Google Unavailable Intermittently

[Uke]

Sometimes when I try to access google I am presented with a page containing a horizontal line with the text "Generated (date) by . (squid)" underneath it. As Virgin abolished the transparent proxies that ntl used, surely I should never see a message like this? As I only see it with google, it's possible that it may be their problem, but I doubt it as I have only experienced the problem on two computers, both on virgin connections in the same postcode. Has anyone else experienced this problem or is it just me?

Screenshot: http://uke.me.uk/files/Images/DOING-IT-WRONG.png

[Paul]

According to that screenshot you were not connecting to google at all, the url is mozilla.com.

[Chris L]

I'm pretty sure it's a problem with Google themselves, I've experienced this error a few times and don't use any transparent proxies.

[Bonglet]

Phorm ftw ;P

[Uke]

According to that screenshot you were not connecting to google at all, the url is mozilla.com.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>pathping en-gb.start2.mozilla.com

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [64.233.183.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 laptop [192.168.0.3]
1 192.168.0.1
2 10.98.252.1
3 nrth-t2cam1-b-v108.inet.ntl.com [213.104.142.177]
4 nrth-t2core-b-ge-wan64.inet.ntl.com [195.182.178.209]
5 nth-bb-b-so-730-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.113]
6 pop-bb-a-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.14]
7 pop-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.230]
8 tele-ic-2-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.6]
9 212.250.14.138
10 209.85.252.76
11 66.249.95.106
12 72.14.232.149
13 209.85.255.137
14 72.14.233.79
15 216.239.43.34
16 nf-in-f99.google.com [64.233.183.99]

[webcrawler2050]

Seems alright at the moment - can't say I have had any issues..

[eth01]

i've seen something simular to this on several occasions. check that you aren't connecting through any proxys etc.

[Axegrinder]

Yeah i get those errors from time to time, just refresh the page and its all good.

[AbyssUnderground]

Got this on my works BT line last week for about 5 minutes.

[Chrysalis]

are you using opendns?

[AbyssUnderground]

I am using openDNS.

[AntiSilence]

Not had any problems with Google at all.

[lardboy]

I've been having intermittent connection problems recently with random sites not just google.

During one of these problems I managed to get a trace route to bbc.co.uk and it was being routed via the US :shocked:

[Mick Fisher]

I've been having intermittent connection problems recently with random sites not just google.

During one of these problems I managed to get a trace route to bbc.co.uk and it was being routed via the US :shocked:
Yup.. I've seen that too.

The gmail notifier regularly tells me it can't connect with gmail too. Although it's been going on for ages I've never been able to find out anything with tracert. :confused:

[Chrysalis]

the opendns is in reference to the squid errors.

opendns actually proxy google on their own servers, I had the error, I then manually entered googles real ip addresses into my hosts file and the error went away so I dont think google was actually down.

[the-cable-guy]

never had a problem with Google myself.

[sprattgraham]

Not working here, been down for a few hours.

Tracing route to google.co.uk [72.14.221.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.0.1.100
2 9 ms 6 ms 11 ms 10.128.20.1
3 8 ms 8 ms 25 ms cmbg-t2cam1-a-v109.inet.ntl.com [80.1.202.9]
4 24 ms 9 ms 7 ms cmbg-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [195.182.176.33]
5 12 ms 9 ms 13 ms cmbg-t2core-b-ge-wan64.inet.ntl.com [80.1.201.2]
6 9 ms 12 ms 8 ms nth-bb-b-so-710-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.197]
7 13 ms 17 ms 18 ms pop-bb-a-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.14]
8 34 ms 13 ms 12 ms pop-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.230]
9 25 ms 22 ms 12 ms tele-ic-2-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.6]
10 50 ms 14 ms 13 ms 212.250.14.138
11 13 ms 12 ms 12 ms 209.85.252.76
12 39 ms * 55 ms 209.85.252.4
13 33 ms 30 ms 30 ms 72.14.232.165
14 42 ms 36 ms 43 ms 72.14.232.190
15 31 ms 47 ms 31 ms fg-in-f104.google.com [72.14.221.104]

[IanGuy]

Also got a problem with this now and again and a user of opendns. Definitely a problem with opendns and not google.

[Mick Fisher]

Hmmm, I'm an opendns user too.

[techyguy4]

try google with ip of 66.102.9.104. it works fine all the time.

[RUSTY]

Not had any problems here.

[eth01]

Not had any problems here.

Probably because you don't use OpenDNS.

[Chrysalis]

sorry I didnt paste earlier here are the lines I am using in hosts file at the moment can be edited easily via a tool called hostsxpert..


72.14.221.104 google.co.uk
72.14.207.99 google.com
66.249.93.147 www.google.co.uk
66.249.93.147 www.google.com
66.249.93.147 www.l.google.com