Problems connecting to certain websites

Danatthepub · 19-10-2008, 12:49

Hi guys,

Im having trouble connecting to BBC sports page. The front page seems ok as does the entertainment section. But the main news page and also the sports page i cannot connect to. Also there are a few random sites which seem to do the same thing.

With my very limited knowledge ive pinged news.bbc.co.uk and seems to come back fine with no packets lost.

Also tried another web browser and another computer and same thing happens. Rebooted the modem and virgin modem and no different.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks

Dan

a owens · 19-10-2008, 13:37

Yahoo.co.uk been slow/unavailable for me for several days .... all other websites fine ... notice it as it is my homepage ... irritating as preventing access to email account

Danatthepub · 19-10-2008, 13:40

Strangely bbc is OK now.

Still, i cant get onto an internet forum that i use.

Just hope maybe it sorts it self out soon.

chickendippers · 19-10-2008, 15:56

Run a tracert to the website in question, type:

tracert *website*

at the prompt (the same place you ran the ping test from).

Danatthepub · 19-10-2008, 20:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by chickendippers

Run a tracert to the website in question, type:

tracert *website*

at the prompt (the same place you ran the ping test from).

I can run it and it says trace complete, but what does this do?

Thanks

jcuk · 19-10-2008, 20:44

try accessing the specific sites through a web proxy to make sure its your connection specifically and not the site itself.

I get VM TSC were useless huh?

Tod · 19-10-2008, 22:59

I could not get my yahoo mail without putting in a proxy in my internet settings - I used webcache.virginmedia.com on port 8080. Only then could I get my yahoo mail.

JPF · 20-10-2008, 09:54

I too have had issues with Yahoo! mail, I added the proxy Tod detailed and it's OK again. Why is this? Normally, removing a proxy fixes problems like this - is it bad routing? Cheers.

John Purser · 20-10-2008, 19:20

Jeez - I've tried everything to connect to www.joomlaxtc.com. Swapped out routers, rebooted, macs, pcs, iPhone, tried them all.
So, this could be down to VM?
I'm in Bournville, Birmingham. 20meg service. Any ideas?

Thanks JP

AppleSauce · 20-10-2008, 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Purser

Jeez - I've tried everything to connect to www.joomlaxtc.com. Swapped out routers, rebooted, macs, pcs, iPhone, tried them all.
So, this could be down to VM?
I'm in Bournville, Birmingham. 20meg service. Any ideas?

Thanks JP

Works here, just slow at loading.

John Purser · 20-10-2008, 19:41

Thanks for checking! When I try to access the site, it 'times out'....

Where are you based?

JP

tvout · 20-10-2008, 21:53

I find it a real struggle with Yahoo Answers links that come up in searches. If I try in Firefox or Internet Explorer the page often takes forever to load...
Try this one for example:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...0165702AA1j0Ne

Or even just going to:

http://answers.yahoo.com

Tod · 20-10-2008, 22:10

Seems that the problem is fixed now, can access Yahoo mail with or without the proxy. Can access the above sites also.

tvout · 20-10-2008, 22:27

I'm still getting "Transferring data from l.yimg.com" in Firefox...

Danatthepub · 20-10-2008, 22:53

im having trouble connecting to www.avforums.com and www.ntsc-uk.com , which are both forums sites. Not sure whether that would have anything to do with it. These sites worked last week and i know that they are not down because i can access them at work.

Im in Stirchley Birmingham.

How would i go about setting up a proxy?

Thanks peeps