Proxy???

Hom3r · 22-07-2004, 13:23

There have been a few people like myself who are having problems access websites, but these site are up and running and have been accessed via other ISPs.

Somebody in here said they a used a proxy server and it cleared their promblem

Question

1. what proxy should I use for Harlow Essex (LANLEY)

2. where do I put the proxy number if I should need it.

thanks

paulyoung666 · 22-07-2004, 14:13

tools -internet options - connections - lan settings is where you want to be , as for proxys take your pick from here , one of the oxford ones seems to work fine for me when i have problems , if you do use a proxy then try switching to without one and see if you are ok without it

Hom3r · 22-07-2004, 14:21

Thank I'll try this when I get home from work.

dave

201 hour till my hols

**Paul** · 22-07-2004, 15:15

The proxy servers are listed on CF ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/kb/47/li...-proxy-servers

th'engineer · 22-07-2004, 16:13

With respect to proxy problems you should not really specify one.
The load balancing software should work and take you to a less utilised proxy.
By specifying one the load it invalidates the load balacing calculations for the network.
Please report it to NTL CS.
( is that allright JAN)

paulyoung666 · 22-07-2004, 16:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by th'engineer

With respect to proxy problems you should not really specify one.
The load balancing software should work and take you to a less utilised proxy.
By specifying one the load it invalidates the load balacing calculations for the network.
Please report it to NTL CS.
( is that allright JAN)

which is why i added the bit about checking back and seeing if you dont need to use one , maybe i should have been more clear on that point

Matth · 23-07-2004, 17:32

I always thought the proxies were zoned by target IP, rather than load balancing, as spreading the same destination across proxies would dilute any proxying gain - still means that locking on to one upsets the balance

Neil · 23-07-2004, 17:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by th'engineer

With respect to proxy problems you should not really specify one.
The load balancing software should work and take you to a less utilised proxy.
By specifying one the load it invalidates the load balacing calculations for the network.
Please report it to NTL CS.
( is that allright JAN)

It needs to be reported to Tech Support, not Customer Services.

Hom3r · 23-07-2004, 18:08

For infomation

I tried the Proxy route but abandoned it. when I run Symantec Security Check it said Ping & port 80 where open (even though my BB router has ping diabled, and I'd selected port 8080)

any ideas

Matth · 24-07-2004, 18:01

It was probably checking your proxy, not your system!

Ignition · 27-07-2004, 21:50

Just FYI the 'load balancing' software isn't load balancing as such, it hashes the IP addresses of the requested pages and from this hash decides which proxy of the set it is aware of to send the request to.

Load balancing implies that WCCP is checking load on the caches, it isn't that would make things a hell of a lot slower polling caches hundreds of times a second :|