Web browsing Issues - Nottingham (NG2) Area

[gimpymoo]

Am receiving an IP address although unable to browse web pages.

212.58.224.116 - bbc.co.uk works OK.

Changed proxy to 62.252.32.12:8080, now working OK.

Will try some of the other DNS addresses in the sticky. Usefull sticky, thanks

[nffc]

Nslookup your IP - are you on Mapperley or Basford UBR?

[gimpymoo]

How do I tell which UBR it is?

I think my UBR IP is 10.225.104.1
cpc2-nott1-0-0

I live closer to Mapperley so I would guess it is that one.

Hope that helps. Many thanks.

[nffc]

Run an nslookup from command line on your IP - you can find this by clicking the Connection button on the forum.

This is mine - Mapperley UBR, few things censored for obvious reasons.
Name: xxxx-mapp2-0-0-xxxx.nott.cable.ntl.com
Address: 86.3.208.xxx

Looking at a tracert:
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.228.155]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 5 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.2.1
2 11 ms 12 ms 38 ms 10.234.140.1 <-- UBR address

[You can't nslookup it though, as it's a private range address.]

*** Just wondering anyway, because the net has been intermittently freezing, 404/504 errors, last few days. Can't be a proxy, unless there is one explicitly set, because they're off in Nottm. ***

Edit 2: and this is meant... to be a 2 Mb connection - it's just been automatically upgraded

[gimpymoo]

Thanks. Will try the NSLookup.

Strangely, adding a Proxy did help to resolve the issue.

Are Proxy and DNS servers related in anyway? As I cant understand why changing a proxy would fix what appears to be a DNS problem?

[nffc]

Originally Posted by gimpymoo

Thanks. Will try the NSLookup.

Strangely, adding a Proxy did help to resolve the issue.

Are Proxy and DNS servers related in anyway? As I cant understand why changing a proxy would fix what appears to be a DNS problem?

Quite possibly. I have manually set NTL and BT DNS addresses in the router anyway, so if one goes down, I can swap it.

AIUI, the proxies cache DNS requests as well as web pages, it's a case of whichever gets there first.

[gimpymoo]

I have also added the BT/Orange DNS's from the stickie thread to my router as well.

Seems to be browsing quicker as well. Might just be my immagination though.

Strangely though now, my Nintendo DS wont connect to wi-fi? Will investigate further.

[nffc]

Originally Posted by gimpymoo

I have also added the BT/Orange DNS's from the stickie thread to my router as well.

Seems to be browsing quicker as well. Might just be my immagination though.

Yeah... it will be. Just like the other day when i reset TCP/IP and Winsock and flushed local DNS.