Merged-Manchester Browsing Slow. - Page 7

Swipe · 17-01-2004, 18:11

The webmail is extremely slow too. Its just taken me ten minutes to load up my inbox

Rone · 17-01-2004, 18:19

Only 10 mins? Jeez its speeding up then. I'm back to : your isp has not responded\gone bust\screwed up its e-mail, scenario yet AGAIN!!!!

17-01-2004, 19:14

can't access loads of web pages today, including my own site this morning!

thought it was a firewall issue at first but looks like it good old ntl

BBKing · 17-01-2004, 19:31

I do hope you're all reporting this to ntl (politely) so we don't look like prats when we postulate a cache problem in Manchester and there are no calls to back it up...

Florence · 17-01-2004, 20:23

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Originally Posted by BBKing

I do hope you're all reporting this to ntl (politely) so we don't look like prats when we postulate a cache problem in Manchester and there are no calls to back it up...

I don't seem to have any problem today spent most of the day moving website from one host to another so files have been going up and down most of the day now updating the website so its a fresh looking site for the year.

I do not use any cache checks show no cache.

Retrovertigo · 17-01-2004, 20:47

I am in Manchester and have been having problems accessing certain websites. I am unclear as to how this all works. How can I access some sites and not others? Can someone explain in simple terms? Surely if I can access one site, I can access them all? Thanks.

rdhw · 17-01-2004, 20:52

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Originally Posted by Retrovertigo

I am in Manchester and have been having problems accessing certain websites. I am unclear as to how this all works. How can I access some sites and not others?

Different sites are allocated to different caches within the cluster. If a cache is broken, only the sites allocated to that cache become inaccessible.

If you can find a working cache, then configuring your browser to use that one on port 8080 will give you connectivity to all sites.

17-01-2004, 21:25

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Originally Posted by rdhw

Different sites are allocated to different caches within the cluster. If a cache is broken, only the sites allocated to that cache become inaccessible.

If you can find a working cache, then configuring your browser to use that one on port 8080 will give you connectivity to all sites.

how do u do that?

don't know much about all this myself tbh and didnt know ntl cached sites - does that mean they use a proxy or something?

rdhw · 17-01-2004, 21:43

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Originally Posted by guru

how do u do that?

See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...trancache.html.

Marge · 17-01-2004, 21:47

I've had no problems whatsoever with my connection, browsing and downloading is fine

BBKing · 17-01-2004, 22:26

Manchester's in two halves ntl-wise, Kitty's side isn't cached so she should be unaffected - Debsy is presumably also in the unaffected half.

Marge · 17-01-2004, 22:35

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Originally Posted by BBKing

Manchester's in two halves ntl-wise, Kitty's side isn't cached so she should be unaffected - Debsy is presumably also in the unaffected half.

As the crow flies Kitty is probably about 10 mins away from me but as far as I know (which isn't much) we don't go via Baguley

abailey152 · 17-01-2004, 23:06

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!

Stuartbe · 17-01-2004, 23:19

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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!

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.....

blue jammer · 17-01-2004, 23:23

I go via Baguley

Until it's fixed, how about some of you nice people do all my browsing for me, you can read all the sites I can't access and then come round, make me a brew [tea 1 sugar, nice and milky - don't forget the biscuits] and read all the content to me. You may edit where necessary and fluff my pillows too