One solution to webproxy problem
 

Just thought I would pass on my experience of sorting out the cache/proxy problem..

I was having a real problem trying to reach a site at www.exampleshop.co.uk.

Whenever I tried to go this site I kept getting server unreachable and the trace route couldnt even resolve the name to begin its job.

Yet whenever i contacted someone else to try they had no problems connecting to the site at all - as far as they were concerned there it was just sitting there.

Changing to a specified cache server didnt help and the logs showed different NTL cache servers were used at one time or another anyway.

Eventually i ended up looking at the excellent sticky about changing DNS and proxy servers at:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=8783

and thought well if NTLs nameservers cant find the site through its caches then no one elses are going to.

Sure enough when I changed the nameserver entries on my machine to NTLs nameservers - bingo and no problems since. The nameservers are 194.168.4.100 / 194.168.8.100

So if anyones having the above problems then changing to NTLs nameservers as per this sticky should - IMHO - be the first thing to try.

HTH

:)

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

What nameservers were you using before then?

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

They were a couple of BT nameservers 194.73.82.242 and another which I didnt jot down.

Oddly enough the two BT nameservers mentioned in the sticky - 194.73.73.172 & 194.73.73.173 - didnt work for me at all. I dont know if they work for other people.

I'm also able reach those other sites that were having problems whereas I couldnt before I changed nameservers.

Maybe BT is a factor in all this.

Obviously I havent a clue where the problem is - all I can say is that changing nameservers as per the sticky worked for me.

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

using the advanced properties tab on network connections (TCP/IP) lets you specify as many DNS as you wish, the machine will stop at the first one it gets a repsonse from.

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

Thanks - hadn't noticed that!

Any suggestions for best amount of nameservers and top nameservers?

:)

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

Hi

Started having problems again accessing www.exampleshop.co.uk

The error I get is "Cannot find Server" which is a bit odd as my nameservers are both NTL nameservers.

I can reach the site when I go thru a proxy server such as proxify.com

The cache where im getting stuck appears to be brhm-cache-8.server.ntli.net

Its a real nuisance going thru life getting "Cannot find server" and having to keep going thru all this just to see if a site is down.

I was getting a lot of useful info from that site.

Anyone else having the same problem with this cache/site?

:confused:

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

I can get to it ok, but I'm not on an NTL connection at the moment.

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

Thanks - I can reach it again now.

Its amazing how things get fixed when you put the problem on this forum.

:)

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

Works fine for me on NTL.

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

Its working ok here too.

Heres hoping it was just a glitch.......

:)

Re: One solution to webproxy problem
 

If you don't mind me asking, as an NTL customer what was it that drove you to specify non-NTL nameservers in the first place? (Just curious - I have done it myself in the past).