Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury

badboybubby · 06-05-2005, 22:28

I cant get a connection through the normal specified proxy i've had to switch to a Manchester one.

This has been going on for about a week?

Anybody else struggle to browse in Bury / Oldham / Bolton?

cheers

bubby

ps. The proxy servers are all rubbish IMO

th'engineer · 07-05-2005, 07:12

Dont get me started on proxies i can confirm it is not proxys but the WCCP routing software that falls over time and time and time again.

The proxies are now very good just the routing software thats still rubbish

**Paul** · 07-05-2005, 07:41

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Originally Posted by badboybubby

ps. The proxy servers are all rubbish IMO

Care to explain

Quote:

Originally Posted by th'engineer

Dont get me started on proxies i can confirm it is not proxys but the WCCP routing software that falls over time and time and time again.

The proxies are now very good just the routing software thats still rubbish

Really ..... and when did you become a Cisco engineer then

BTW badboybubby, have you actually reported this to ntl ?

badboybubby · 07-05-2005, 10:31

yes its been reported twice

IanUK · 07-05-2005, 10:44

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Originally Posted by badboybubby
ps. The proxy servers are all rubbish IMO
Care to explain

I think its been explained many times

badboybubby · 07-05-2005, 14:19

ok then,

why cant i get any websites unless i specify a proxy server?

Florence · 07-05-2005, 17:34

coz your poxy has fallen over

Chrysalis · 07-05-2005, 22:52

Shocking people asking for explanation of whats wrong with proxies.

**Paul** · 08-05-2005, 00:11

Like all equipment, proxy servers sometimes fail. Perhaps you should read his statement again "The proxy servers are all rubbish IMO". Such a blanket statement could equally be labelled "rubbish".

Ignition · 08-05-2005, 08:50

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Originally Posted by badboybubby

I cant get a connection through the normal specified proxy i've had to switch to a Manchester one.

This has been going on for about a week?

Anybody else struggle to browse in Bury / Oldham / Bolton?

cheers

bubby

ps. The proxy servers are all rubbish IMO

Quote:

Originally Posted by th'engineer

Dont get me started on proxies i can confirm it is not proxys but the WCCP routing software that falls over time and time and time again.

You honestly think that if WCCP had fallen over we'd leave it for a week considering the ton of complaints you'd expect it to generate from all of those people who don't know how to specify a cache?!?!

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Originally Posted by Kits

coz your poxy has fallen over

Assuming this chap connects via Oldham think you'll find he uses the same ones you and th'eng do m'dear

Will check on the status of both Manchester and Baguley when I'm next in work though, I've an idea of a potential issue, which is completely unrelated to WCCP.

Those wishing to diagnose from home may want to acquire a WCCP manual, some general Cisco books and a login to the routers running WCCP before they judge on the nature of any faults. The past is not a guide to the future.

badboybubby · 08-05-2005, 11:37

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Originally Posted by Paul M

Like all equipment, proxy servers sometimes fail. Perhaps you should read his statement again "The proxy servers are all rubbish IMO". Such a blanket statement could equally be labelled "rubbish".

Listen my friend, for 37.99 a month I reserve the right to call anything I want 'rubbish', I am not happy with having a proxy server in the first place, never mind having to switch it over every couple of weeks because it falls down.

bbb

Ignition · 08-05-2005, 11:58

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I cant get a connection through the normal specified proxy i've had to switch to a Manchester one.

You had one specified before or were using the transparent caching?

Oldham should be using Manchester anyway.

badnbusy · 08-05-2005, 21:06

Yep, Oldham uses the manc ones.

Chrysalis · 08-05-2005, 23:04

Ignition is there any news on the rwin increase been rolled out? It was done for one area and then we got told it would be rolled out, this was about a month ago.

Ignition · 09-05-2005, 03:05

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Ignition is there any news on the rwin increase been rolled out? It was done for one area and then we got told it would be rolled out, this was about a month ago.

All NetApps run the same config, apart from IP address and name.

Just to upset certain people I have checked and WCCP shows no signs of issues at all in Manchester, as in I can see it doing its' job, requests going in, getting redirected, data being served back to clients.

Quote:

Originally Posted by badboybubby

Listen my friend, for 37.99 a month I reserve the right to call anything I want 'rubbish', I am not happy with having a proxy server in the first place, never mind having to switch it over every couple of weeks because it falls down.

bbb

To say that one user having issues means the entire lot is broken is absurd, we'd see WAY more complaints both on here and officially if most of Manchester's browsing went pop.

As a resolution to the OPs fault may I politely suggest stop specifying caches and leave it transparent. There's actually redundancy in the number of caches there right now which means one can go pop and the others are capable of handling the load. If you insist on specifying your own caches, then complaining when you actually have to use the caches assigned to your local area it's your problem not mine. The caching is transparent for a reason, let it do its' job!

If the caches were that bad in your area where are all the complaints?! There are 14 of them so must be a hell of a lot of customers being served by them (2nd behind Nottingham's 15). Where are the complaints?! As Manchester has in your world been buggered for the past week I'd love to see where the tens of thousands of people with shafted browsing have gone to...