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Originally Posted by AlanYork
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So I take off the proxy server and it makes no difference. Unplug the cable from the modem and after a couple of attempts, slowly but surely it corrects itself. Sites now open fine, if anything its quicker! Second question...Why?
Third question....So do I need a proxy server? Is a proxy a bad thing? I was with AOL before and though the service was poor at least it worked. When NTL works, it's great, when it doesnt its awful and I refuse to spend 45 minutes in a call queue to talk to a foreigner in a call centre who cant help me and tells me it must be a problem with my pc! And before I am slated I should say my girlfriend is foreign (American) and I work in a call centre too!
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TBH, I personally find proxies to be more trouble than they are worth. I run my connection without proxies enabled as I find it it more reliable.
Error 404 normally means that the page is not found, but it can be caused by a misconfigured proxy
Proxy servers are supposed to provide a local cached copy of a web page, to minimise use of the network's connection to the Internet, and should, theoretically provide faster access to those pages. Howeever, a misconfigured or malfunctioning proxy just causes more trouble than its worth.
I'd try running without them for a while. See what happens..