One solution to webproxy problem

Jaxx · 18-04-2005, 09:06

Just thought I would pass on my experience of sorting out the cache/proxy problem..

I was having a real problem trying to reach a site at www.exampleshop.co.uk.

Whenever I tried to go this site I kept getting server unreachable and the trace route couldnt even resolve the name to begin its job.

Yet whenever i contacted someone else to try they had no problems connecting to the site at all - as far as they were concerned there it was just sitting there.

Changing to a specified cache server didnt help and the logs showed different NTL cache servers were used at one time or another anyway.

Eventually i ended up looking at the excellent sticky about changing DNS and proxy servers at:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=8783

and thought well if NTLs nameservers cant find the site through its caches then no one elses are going to.

Sure enough when I changed the nameserver entries on my machine to NTLs nameservers - bingo and no problems since. The nameservers are 194.168.4.100 / 194.168.8.100

So if anyones having the above problems then changing to NTLs nameservers as per this sticky should - IMHO - be the first thing to try.

HTH

simbr · 19-04-2005, 08:29

What nameservers were you using before then?

Jaxx · 19-04-2005, 14:10

They were a couple of BT nameservers 194.73.82.242 and another which I didnt jot down.

Oddly enough the two BT nameservers mentioned in the sticky - 194.73.73.172 & 194.73.73.173 - didnt work for me at all. I dont know if they work for other people.

I'm also able reach those other sites that were having problems whereas I couldnt before I changed nameservers.

Maybe BT is a factor in all this.

Obviously I havent a clue where the problem is - all I can say is that changing nameservers as per the sticky worked for me.

daxx · 20-04-2005, 19:39

using the advanced properties tab on network connections (TCP/IP) lets you specify as many DNS as you wish, the machine will stop at the first one it gets a repsonse from.

Jaxx · 22-04-2005, 20:52

Thanks - hadn't noticed that!

Any suggestions for best amount of nameservers and top nameservers?

Jaxx · 27-04-2005, 15:54

Hi

Started having problems again accessing www.exampleshop.co.uk

The error I get is "Cannot find Server" which is a bit odd as my nameservers are both NTL nameservers.

I can reach the site when I go thru a proxy server such as proxify.com

The cache where im getting stuck appears to be brhm-cache-8.server.ntli.net

Its a real nuisance going thru life getting "Cannot find server" and having to keep going thru all this just to see if a site is down.

I was getting a lot of useful info from that site.

Anyone else having the same problem with this cache/site?

Raistlin · 27-04-2005, 15:56

I can get to it ok, but I'm not on an NTL connection at the moment.

Jaxx · 27-04-2005, 16:17

Thanks - I can reach it again now.

Its amazing how things get fixed when you put the problem on this forum.

altis · 27-04-2005, 16:19

Works fine for me on NTL.

Jaxx · 28-04-2005, 11:39

Its working ok here too.

Heres hoping it was just a glitch.......

**Chris** · 28-04-2005, 12:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaxx

They were a couple of BT nameservers 194.73.82.242 and another which I didnt jot down.

Oddly enough the two BT nameservers mentioned in the sticky - 194.73.73.172 & 194.73.73.173 - didnt work for me at all. I dont know if they work for other people.

I'm also able reach those other sites that were having problems whereas I couldnt before I changed nameservers.

Maybe BT is a factor in all this.

Obviously I havent a clue where the problem is - all I can say is that changing nameservers as per the sticky worked for me.

If you don't mind me asking, as an NTL customer what was it that drove you to specify non-NTL nameservers in the first place? (Just curious - I have done it myself in the past).