Can't Access Loads of Websites!

[speedymove]

Originally Posted by PaulH225

Speedy, depends on what the problem is.. Could be a 5 min fix, could take a few hours.. If you're just browsing the web, some people have had success using the proxy server (webcache.virginmedia.com:8080) to access the sites they're having trouble with (see this post on VM's support forum). Seems to take a different route thus avoiding the problem router.

Paul

Great tip that Paul! Thanks very much for that, it works a treat while they sort their problems out. Cheers!

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All seems to be working again now! Thanks for all the help and advice guys.[COLOR="Silver"]

[FH-x]

Bumping this thread because this problem seems to have resurfaced, with the same websites affected. Steam, Blizzard/WoW, liverpoolfc.tv (lol), guild wars, etc.

edit: From Bournemouth. Problem's been reported again on the VM forums by some of the same people who were complaining about it last week, so I know it's not just me.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ed/td-p/495193

Steam and liverpoolfc.tv working fine from Leeds on 30Mb

[Peter_]

I can connect instantly in Liverpool as well to those sites as well.

[nathanddave]

I cannot connect either, use steam everyday it is ridiculous this problem. Does anyone know why it actually happens?

Also, I am in gloucester for anyone having the same problem in this area.

[FH-x]

if you run a tracert it'll fail at one of the hops, winn-bb-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net. i don't understand it really, barely computer literate, but i assume that server's having issues.

[zekeisaszekedoes]

Back with a vengeance now... we're talking BBC site/rss feeds not working (can ping, dns resolves, site doesn't come up), eBay not loading a bunch of images, other sites I was using like theTVDB.com failing to load at all or even ping. It's a real mess.

There's always something, eh? Just as I iron out all the bugs on the home network end, VM have a problem with their infrastructure. It's disappointing to have the feeling only half the entire internet is accessible.

[FH-x]

BBC's fine, it always has been for me. Some people have had problems with facebook and IGN, and those have always been fine for me, too. I really don't get what the problem is.

[Krankor]

Can confirm I've lost BBC pages, STEAM and loads of others

[zekeisaszekedoes]

Appears to be alright now, although in the meantime I've rigged the router up to use Google's DNS, which seems faster than VMs, so not a fair test although I don't see that it makes much difference.

[AndyCalling]

Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes

Appears to be alright now, although in the meantime I've rigged the router up to use Google's DNS, which seems faster than VMs, so not a fair test although I don't see that it makes much difference.

When I tested Google DNS, Open DNS and VM DNS by pinging from my old 20meg VM connection, VM's servers were very certainly swifter. Try pinging the DNS servers before you settle on one, you might find it's just the thrill of not using the VM servers that you're getting rather than a speed increase. ~

No, it makes little difference to speed unless the DNS servers are far away. It would be nice if the Superhub let me use other DNS servers simply though, then I could dodge these drop-out issues with ease when they crop up.

[zekeisaszekedoes]

I agree, probably VM's DNS servers are about the same, although despite a ~10ms ping increase (~30ms vs. ~20ms) on Google's DNS, sites do seem a tad quicker to load. Main reason for the change was to see if it would avert any problems I was having, but in most cases the sites still wouldn't load all content, or anything at all.

I'm having this problem, been like it for a few days now. I'm having to use a webcache but it's far from ideal. Anyone else experiencing it?