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Old 22-02-2005, 16:50   #16
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

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It's most likely an area fault, phone CS, if they say they will send an engineer out in a week's time refuse and say you want it sooner (this week) as most of the time it gets fixed and then you have to go through the hassle of being redirected from place to place to cancel the visit.
My parents asked me to send an email to them first. I've given them all the details (such as my address and number) so they can instantly trace the problem (or unless they will just say ring up).
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:04   #17
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

Its the NTL proxy servers that are screwed again. If you connect through the manchester proxy at

inktomi1-man.server.ntl.com using port 8080 then messenger etc will all work again.

BTW im also connected to the lichfield UBR, so i know its a NTL problem, especially as all my friends are offline at the moment (at least the ones in the lichfield/rugeley area)
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:08   #18
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

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Its the NTL proxy servers that are screwed again. If you connect through the manchester proxy at

inktomi1-man.server.ntl.com using port 8080 then messenger etc will all work again.

BTW im also connected to the lichfield UBR, so i know its a NTL problem, especially as all my friends are offline at the moment (at least the ones in the lichfield/rugeley area)
That proxy worked, but it's very slow. Will try another one from my area soon.
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:09   #19
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

Yeah its not as fast, but i have messenger set up just to use that proxy and firefox runs through the normal methods.

You could also try another NTL proxy which may give you better performance
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:18   #20
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

Looks like all the ones near me are having problems, they all fail
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Messenger keeps kicking me off so it's useless. Teamspeak still doesn't work so I'm just going to have to wait till they fix the problem.

By the sounds of it it's a problem in the midlands
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:28   #21
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

In Lichfield, can surf web,

but...

2 13 ms 7 ms 8 ms brhm-t2cam1-a-v109.inet.ntl.com [213.106.228.41

3 9 ms 9 ms 8 ms brhm-t2core-a-ge-wan63.inet.ntl.com [213.106.23
.65]
4 9 ms 11 ms 8 ms bir-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.145]

5 19 ms 12 ms 12 ms win-bb-b-so-700-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.142]

6 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms pop-bb-a-so-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.201]

7 16 ms 16 ms 17 ms pop-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.77]

after this it times out, I cannot ping my work server either, which I know will accept icmp responses.

Web ok, but everything else is borked......

Top work NTL...

No point in ringing CS, as I just hate having to explain things to someone who insists on me rebooting the modem (done it already), after working on Cisco kit all day I don't want a CS telling me to do this.

Shame there isn't a different way to report a fault....



always try this...

http://webmessenger.msn.com/

<grin>

Nope that dont work either....Someone kick NTL for me...
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:30   #22
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

One thing i noticed was that up to 9am this morning all my traffic would go through my UBR (10.129.7.254) and then the b-cam at (213.106.228.173) since 9am this has changed and after the UBR my traffic is now routed through the a-cam at (213.106.228.45). Since the change messenger has stopped working. So my guess is its due to some change they made or b-cam going offline.
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:34   #23
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

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One thing i noticed was that up to 9am this morning all my traffic would go through my UBR (10.129.7.254) and then the b-cam at (213.106.228.173) since 9am this has changed and after the UBR my traffic is now routed through the a-cam at (213.106.228.45). Since the change messenger has stopped working. So my guess is its due to some change they made or b-cam going offline.
Hmm not convinced, I am going through 213.106.228.41 so I feel it could be something at their core.

Thing that gets me there is nothing on their service status to say 'hey we've screwed up again'

lol
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

think you need the resident bromley proxy experts, where is ignition can you do a tracert to a site
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:52   #25
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think you need the resident bromley proxy experts, where is ignition can you do a tracert to a site

Huh????
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Old 22-02-2005, 18:30   #26
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

My Brothers Friend rang them up and got though to a level 10 tech and he said that one of the NTL servers have gone down in london

:s lol..
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Old 22-02-2005, 19:01   #27
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

Lichfield here too - had the problems since i finished work this afternoon - msn seems to be back up now tho.
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Old 22-02-2005, 19:22   #28
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

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My Brothers Friend rang them up and got though to a level 10 tech and he said that one of the NTL servers have gone down in london

:s lol..

Now thats a joke, one server affects just the Lichfield area....no way!
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Old 22-02-2005, 19:25   #29
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

impossible. its probbaly our UBR that's on the blink - nice to see I'm not the only Lichfield resident miffed off about this
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Old 22-02-2005, 19:40   #30
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Re: Messenger, TeamSpeak etc will not connect

yup I was planning to do work on our servers but because the systems on NTL are borked I can't VPN in to the systems.

Ah I love it, well I'm moving into the Birmingham area and hopefully I will be a different network....as yet to be decided.

NTL are really sucking now, this is affecting ALL of Lichfield users from what I can tell...

Stinks!
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