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[Sociable]

Well said stuartbe and congrats on the xtra "blob" well deserved m8.

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by Sociable

Well said stuartbe and congrats on the xtra "blob" well deserved m8.

Thanks m8 - I allways wanted an extra blob Perhaps I had better see my doctor

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by abailey152

Here we are again....

No connection to many sites. I'm in the Stoke-on-Trent area, but my IP address resides in Baguley (according to my whois searches).

I cannot access many sites, but if I add the proxy server "cache2-mant.server.ntli.net" I can access these sites, but then I seem to lose others which can be accessed normally.

What the hell is NTL playing at? I shouldn't have to mess with these settings at all. It seems that every time they start "load balancing", the result is loss of connection to certain sites. Perhaps this balancing actually means preventing traffic so the load is reduced?

Whatever it is, it's pi**ing me off. I can't get BT ADSL otherwise I'd be gone. Is there anything that can be done? I'm tempted to return to 56k. At least it's cheaper!

you can try these see if they are any better

80.195.144.96 port 8080
193.128.219.152 port 8080

[ZrByte]

Makes my blood boil this does, IS there actually any benefit of having the damn proxies on?

Thinking back to that post less than a week ago about a DIY proxy server NTL style (The one with the hamster wheel and the cardboard box), I remember laughing thinking about how that doesnt affect me, oh if only I knew

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Makes my blood boil this does, IS there actually any benefit of having the damn proxies on?

Thinking back to that post less than a week ago about a DIY proxy server NTL style (The one with the hamster wheel and the cardboard box), I remember laughing thinking about how that doesnt affect me, oh if only I knew

You mean this one - http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6408

Guilty as charged

Update - due to NTL buget cuts they have replaced the hampster with a slug !

[Marge]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Makes my blood boil this does, IS there actually any benefit of having the damn proxies on?

Thinking back to that post less than a week ago about a DIY proxy server NTL style (The one with the hamster wheel and the cardboard box), I remember laughing thinking about how that doesnt affect me, oh if only I knew

I'll try feeding the hamster when I'm back in work, see if that makes any difference

[Nikko]

Originally Posted by stuartbe

Update - due to NTL buget cuts they have replaced the hampster with a slug !

Looks like they are 'salting' it out then............

[abailey152]

Originally Posted by stuartbe

There is not a lot you can do m8 - I know how you feel as I have the same problem. I know it sounds weird but sometimes using a proxy that is miles away can get you better results. I am using 62.253.94.40 cache1-winn.server.ntli.net and my browsing is not to bad.....

I do feel for you m8 - It makes you want to.....

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try.

[abailey152]

Originally Posted by DrAwesome

you can try these see if they are any better

80.195.144.96 port 8080
193.128.219.152 port 8080

I'll give stuartbe's proxy a try first. If I still get problems, I'll give these a try.

Many thanks for the suggestions.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by abailey152

I'll give stuartbe's proxy a try first. If I still get problems, I'll give these a try.

Many thanks for the suggestions.

one of those set of numbers is not an ntl proxy (just cant rem which one) but it works very well (well it did for me)

good luck

[willo]

This is now a disgrace, I've talked to NTL techs and they just say thanks for letting us know. I can't surf the net reliably now, there are so many DNS errors. I'm paying for this!!!
Is there any way to get this sorted, specifying proxies is a temporary work around that loads other parts of the network and saves no bandwidth if people are using other ports.

[th'engineer]

The answers here change your dns

[willo]

Originally Posted by th'engineer

The answers here change your dns

Like I said specifying a different proxy makes the problem go away but that's not the point is it. It's not a dns issue it's the proxies as far as I can see.
I am now trying easynets DNS to see how this works out, I'll let you know soon if I think it curesa the issue. This all started when the proxies where brought back on line.

[etccarmageddon]

still having problems here.... eg Dark Horizons aint coming up.

[rdhw]

Originally Posted by willo

I can't surf the net reliably now, there are so many DNS errors.

Could you describe what "DNS Error" symptoms you are seeing, as that might help narrow down the cause. Also, what version of Windows you are using.