french lycos.fr sites
 

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

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Seems to be working for me.

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

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What error message are you getting?

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

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

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Have you tried specifying another proxy?

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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).

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

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just got a reply off tech support 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??

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Have you tried changing your DNS servers?

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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.

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

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thanks Cobbydaler,, i'll check right now.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Any content filtering on your router?

What is your MTU set at?

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

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

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No more ideas I'm afraid...

See here...

It's a German Supermarket!!

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

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What are your local proxies?

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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.