joke) :p:

Yep, my connection was sluggishly slow for the last 3 to 4 days but not having access at all now is the last straw...... :mad:

Simcut

07-03-2006, 21:47

Yep, Im having problems too.....

Connected to Ware UBR through Luton main server.

par42

07-03-2006, 21:47

:mad: Very intermittent connection in Southampton, oddly enough Firefox is having more difficulty the IE ? Getting "the connection was reset" while the page was loading

AlVal

07-03-2006, 21:49

just reporting from LU3 (Luton) to say that all kinds of weird things happening over last 24 hours.

various bits and pieces of the internet not being contactable, or resolving to the wrong addresses on occasion (ive been trying www.autotrader.co.uk (http://www.autotrader.co.uk) and mostly not able to contact at all, sometimes ending up at www.uk.com (http://www.uk.com) (my machine suffers no spyware/adware or anything of the likes) and less often occasionally hitting the proper autotrader main site page (although never able to access pages further within the site)

ebay not even reliably contactable.

broadband telephone support on 0871 2251111 , after making me suffer the indignity of being subjected to having an answering machine tell me that turning my computer off and back on might fix the problem, finally simply tells me that the line is engaged and to call them some other time.

nice, eh?

oh well. although im frustrated now, i guess to be fair, in general i must say id still take an ntl cable internet connection over adsl any day, on 10mbit, obviously providing the site im connecting to can feed me at a fast rate, ive never failed to consistently hit my 1200k/sec download cap, which stays constant, no ups and downs like i find tend to be a real trait with adsl. and thats having used ntl home broadband services at 5 different locations (although admittedly all in the luton region)

so my only gripe about todays problems is that if theyre not going to answer their phone lines to explain the problems to people, or even put an answering machine message on which explains theyre aware of the problems, couldnt they at least take the 10 seconds to put a message on their "service status" page explaining whats going on?

They did say there would be maintenance work , but specified that that would be between midnight and 6am this morning, so they could do better keeping customers informed I have to say.

mpmc

07-03-2006, 21:49

AlVal

07-03-2006, 21:52

grahamj

07-03-2006, 21:52

Update (from Tamworth, Connected via B'ham)

Google: On, Off
BBC: OK
Windows Live Messenger: OK (wasn't not long ago..)

Everything not HTTP UP...

:Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: FIX IT! :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd:

a fix is 'coming soon' :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd:

had yahoo etc fully load on me there 5 mins ago then it all went bad

mpmc

07-03-2006, 21:55

a fix is 'coming soon' :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd:

had yahoo etc fully load on me there 5 mins ago then it all went bad

I guess this gives me time to work on a site design |^,^|

verticalforce

07-03-2006, 21:57

My only gripe is why does the server problem had to be affected big website like google and yahoo..... :dozey:

I'll have no problem if it was just several obscure websites..... :angel:

obscura2k

07-03-2006, 21:59

there a backbone down or something? about 20 of my mates, including myself have just been kicked off MSN ... all vary in ISPs

sandman51

07-03-2006, 22:01

im not alone then im having same prob:mad: (bolton)

therock247uk

07-03-2006, 22:02

Same problem here in the nottinghamshire area.

verticalforce

07-03-2006, 22:04

Do NTL engineers work over-time at this late of night?

Meh, I think we'll just need to see if the problem shall be fixed by tomorrow.

ultimate

07-03-2006, 22:04

Are the engineers working on the problem or have they all gone to bed?

dcclanuk

07-03-2006, 22:05

oh, and by the way, how many people admit that when they noticed problems their first reaction was "crap, theyre obviously on to me and trying to clamp down on my leeching"

hah, i know that was my first reaction when i noticed news.giganews.com was uncontactable for me last night :P, yet still contactable for everyone else i talked to!

LOL VERY TRUE!!!

London, Wembley, [by the stadium] HA0 - windows messenger giving error for DNS and Key Ports watever that means to them :erm:

edit: browsing also affected!

McDave

07-03-2006, 22:07

The only way I can get google to work is by going stright to the .co.uk site. Also I can only view that useing a proxy. I can't live without google.

asdf

07-03-2006, 22:08

I've not noticed a problem with actual speed. I can stream things at full 100+kbps. However, DNS is *very* laggy. However, once I've resolved an IP it zips along.

Is it DNS problems for everyone else or have I got something else?!

---------- Post added at 22:08 ---------- Previous post was at 22:07 ----------

The only way I can get google to work is by going stright to the .co.uk site. Also I can only view that useing a proxy. I can't live without google.

Try going to : http://66.102.9.104/

Halcyon

07-03-2006, 22:10

Well looks like its screwed for the night.
Proxies not making much difference either.
This thread has certainly been popular tonight.

I'm going to have an early night for once.
Let's hope things improove tommorow.

verticalforce

07-03-2006, 22:12

Are the engineers working on the problem or have they all gone to bed?

I don't think the NTL can afford sending engineers working right now. That will be soooooo not cost effective. It is smart of them to infuriate a *small* segment of *loyal* *cough* and tech-savvy customers than wasting precious resources!!!! ;)

jonboy080269

07-03-2006, 22:13

Problems in Norwich, browsing to most sites already mentioned in this thread.

Big Gamer

07-03-2006, 22:16

This site is a ****ing nitemare. Takes loads of attempts to get access to post. I mainly get the sever is busy at the moment crap all the time. Been like it for the past 4 days.

RazorD

07-03-2006, 22:19

Same here in Swindon (SN3) :(

hammered

07-03-2006, 22:22

I wouldn't worry about it as according to Wicked_and_Crazy we're all just a bunch of whingers...

McDave

07-03-2006, 22:22

Thanks asdf but I since I have to use proxy's for rapidshare i'm fine.

Things seem to be getting worse, I was uploading a 130Mb file for my website and it cut me off with only 10min to go and on 1meg it took ages to get to that point.

djstevie

07-03-2006, 22:24

Renfrew area same as well. Proxies making no difference either.

Was selling stuff on e-bay that ended bout an hour ago and cant even get in to see what it went for....grrrrrr :td:

nadeem

07-03-2006, 22:26

Hi,
What i relief all this time i thought it was my wireless router and Wired Router.
Spent 3 hrs now configuring all my systems, just now able to access some sites like cable forum. Checked ntl support (this thread) and its a major fault with ntl not me. Now im calm,

Im from Ellesmere Port no sites execpt for www.ispreview hotmail and this site thats it.

sav112

07-03-2006, 22:27

Great site as usual I knew it was the first place too look.

Switched on the machine(home page BBc.co.uk) and thought what the hell is my modem on, Dam has my IE died on me then thought wait a minute its NTL were are talking about here.

Using the web painful just now in Glasgow, would not even try a game waste of time by the looks of it. :td:

glenhill

07-03-2006, 22:28

Pretty much the same here NG17, Notts. Internet slowed down loads last night and been pretty much the same since. Some sites I cannot access then try again I can.BBC very intermittent. Anyone know if NTL prob or general prob?

Tried Broadband medic to talk to advisor,says all are busy and then you have to start again, not good!!

nadeem

07-03-2006, 22:30

any update from ntl regarding this intermittent connection problems,
i thought it was because i downgraded my internet last night lol

McDave

07-03-2006, 22:31

I'm in Ellesmere Port too.

One min Microsoft.com did not work the next it did. Seems quite sparadic.

kamakazi

07-03-2006, 22:31

Another Woking user who is down here. Lucky I have a BT broadband as well.

Shabba

07-03-2006, 22:32

I wouldn't worry about it as according to Wicked_and_Crazy we're all just a bunch of whingers...

Problems all over the country (i phoned a few fellow ntl wired mates).

I'd love to know why reporting an outage is whinging?

Mr Angry

07-03-2006, 22:35

This is pathetic! I've been trying to download 20 cigarettes and today's Guardian from the local sweetie shop for the past three hours with NO success!! There's obviously something wrong with their servers.

I think the interweb is broke and I suspect that bad boys did it and ran away.

nadeem

07-03-2006, 22:35

i think it could be all the 10mbit users downloading together lol

McDave (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/member.php?u=10044) im in lime tree close, great sutton

graz1999

07-03-2006, 22:37

Seems to be lots of activity here, some of it quite usefull for my purposes...
I work for NTL, and we ARE aware there is a problem, what we are not aware is the exact server or servers responsible, specifying proxies does seem to resolve in most cases.
If any of you can advise what you think is the problem with soemthing to back it up, I'll monitor the thread untill I go home at midnight.

If I get any update on what we have found I'll post that too.

Graz
(Trying my best to stand up in the avalanche of people calling at present!)

mob227

07-03-2006, 22:39

I fu*ked it all up i upgraded to 10mb to,:dozey: as soon is i get something good it f*cks up:mad:

I should have stayed on 1mb

I can't get on ebay

homealone

07-03-2006, 22:40

back online after Stargate & BSG, it seems a little better ;)

Shabba

07-03-2006, 22:40

McDave

07-03-2006, 22:41

nadeem I live in beech grove. Not very far at all.

nadeem

07-03-2006, 22:42

graz1999 anything popping up on ntl monitoring systems,
we have a server which monitors all our compay server nation wide.

homealone

07-03-2006, 22:42

Paul

07-03-2006, 22:42

This site is a ****ing nitemare. Takes loads of attempts to get access to post. I mainly get the sever is busy at the moment crap all the time. Been like it for the past 4 days.Maybe the force is not with the Jedi this wek. ;)

chambece

07-03-2006, 22:43

It's really bad here as well - I'm in NG5, one minute it works, next minute it doesn't. I really like the fact I can't get to the server status page!

etccarmageddon

07-03-2006, 22:44

for all your amusement I present NTL's last official press release regarding issues with their network (obviously written by the Iraqi dude Comical Ali).

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/234/ntl-issues-statement-on-10mb-speed-issues

graz1999

07-03-2006, 22:46

The only thing I know is an abnormal amount of traffic hitting the dhcps, all cache servers / dns respond normally at present.

Paul

07-03-2006, 22:47

I work for NTL, and we ARE aware there is a problem, what we are not aware is the exact server or servers responsible, specifying proxies does seem to resolve in most cases.
If any of you can advise what you think is the problem with soemthing to back it upI suggest you look closer at your dns clusters - both 194.168.4.100 & 194.168.8.100 are intermittently timing out or reporting errors, that's why it's spread across all area's and all proxy servers. :)

etccarmageddon

07-03-2006, 22:47

has anyone rung the tech line yet and been told to reinstall windows! lol

xathras

07-03-2006, 22:48

Problems in Manchester, DNS, Cache, Proxy, Email etc. etc.

Luckly i can do a vpn connection to work and get back on track.

nadeem

07-03-2006, 22:48

huh lol to the statement, looks like ntl have over estimated their network.

salsa

07-03-2006, 22:49

cache3-lang.server.ntli.net:8080

that proxy definitely worked for me, thx all for that one, even my messenger connects yippeee!! try that one guys.

hammered

07-03-2006, 22:49

Problems all over the country (i phoned a few fellow ntl wired mates).

I'd love to know why reporting an outage is whinging?

Shabba, because I've been having problems with online gaming for weeks now (along with lots of others), and all that user could say is that we're all just a bunch of whingers for complaining...:rolleyes:

etccarmageddon

07-03-2006, 22:49

Mr Angry

07-03-2006, 22:49

I was advised to order a taxi - does that count?

etccarmageddon

07-03-2006, 22:52

Shabba, because I've been having problems with online gaming for weeks now (along with lots of others), and all that user could say is that we're all just a bunch of whingers for complaining...:rolleyes:who called you a bunch of whingers? an NTL employee?

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cache3-lang.server.ntli.net:8080 appears to be better for me too.

graz1999

07-03-2006, 22:53

Thats because our DNS servers have changed, and these havent given me a timeout in over an hour of constant ping.
Nslookup ...
> dns1.ntli.net

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: dns1.ntli.net
Address: 62.253.162.237
> dns2.ntli.net

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: dns2.ntli.net
Address: 194.168.4.237

BTW I'm not a network guru just a tech on the phone.

vileda

07-03-2006, 22:53

Still a bit pants.

Strange that plus.net had similiar problems a couple of days ago

http://portal.plus.net/supportpages.html?a=2&support_action=messages&ispservice_id=connectivity

Barewolf

07-03-2006, 22:53

I've not noticed a problem with actual speed. I can stream things at full 100+kbps. However, DNS is *very* laggy. However, once I've resolved an IP it zips along.

Is it DNS problems for everyone else or have I got something else?!

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Try going to : http://66.102.9.104/

That google addy works, .co.uk and .com dont and links inside the search dont work

homealone

07-03-2006, 22:54

The only thing I know is an abnormal amount of traffic hitting the dhcps, all cache servers / dns respond normally at present.

thanks, reminds us to keep the firewalls up ;)

etccarmageddon

07-03-2006, 22:54

"there are no problems with our network"

robertdanmorris

07-03-2006, 22:55

hammered

07-03-2006, 22:55

who called you a bunch of whingers? an NTL employee?

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cache3-lang.server.ntli.net:8080 appears to be better for me too.

No, it was the guy i mentioned earlier in the thread...
He called me "one of life's whingers" for complaining about problems with online gaming, that no-one in NTL seems to be bothered about fixing.

vileda

07-03-2006, 22:56

has anyone rung the tech line yet and been told to reinstall windows! lol

Especially if you had a mac!!

Shabba

07-03-2006, 22:58

I was advised to order a taxi - does that count?

If your sweet shop has rocky bars then i'd definitely suggest those instead.

madder

07-03-2006, 22:59

yah 10mbit sucks i get like 1.75mbit basically i top out at max 276kbs and like 130kbs x3 of ftps suxors assor. My nice new bulldog runs sweet, be nice when that goes full 8mb.
Yah my browser is all like broken, however the mighty msn still works like ive manually entered some quailty ( read german here lol ) isps dns servers and wow my web broweser is like hot poo of a shovel :)

deerokus

07-03-2006, 22:59

I suggest you look closer at your dns clusters - both 194.168.4.100 & 194.168.8.100 are intermittently timing out or reporting errors, that's why it's spread across all area's and all proxy servers. :)

for whatever reason, using a proxy (the cache-3.lang one) seems to have temporarily fixed it for me. even though in theory it shouldn't.

je suis baffled

Tuftus

07-03-2006, 22:59

"there are no problems with our network"

Hey!!!

Thats my line!!!

Jon_

07-03-2006, 23:00

live in leeds, 10mb and no problems at all

RazorD

07-03-2006, 23:01

So, by the sounds of it, They change one of the two of their IP address of the DNS record to a wrong IP, hence the 50% ish problems?

Tuftus

07-03-2006, 23:02

live in leeds, 10mb and no problems at all

Apart from your avatar...

;)

Stuart W

07-03-2006, 23:02

Live in Harlow, 2M and can only browse about 20% of sites, everything else (including google) can't be displayed.

Jon_

07-03-2006, 23:03

Apart from your avatar...

;)

strange, it was uploaded onto the cableforum server to :s

oh well reuploaded and all is fine on the avartar front

edit number 2 - http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceStatus/ that owt to do with this?

Shabba

07-03-2006, 23:04

Shabba, because I've been having problems with online gaming for weeks now (along with lots of others), and all that user could say is that we're all just a bunch of whingers for complaining...:rolleyes:

Right, i understand. I suggest you put the user on your ignore list if you feel he has nothing of any help to say ;

Complain away hammered, your paying the bloody bill!

madder

07-03-2006, 23:05

Tuftus

07-03-2006, 23:06

strange, it was uploaded onto the cableforum server to :s

oh well reuploaded and all is fine on the avartar front

Ahh, there you go, must have been 'the bug'...

:LOL:

Mat-d-rat

07-03-2006, 23:07

Hit for me in F'boro as well, google,bbc,ebay etc. all on/off

sniper007

07-03-2006, 23:16

Problems in Manchester, DNS, Cache, Proxy, Email etc. etc.

Luckly i can do a vpn connection to work and get back on track.

Im also using VPN to get out of this one! Nice one.

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Hit for me in F'boro as well, google,bbc,ebay etc. all on/off

Tis near me farnborough. Everyone says to keep using differnet proxies and dns. This only fixed google for me (dns) but https sites still do not work. Thats why you cant sign into hotmail.paypal/banking sites/ebay.

VPN to work for the win! :)

nadeem

07-03-2006, 23:16

Cool i can browse the net, ebay bbc hotmail google . my usual sites

jtwn

07-03-2006, 23:17

I swear the the langley cache3 operates differently in some way to others, it gives me different errors for pages that aren't working, like remote 404 error pages not the one on the computer.

Shabba

07-03-2006, 23:22

The question is how long will it take the dum users to figure out how to manually configure alternative dns ips? I suggest trying anything NOT on ntls network to be safe. Try bulldog, bt, lots of nice e.u isps etc.

The thing that slightly annoys me is that new broadbrand subbers will have no idea of the national problems unless they can view this forum or even get on line in the first place. How bad is it when somebody (who claims to work for ntl) has to ask users on a forum how widespread the problem is?

And madder - don't accuse users of being dumb if you can't spell the word ;)

technotrousers

07-03-2006, 23:28

Hi people.

Please excuse this newbie but I am also a fellow sufferer (Southampton area) and the proxy server "cache3-lang.server.ntli.net:8080" has worked for me in both IE and Firefox. Can I ask one of you guys a couple of questions please?
1. Can I leave IE set to this for good or will I have to remove it when (if??) NTL get their act together?
2. Does MSN use IE's settings, hence setting the proxy for IE makes MSN work?

Cheers.

graz1999

07-03-2006, 23:30

1 NO but it should be fine for a week or two at least.
2 pass - sorta it does but it also has its own settings than can override it, no doubt someone knows the answer better than me.

fluff

07-03-2006, 23:34

I also have problems here in Guildford. The connection has been rock solid for months so I guess it's a nationwide problem. Currently using backup ADSL line :)

uno

07-03-2006, 23:39

Looks like problems have eased or solved now probaly easier to do now as peak time has passed, except in my local area Leicestershire where a local fault is affecting LE1,LE2,LE3,LE4 and LE6 a power failure i believe from engineer contact but he was unsure about the major problems this evening as seems to be more than one problem and possibly may delay overnight work.

madder

07-03-2006, 23:53

Anyone spot the mistake ?????

"Network rebalancing across the country will result in a brief loss of service for all customers.

On the morning of Wednesday the 8th of February between midnight and 6 AM,

Network optimisation will result in a loss of service in the Leeds, Withington, Stoke"

I guess english and proof reading are not required skills at ntl.

Zee

07-03-2006, 23:55

I've been having this problem, MSN Messenger was not working and many sites are not loading at all. I used to be happy with NTL, but since October 2005, NTL have gone down hill badly, i'm thinking of moving, but since NTL used to be such a good ISP in the past, i'll give them some time to fix this problem.

I'm in the NW London area

By the way, according to NTL, this proxy may help, i'm using it now and everything seems good

Proxy:62.255.0.5 Port 8080

Ignition

08-03-2006, 00:01

looselipsuk

08-03-2006, 00:19

Seems to be working again in NG17. Nice to see they never even bothered to put anything on the status page.
Mind you, if they had, it would have probably read like "If you cannot see this page, we are aware of the problem, but have no idea at present as to how to fix it".
Overall though it was not a problem for too long, fingers crossed, so I say "Well done NTL".

AndrewJ

08-03-2006, 00:26

OL11 here and all is sweet.

Slyder

08-03-2006, 06:40

Was dead here last night in Coventry (CV2) area. Both me and my m8 had no access.

All working now thou it seems :)

Kelvin Fagan

08-03-2006, 06:50

some of my early morning favorites and 'connection refused'
WTF is going on.

Bill C

08-03-2006, 07:02

All clear here in Warrington

stu8975

08-03-2006, 08:38

grubbymitts

08-03-2006, 10:19

dont know if you can help, couple of times when it wasn't working (google that is) www.answerferret.com (http://www.answerferret.com) came up - never heard of it, is this a problem with my computer or just an odd going on because of ntl, it's never happened before and only happened a couple of times

The DNS server was not resolving google as its proper ip address and just giving you the next best thing or sometimes a random ip.

danvitale

08-03-2006, 11:19

well they did warn everyone on the service status page? they just got the times a bit wrong

A bit wrong? 24 hours is a bit wrong..

I'd get sacked if I was to bring our PC infrastructure down one day after I said I would.

etccarmageddon

08-03-2006, 11:40

I think he was being sarcy.

LSainsbury

08-03-2006, 12:59

...So anybody owned up to what what the issue was last night?

Keeping an eye on El Reg...they generally dish the dirt!!

quadplay

08-03-2006, 14:17

It seems there was a DDoS attack on ntl's DNS servers in Winnersh and Guildford last night.

grubbymitts

08-03-2006, 15:34

It seems there was a DDoS attack on ntl's DNS servers in Winnersh and Guildford last night.

Where did that info come from?

Damn zombie pcs. Some people shouldn't be on the net!

jtwn

08-03-2006, 15:41

It seems there was a DDoS attack on ntl's DNS servers in Winnersh and Guildford last night.

Thanks for the info quad. There are always going to be retards in the world.

LSainsbury

08-03-2006, 16:21

Here we go again - ebay is dead slow.....please not a repeat of last night!!

quadplay

08-03-2006, 16:21

Where did that info come from?

An ntl colleague.

etccarmageddon

08-03-2006, 16:53

Thanks for the info quad. There are always going to be retards in the world.perhaps not the most appropriate term to use but I share you sentiments.

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anyone who does this kind of thing should go to prison.

Tuftus

08-03-2006, 16:55

...So anybody owned up to what what the issue was last night?

Keeping an eye on El Reg...they generally dish the dirt!!

It was strange that for me it co incided with me powering up my server and a couple of test machines... :erm:

Lucky for me there was not network activity on them though... :)

peladon

08-03-2006, 19:00

I've been unable to access Maplin.co.uk and no images would load in their emails for about the past month. What was strange was that pings and tracert to the site was fine, and all other internet access and web sites where also ok. I contacted Maplin tech support, who has also had other people with similar problems, and suggested that it was a proxy problem with NTL. I found this thread discussing the issue and the page with the NTL proxy list at: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/forum/article.php?a=10 and after I changed the proxy of both the browser & email client, the site now resolves and emails load the images. So my advice is to change your proxy and let NTL know that they've got an issue. Phil.

glenhill

08-03-2006, 19:48

Hi,

What are the benefits of using a proxy server and which and how do you use?

Are NTL throttling connections?

Thanks

grubbymitts

09-03-2006, 06:59

proxies can be a temporary fix if your connection is very slow. You select a proxy (see my post on page 8 I think of this thread) - any will do and then go into Internet Options -> Connections -> Lan Settings and tick the box and put the proxy name into the long box and put the number 8080 into the port box then tick apply. Keep changing proxies until you find a good one.

Chrysalis

09-03-2006, 16:12

only benefit I can see for customer on proxies is they can speed up access to pages far away if they are cached.

the benefit for the isp is they save money on transit costs.

Mick

09-03-2006, 20:38

Anyone experiencing really sluggish browsing - not just this site but all sites?

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Appears to be better but totally lost any access to most sites about 10 minutes ago.

Paul

09-03-2006, 20:40

Nope, been fine all night here.

mob227

09-03-2006, 21:28

Yes tonight a few sites i usely go to i can no access them

Anyone experiencing really sluggish browsing - not just this site but all sites?

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Appears to be better but totally lost any access to most sites about 10 minutes ago.

AlVal

09-03-2006, 21:33

all back to normal here luton LU3

jtwn

09-03-2006, 21:47

Zee

09-03-2006, 23:29

homealone

09-03-2006, 23:48

Yes i am, its damn slow to load sites up, and when i'm downloading, its only getting to about 15-20KB/s - I'm on 1MB and used to get about 130KB/s

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I've never ever phoned up NTL to complain about anything, i sometimes keep getting d.c from the internet ever few seconds, every few days since October, why are they so worried about 10MB when they can't even give people on 1MB or 2MB a good service, i was interested in getting 2MB but till they fix all this crap, i won't - you know what i'm sorry but im just so pi*sed at NTL!

you should contact them if your connection isn't optimal, Jack001...

Other than the DNS problem, recently, I have had no issues with my ntl connection.

- I still have a '3 way calling' on my account, that I didn't order, but that is better than the 4 times I was billed for it, last month, which they did credit :D

Mick

10-03-2006, 18:12

ntl confirms it was a suspected DoS attack.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/245/ntl-confirms-suspected-denial-of-service-attack

Zee

11-03-2006, 23:01

I'm having problems with Speeds FULL STOP. Downloading at 9-10KB/s on 1MB Broadband whats going on? What the hell its even slower now at between 5-6KB/s i've tried downloading from different sites wit hthe same speeds. I used to like NTL, they used to be good, they now officially suck!

magpie03

12-03-2006, 22:32

Read all this and wonder why I am still getting the firefox 'Server not responding messages'.
I have connection issues from modem --> router --> and modem --> PC. Is this still an issue?
CS today told me to unplug everything and start it all up again whenever it happens - so thats 10 minutes on the web, 5 minutes powering up, 10 minutes on the web,....