Idiots guide please

HornetUK · 20-03-2004, 11:28

Hi

My BB is very slow but used to be solved by having a setting in LAN settings and figures is ADDRESS & PORT which I just ticked the box and got speedy surfing again. Between ticking & unticking the box all was always fine. But the box settings no longer work.

Can someone please tell me an address and port entry that will speed things up again.

Thanks very much

Stuartbe · 20-03-2004, 11:30

Hi m8...

What area are you in ? I will find the best proxy for your area for you !

There are a few very poorly proxy servers out there ATM !

Neil · 20-03-2004, 11:35

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Hi m8...

What area are you in ? I will find the best proxy for your area for you !

There are a few very poorly proxy servers out there ATM !

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HornetUK
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Just down the road from you Stu!

Stuartbe · 20-03-2004, 11:37

That explains things.... * plays funeral durge in the background - followed by the last post * What proxy server are you using at the moment... Nearly all of the luton proxy servers are pants !

HornetUK · 20-03-2004, 11:44

I have nothing in the address / port boxes now as it stopped working, don't know how I see the default one.

downquark1 · 20-03-2004, 11:48

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Hi m8...

What area are you in ? I will find the best proxy for your area for you !

There are a few very poorly proxy servers out there ATM !

Is there a test for finding the best proxy, or is it just a matter of using each one?

Stuartbe · 20-03-2004, 11:50

Try this one first - cache6-lutn.server.ntli.net IP = 62.252.64.9 port 8080

If that does not work then I find that the watford ones work well most of the time.

This one - cache2-wtfd.server.ntli.net 80.3.0.42 port 8080 usualy works well...

It sounds like you may be stuck on the luton 1 cache...

Go here - www.all-nettools.com and click on proxy test... This will tell you the proxy you are currently on...

HTH

Stuartbe · 20-03-2004, 11:51

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Originally Posted by downquark1

Is there a test for finding the best proxy, or is it just a matter of using each one?

I have a proxy speed tester.. Most of the faster proxy servers are miles from here but I try not to use them unless I have no choice as it can unbalance the network.

**Paul** · 20-03-2004, 15:24

Lutons proxy servers are awful - I have been monitoring them for a few weeks now and they are always dropping out - In fact cache 2 has been regularly dropping out between 9am and 2:30pm today.

Every evening Luton's cache 2 & cache 7 are always failing - with odd dropouts by 4 & 8. You would have thought that NTL must be aware of this - even with the most rudimentary monitoring such as what I use it's obvious they have problems.

Chrysalis · 20-03-2004, 17:16

/me scratches head why not just turn of all proxies sell the hardware and save on staffing costs to maintain them, external bandwidth is not very expensive now days, unless ntl have a poorly negotiated deal with their peers.

Neil · 20-03-2004, 17:42

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Originally Posted by pem

Lutons proxy servers are awful - I have been monitoring them for a few weeks now and they are always dropping out - In fact cache 2 has been regularly dropping out between 9am and 2:30pm today.

Every evening Luton's cache 2 & cache 7 are always failing - with odd dropouts by 4 & 8. You would have thought that NTL must be aware of this - even with the most rudimentary monitoring such as what I use it's obvious they have problems.

Pem-they have been aware of it since last summer, when Ben & I presented about 30 pages of posts about it to Aizad.

Nice to see he did something about it eh?

HornetUK · 20-03-2004, 20:08

Cheers stuartbe all sorted now.

Stuartbe · 20-03-2004, 20:22

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Originally Posted by HornetUK

Cheers stuartbe all sorted now.

NP m8... Glad I could help