Merged-Manchester Browsing Slow. - Page 9

willo · 18-01-2004, 18:39

OK tries alternate DNS and still having problems serious problems. Specify another proxy sorts it. Glad I'm slightly savvy, I'd hate to be new to ntl and the net, I'd think it was rubbish.

ZrByte · 18-01-2004, 18:50

Mines all good now (Crosses Fingers) Was having trouble browsing a lot of the sites I frequent from thursday until early hours this morning though, doesnt mean its fixed though it just means I am one of the lucky ones who doesnt need to goto one of the unreachable sites.
Using WinXP SP1 with all the latest patches on IE6 with no Proxy specified.

Basisboy · 18-01-2004, 19:28

Hi, I'm Wirral NW ... and today I am finding sites are not there ... lots of them like:-
http://www.w3schools.com & www.screwfix.com was not there earlier.
OK I know its a sunday, but you can't tell me everyone is doing maintenance to the servers ... or is it a problem with the DNS I am using?

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 213.106.160.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.119.70
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

cheers

18-01-2004, 19:52

Something not quite right with the net, I am not using NTL's DNS, but some sites are not displaying at all. WOnder why??

Edit: just changed the proxy, screwfix is displaying now....guess the NTL DNS and transparent proxies are not working properly.

Hick · 18-01-2004, 19:54

This better not last as long as last time because if it does then I'm off to ADSL. I'm getting slow browsing and only intermittent access to some sites. For example digitalspy forums were inaccessable for about 3 hours last night, then ok so far today until 20 minutes ago, then they've been up and down about 4 times since then. At the same time I can get to the frontpage of DS instantaneously

you'd think NTL would learn their lesson.

Proxies off - very good service due to high build quality from Nynex
Proxies on - then months of disgruntled customers
Proxies off - would you look at that, it works after all
Proxies on - have you not learnt your lesson NTL?

Hick (an angry Ellesmere Port customer

)

rdhw · 18-01-2004, 19:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basisboy

today I am finding sites are not there ... lots of them like:-
http://www.w3schools.com & www.screwfix.com was not there earlier. ... is it a problem with the DNS I am using?

To distinguish between a DNS problem and a proxy cache problem, try pinging the sites in question, for instance, open a command prompt window and type:

ping www.w3schools.com

If that produces the error message

Ping request could not find host <name>, Please check the name and try again.

then this indicates a DNS problem (or a user spelling problem).

Other results from ping, such as "Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" or "Request timed out" indicate that the DNS system is working.

"Reply from... " shows the site is online.
"Request timed out" indicates either that the site is down or that it is firewalled against ping.

Messages in browser windows about DNS errors cannot be relied upon, as they might be web proxy errors.

BBKing · 18-01-2004, 20:09

Also collating the IP addresses of sites that are *consistently* unreachable could pinpoint it to a specific proxy.

Please please do phone up and complain, it's the best way to get the message across.

Rone · 18-01-2004, 20:30

Should customers really have to sort all this out for themselves?
You would honestly think they are trying to go bust.

chickendippers · 19-01-2004, 06:44

The Server Status page seems to suggest the problem's resolved...not for me it fubbin' aint!

willo · 19-01-2004, 06:49

Just removed my specified proxy and the problem seems worse than ever. Definately not resolved.

Florence · 19-01-2004, 07:02

Have any of you contacted CS or Tech support about this?....

I am not having any problems at all.

basa · 19-01-2004, 07:15

Weird for me in Cheadle (S Manchester). I've been swapping all weekend between Baguley (my default trans cache) and Winnersh. Seems when one is broken the other is OK and vica versa !!!

Odder still is that Opera browser worked better through the broken caches than IE and much much faster.

Rone · 19-01-2004, 08:40

I tried Opera , and it worked fine, only my lack of knowledge of it brought me back to ie6. Very peculiar setup tho that it works when the might of m\soft does'nt.

BBKing · 19-01-2004, 10:36

Doesn't surprise me at all, IE is a rubbish browser, might of MS or no.

basa · 19-01-2004, 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBKing

Doesn't surprise me at all, IE is a rubbish browser, might of MS or no.

IE have offered a Critical Update to resolve this issue. :p

(Note: the link only works using MS Internet Explorer)