Unable to Visit Websites

[kronas]

the site works fine for me NTL 1.5mbit.

[Bottlehead]

Interesting thread.
I also have problems connecting to some sites recently. These are hosted on 4surehosting on the server http://84.233.151.227
Using a different connection than ntlworld dial up, I can see a login page, but IE reports "server not found" from home. I did manage to connect by setting an external http proxy, but this is slow and does not help with my ftp connection.
Specifying the IP address directly should eliminate any DNS issue.
I finally got a call back from the Gaz in Wales, but the best suggestion was to try an alternative, pay as you go ISP ( go figure!!). My current DHCP address is also in the 217.137.14.*** subnet.

Originally Posted by Bottlehead

Interesting thread.
I also have problems connecting to some sites recently. These are hosted on 4surehosting on the server http://84.233.151.227
Using a different connection than ntlworld dial up, I can see a login page, but IE reports "server not found" from home. I did manage to connect by setting an external http proxy, but this is slow and does not help with my ftp connection.
Specifying the IP address directly should eliminate any DNS issue.
I finally got a call back from the Gaz in Wales, but the best suggestion was to try an alternative, pay as you go ISP ( go figure!!). My current DHCP address is also in the 217.137.14.*** subnet.

It wasn't me, I don't live in Wales

it's not unknown for hosts to block the IP for a NTL proxy server, rendering all 'users' of that server impotent.

However that is not relevant to ftp traffic, which is not cached

[j52c]

Originally Posted by homealone

It wasn't me, I don't live in Wales

it's not unknown for hosts to block the IP for a NTL proxy server, rendering all 'users' of that server impotent.

However that is not relevant to ftp traffic, which is not cached

It is getting worse.

When i connect on 80.0.???.??? I can't get any pages at all. Sometimes I have to connect and disconnect 4 to 5 times before I get anywhere.

I was emailing tech support about it, then they stopped replying to my mails. Not going to pay for phone calls when it appears to be their problem.

Originally Posted by j52c

It is getting worse.

When i connect on 80.0.???.??? I can't get any pages at all. Sometimes I have to connect and disconnect 4 to 5 times before I get anywhere.

I was emailing tech support about it, then they stopped replying to my mails. Not going to pay for phone calls when it appears to be their problem.

If the hosting site is blocking NTL IP's there won't be a great deal NTL can do about it, without the co-operation of the host.

I hope I havn't misunderstood, but, as you say, going for the direct IP for the site should eliminate DNS issues, FTP having problems as well, should eliminate it being a normal proxy server problem. So the only thing I can think of is IP range being blocked - you could try resetting your default 'transparent' proxy to an explicit one from another area & see if that works?

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

[j52c]

Originally Posted by homealone

If the hosting site is blocking NTL IP's there won't be a great deal NTL can do about it, without the co-operation of the host.

I hope I havn't misunderstood, but, as you say, going for the direct IP for the site should eliminate DNS issues, FTP having problems as well, should eliminate it being a normal proxy server problem. So the only thing I can think of is IP range being blocked - you could try resetting your default 'transparent' proxy to an explicit one from another area & see if that works?

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

Hi.
Sorry, don't think I explained myself very well.

It is by just connecting to NTL Freedom, this may help:-
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ???
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
PPP adapter NTL:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.0.???.???
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.25
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 80.0.???.???
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.???
194.168.???.???
---------------------

When I connect and can get websites, the isp I get is in the range:-
82.0.???.???

There are 2 others I get sometimes where I can't get certain websites, but above 2 are the main isp I am getting.

Does that help?