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:Yikes: Hello all.
I'm currently on NTL 10meg, Or so I thought! Anyway since around saturday, I've been having very bad connection problems for example, Some sites wont load (this site takes 10 minutes!) & I cannot do anything, It's not my computer or router, cleared the cache.. refreshed etc...
Non of it makes any difference, I contacted by brother who is also on NTL (4meg though) & he is having the same issues (he lives 10 houses away)
Anyway, can anyone tell me if they are having any issues within the area!
Thanks!
:Yikes: :mad:
mandrake
22-05-2006, 09:19
Same here da1 area, lost the connection on saturday 13/05 and again on 20/05 both times at 16.10pm.
I am also on up to 10meg, rang ts both times, told first time that the problem was with the green street box and that my s/n was to high, second time told by a very nice indian gentleman that my modem had died and that he coudnt run any tests on it.
Arranged for an engineer to call between 12-6pm today(monday), connection returned at 5pm saturday, so much for a dead modem!!
I've been having problems on the 2Mb connection in the Cardiff area late at night... sites not found, very slow loading, etc.
Having the same problems in last 24-48 hours. Doing traceroutes to say BBC, and others, looks like packets being lost left right and centre
Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk (http://www.bbc.net.uk) [212.58.224.118] over a maximum of 30 hops:
Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk (http://www.bbc.net.uk) [212.58.224.118]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms www18.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.118]
2 8 ms 10 ms 9 ms 10.254.132.1
3 9 ms 9 ms 17 ms brhm-t2cam1-a-v121.inet.ntl.com [213.106.228.117]
4 * 30 ms * brhm-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [213.106.231.37]
5 * * 11 ms bir-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.145]
6 10 ms 10 ms 9 ms bir-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.154]
7 13 ms 11 ms * nth-bb-a-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.105]
8 15 ms * 15 ms gfd-bb-b-so-400-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.98]
9 17 ms * 17 ms redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.138]
10 25 ms * * 212.58.238.189
11 17 ms 24 ms 14 ms 212.58.238.133
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * 16 ms * www18.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.118]
14 23 ms 33 ms 38 ms www18.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.118]
Trace complete.
Speed is worst since I began using 10 Mb service. Almost as slow as Dial-up!!
Anyone else know a reason, because as usual, nothing posted on the service status page.
James Henry
22-05-2006, 13:51
I'd speculate reason for your extremely poor service is the link here:
3 9 ms 9 ms 17 ms brhm-t2cam1-a-v121.inet.ntl.com [213.106.228.117]
4 * 30 ms * brhm-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [213.106.231
As ntl in their infinite wisdom don't monitor packet loss, and as India tends not to have the skill / willingness to spot these issues or the contacts to report them it's a bit screwy and these things don't get noticed for ages.
Seems fine at the moment though, no packet loss to there at all so guess someone noticed. 24 - 48 hours to spot it is gack though :(
mandrake
22-05-2006, 14:33
Just had the engineer come out, informed that there is a promblem with the ubr's in da1 area, work being done tonight to rectify the problem, we will wait and see!!!
Speed seems to have been restored. Just tried traceroute again, and no more lost packets.
I'm still having some issues, the browsing is picking up again, but I can't sign in on MSN...
It gets better then it gets worse!
I'm in the B77 area...
Update: google isn't available..
The bbc.co.uk website redirects to http://www.uk.com/results/bbc?src=bbc
What the hell...
I'm getting random slow loading of pagesand page not found errors, changed proxies and no change.
stormrider
22-05-2006, 19:33
Somethings up. Can't get to BBC news or Ebay right now.
grubbymitts
22-05-2006, 19:36
yep, DNS problems here in Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire too
DocDutch
22-05-2006, 19:38
Heyup.
is it me or has the DNS server been kicked a bit too hard again for a change??? had a hell of signing into msn and the beeb + ebay are both timing out....
have to say the dns servers have been steady for too long now so might be those;)
BBC and Google are down for me.
Cerberus
22-05-2006, 19:39
No response from Gmail or Google and cant sign into MSN either. :mad:
BBC works though.
astra_lestat
22-05-2006, 19:39
Got the same problem here. some sites would not open at all.
DocDutch
22-05-2006, 19:40
DNS strikes again...
stormrider
22-05-2006, 19:40
Yup looks like DNS has taken a break to enjoy the weather.
Would be the one time in months I'm trying to get something from eBay as well.
dr aardvark
22-05-2006, 19:41
i can't connect to the news server aswell as the above
WeyounTDB
22-05-2006, 19:41
Yup :(
www.ogame.org (http://www.ogame.org) not working for me :mad::td::td::td:
Yup :( www.ogame.org (http://www.ogame.org) not working for me :mad::td::td::td: Wow, another ogame player :)
Working here for me...
Here in SN5 same problem BBC down, hotmail down etc - nothing mentioned on the NTL status page. Great customer service yet again!:mad: :mad:
Andys_Ipod
22-05-2006, 19:46
I am in Portsmouth area and just recently i have had to switch to LAN settings to read my Yahoo emails whereas about an hour ago my LAN were off and i could read emails perfectly
Here in Cambridge, no yahoo, microsoft etc. intermittant google. maybe the rain frazzled the dns server!
Yes, not as good as I thought earlier on. Some sites OK, then they fail??
BBC Traceroute pings packets still OK, but ping times are all over the place.
A few moments ago, BBC IP address not resolved. Hurry up NTL and get it sorted!! - Can't seem to make up it's mind. I'm in B78 area.
google.co.uk - 216.239.57.83
ogame.org - 217.115.159.202
bbc.co.uk - 212.58.224.131
Try those, one way round i hope during DNS downtime :S
Problems in Stockport too.
No Google, Ebay or Amazon - email fine though. Would guess it's a DNS issue seeing as it's affecting such a wide range of people.
Paradox26
22-05-2006, 19:56
Is anyone else having problems? I tried connecting to MSN, had to run the troubleshooter and it says there is a DNS error. Should I change my proxies?
Ta
bringerofnoise
22-05-2006, 19:58
same ng5 as of 20:00
crazybones
22-05-2006, 19:58
Is anyone else having problems? I tried connecting to MSN, had to run the troubleshooter and it says there is a DNS error. Should I change my proxies?
Ta
Yes- Having problems here in Horndean. Changing proxies appears to have helped a bit.
As usual, nothing is shown on the NTL service status page....
Andys_Ipod
22-05-2006, 19:58
Yes i am starting to have problems
I have had to switch to LAN settings just so i can read my yahoo emails whereas an hour ago i was reading them fine without LAN settings on. If i take LAN settings off i cannot get any Yahoo pages up, dont knwo about ebay, google or bbc as i havent tried them yet
Same problems here NG17
Here's a traceroute to www.ebay.co.uk wtf is with the San Jose steps??
2 7 ms 8 ms 10 ms nott-t2cam1-a-v147.inet.ntl.com [81.109.166.89]
3 10 ms 11 ms 8 ms nott-t2core-a-ge-wan73.inet.ntl.com [80.1.79.77]
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms lee-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.33]
5 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms lee-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.187.186]
6 71 ms 9 ms 9 ms man-bb-a-so-700-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.193]
7 16 ms 17 ms 15 ms 212.187.137.1
8 15 ms 15 ms 16 ms so-4-0-0.mp1.manchesteruk1.level3.net [4.68.113.97]
9 169 ms 170 ms 172 ms as-0-0.bbr1.sanjose1.level3.net [64.159.1.133]
10 163 ms 162 ms 164 ms ae-22-52.car2.sanjose1.level3.net [4.68.123.48]
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * *
byron_hinson
22-05-2006, 20:07
Yes i am starting to have problems
I have had to switch to LAN settings just so i can read my yahoo emails whereas an hour ago i was reading them fine without LAN settings on. If i take LAN settings off i cannot get any Yahoo pages up, dont knwo about ebay, google or bbc as i havent tried them yet
Problems in Cambridge now too
Same problem here, TS12 (Teesside in't North like).
Sluggish on my main PC which has the ntl connection. Couldn't access google. Just swapped to laptop with the BT wireless connection, all fine and google is accessible, obviously now points to a ntl DNS issue this.
jingleman
22-05-2006, 20:14
I knew there was a reason I shouldn't have accepeted NTL's 'offer I couldn't refuse', it's this sort of DNS issue again :mad:
jellybaby
22-05-2006, 20:15
Seems to be ok now :)
Musicman
22-05-2006, 20:17
Problem here in St.Albans
No access to ebay.co.uk or yahoo.co.uk for me :(
The_Major
22-05-2006, 20:19
Its up & down like a prostitutes underwear in the NP20 area.
mark@nx-01:~$ traceroute www.bbc.co.uk
traceroute: unknown host www.bbc.co.uk
mark@nx-01:~$ traceroute www.bbc.co.uk
traceroute to www.bbc.net.uk (212.58.227.75), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 10.130.156.1 (10.130.156.1) 31.206 ms 29.912 ms 29.474 ms
2 cdif-t2cam1-a-v116.inet.ntl.com (62.254.254.9) 36.334 ms 30.432 ms 29.764 ms
3 195.182.175.197 (195.182.175.197) 33.351 ms 31.400 ms 31.931 ms
4 bir-bb-a-so-220-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.172.45) 47.881 ms 35.237 ms 35.617 ms
5 bir-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.185.154) 51.987 ms 35.196 ms 35.997 ms
6 nth-bb-a-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.185.105) 40.113 ms 39.843 ms 40.304 ms
7 gfd-bb-b-so-400-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.185.98) 39.592 ms 56.695 ms 40.122 ms
8 redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.174.138) 41.170 ms 42.151 ms 41.763 ms
9 212.58.238.189 (212.58.238.189) 44.311 ms 44.938 ms 43.333 ms
10 212.58.238.149 (212.58.238.149) 42.372 ms 42.208 ms 43.595 ms
11 212.58.238.157 (212.58.238.157) 45.174 ms 44.147 ms 44.186 ms
12 www5.rbsov.bbc.co.uk (212.58.227.75) 44.806 ms 44.598 ms 43.992 ms
problems here, seems to go on and off with certain sites
DNS down for certain sites here in cardiff now...
Bit of a sneaky workaround, but I'm using Freeserve's DNS servers and it's working for me now. The servers I'm using are
194.152.64.68
194.152.64.25
Thought that might help some people till NTL fix their problems. :)
edit - anyone know Telewest's DNS servers...?
Mr Angry
22-05-2006, 20:35
Good old Belfast too.
Foo Fighter
22-05-2006, 20:35
bah no ebay for me
|► tracert www.ebay.co.uk
Unable to resolve target system name www.ebay.co.uk.
Tracing route to hp-intl-uk.ebay.com [66.135.208.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 15 ms 10 ms 8 ms 10.252.36.1
2 10 ms 12 ms 12 ms oldh-t2cam1-a-ge-wan34-104.inet.ntl.com [80.5.16
4.17]
3 13 ms 11 ms 16 ms manc-t3core-1a-ge-111-0.inet.ntl.com [213.104.24
2.77]
4 18 ms 10 ms 11 ms man-bb-a-so-400-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.175.1]
5 10 ms 11 ms 24 ms 212.187.137.1
6 10 ms 14 ms 14 ms so-4-0-0.mp1.manchesteruk1.level3.net [4.68.113.
97]
7 161 ms 160 ms 158 ms so-3-0-0.mp1.sanfrancisco1.level3.net [209.247.8
.89]
8 165 ms 163 ms 165 ms so-2-0-0.mpls1.sacramento1.level3.net [209.247.8
.78]
9 161 ms 161 ms 167 ms so-10-0.hsa1.sacramento1.level3.net [4.68.113.58
]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 *
:(
grandmaster
22-05-2006, 20:35
Bit of a sneaky workaround, but I'm using Freeserve's DNS servers and it's working for me now. The servers I'm using are
194.152.64.68
194.152.64.25
Thought that might help some people till NTL fix their problems. :)
edit - anyone know Telewest's DNS servers...?
Good man!
DerekRothwell
22-05-2006, 20:35
Thank god its not my comp! Big problems here in the Wirral - looks once again like yet another nationwide problem NTL are having. Smashing stuff.
stormrider
22-05-2006, 20:39
bah no ebay for me
|► tracert www.ebay.co.uk
Unable to resolve target system name www.ebay.co.uk.
:(
worked briefly for me then went down again.
Same for BBC
zing_deleted
22-05-2006, 20:40
I can get more sites using brighton proxy than if i use default. CV10 area shafted too lol
delmontebanana
22-05-2006, 20:41
Problems here in Borehamwood/Elstree as well, google and gamefaqs down.
Well at least trusty old cable forum is still on :)
same problem here. cant connect to major websites and connection is very slow. Sometimes even cuts off.
2mb from wokingham Berkshire
mandrake
22-05-2006, 20:45
Just another update following the engineer's visit this afternoon (monday).
Arrived home from work at 7pm, guess what!! no connection, again rang ts and informed once again that my modem was dead:angel: , engineer again arranged for wednesday this time, new modem so i am told!!.
Must be my lucky day, the modem is now working again, how long for he asks!!
Bottesford
22-05-2006, 20:46
Yep awful here too. Not so good when trying to book a holiday!
dcclanuk
22-05-2006, 20:50
msn messenger had stopped working a while ago.... rite now everything is fine tho!!!
agatward
22-05-2006, 20:51
Traceroute etc. is fine, however HTTP POSTs through the proxies seem to be screwed. Guess I won't be logging in anywhere in a hurry ;)
ajg@cartman ~ $ sudo traceroute www.bbc.co.uk
traceroute to www50.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.87), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 netscreen (192.168.16.254) 0.739 ms 0.679 ms 0.715 ms
2 10.151.144.1 (10.151.144.1) 10.507 ms 9.462 ms 9.793 ms
3 rdng-t2cam1-a-ge913.inet.ntl.com (62.253.122.45) 9.365 ms 41.378 ms 12.236 ms
4 winn-t2core-a-ge-wan62.inet.ntl.com (62.253.121.25) 9.482 ms 9.799 ms 29.663 ms
5 win-bb-a-so-630-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.174.97) 8.196 ms 10.861 ms 10.553 ms
6 gfd-bb-b-so-500-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.172.130) 9.251 ms 9.838 ms 11.926 ms
7 redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.174.138) 11.651 ms 11.958 ms 11.873 ms
8 212.58.238.189 (212.58.238.189) 23.226 ms 13.413 ms 13.120 ms
9 212.58.238.133 (212.58.238.133) 10.507 ms 12.103 ms 15.968 ms
10 www50.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.87) 12.150 ms 11.959 ms 11.788 ms
nope msn messenger is still not working for me
problems here in clydebank, on the renfrew BB area
only certain sites letting me in.
brother complaining saying it is my fault and throwing a hissy fit.
ik
zergchen
22-05-2006, 20:55
ebay and google in derby area not working too.
... try to bid a T-shirt tonight. 555~~~
Ack, even the weather icons in ForecastFox went belly up!?! :Yikes:
danvitale
22-05-2006, 20:56
Evening all.
Broadband is currently crapping itself out here too (Bishops Stortford, 10mb service).
zing_deleted
22-05-2006, 20:56
strange how the brighton proxy im on has most things working though if its dns shouldnt the whole lot be fubared?
brig-cache-4.server.ntli.net
Mick,
Any further news from NTL on the nationwide problem and how long it will take to get sorted. Thanks.
i was dealing with a $100 transaction when ntl started to play up!
i was dealing with a $100 transaction when ntl started to play up!
i am trying to find the NTL server status page, but google just does not play ball.
ik
EDIT: http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceStatus/
Bit of a sneaky workaround, but I'm using Freeserve's DNS servers and it's working for me now. The servers I'm using are
194.152.64.68
194.152.64.25
Thought that might help some people till NTL fix their problems. :)
edit - anyone know Telewest's DNS servers...?
This doesn't work for me, I think the poxy servers also do a look up.
I used to know pipex or demons DNS addresses but can't see them right now.
Internet access fine via work VPN though!
Andys_Ipod
22-05-2006, 21:01
i am trying to find the NTL server status page, but google just does not play ball.
ik
Is this the one you are looking for :
http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceStatus/
hmm, it's something more than DNS, i'm currently using the freeserve ones that were posted and still cannot get to the BBC or ebay.
Chrysalis
22-05-2006, 21:02
its ntl's dns I think or proxy servers but most likely dns.
specifying my squid server instantly fixed all http activity and the only problem I had other then that was msn disconnecting.
Telwest DNS serves for those who wanted them -
DNS 1: 62.31.144.39
DNS 2: 195.188.53.175
DNS 3: 62.31.112.39
Sunny Cardiff... NTL patchy. MSN ok, some web access but all the big stuff unavailable. I blame it on the boogie...
dcclanuk
22-05-2006, 21:10
nope msn messenger is still not working for me
ahh u jinxed it for me lol.. now mine aint working!
---------- Post added at 21:10 ---------- Previous post was at 21:08 ----------
Sunny Cardiff... NTL patchy. MSN ok, some web access but all the big stuff unavailable. I blame it on the boogie...
WELCOME TO THE CF!
another wrong accoridig to the status page - yet it's broke. Another service not used by NTL
fatbloke
22-05-2006, 21:15
No google,ebay,and lots of other sites not working for me.:(
I specified my DNS settings to be 194.168.8.100 as my primary server (instead of automatically being set as the secondary) and google and yahoo worked. However, both MSN and Hotmail still don't work. Changed it back to automatically assign server info.
Also rebooted STB but to no avail.
Can't wait for it to get sorted though, I have email but cannot access it :(
High use sites, Google, Flickr etc not working in Nottingham!
AbyssUnderground
22-05-2006, 21:19
Nearly everything down for me too. No google, no ebay, can't even get to my own website located on the server in the next room! Definately a DNS problem.
Changing proxies helped earlier on but nothing works on any proxy now.
Forgot to say im in the TS6 area of Middlesbrough.
Same here, i can't sign into MSN get a "DNS & Key ports" error from MSN troubleshooter.
Google doesn't work, other sites are very slow.
I'm in the North London area
akane1984
22-05-2006, 21:22
hm maybe this why my modem has been going on and off?? and yes i ve had trouble getting onto msn,google, ebay .. .
carrieann
22-05-2006, 21:24
Not a happy bunny here in Bedfordshire. I was about to make a bid on an item on Ebay, but kept seeing Page Cannot Be Displayed and lost the auction. :mad:
Some sites load, but there are always boxes with crosses in them or messages dotted around saying Page Cannot Be Displayed.
I've just had a nightmare couple of weeks with not being able to access the Internet and a hopeless, patronising engineer. I'm not impressed with this latest problem.
Carrie
Ok, on the MSN i clicking "Repair" and it signed into MSN striaght away, but google is still not working, neither are other sites such as Morpheus.com and eBay.
This site is also very slow for me.
People on Tesco internet are also having issues
mosaddique
22-05-2006, 21:26
I am in Coventry and experiencing DNS problems.
I cannot access BBC, ebay, gmail, and similar sites.
It appears to be intermittent, though it is frustrating as you cannot meaningfully conduct transactions on ebay.
NTL status page is unhelpful as it gives the impression that all is well.
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Yikes!
If someone could verify that the TW DNS servers are working for them, then chuck together a 2minute guide to changing to them it would help a hell of a lot. Anyone up to the task?
akane1984
22-05-2006, 21:28
mine for last week lights just go on and off internet is either up or down. engineer coming tomorrow. how come a friend in next street isnt having trouble?
Andys_Ipod
22-05-2006, 21:29
At moment certain sites are working for me but thats only cos i have switched my LAN settings on for the time being otherwise i wouldnt be able to get onto Yahoo, Msn etc
Thought my net had been running along nicely for pass few weeks without any hickups - should of known it wouldnt last forever lol
i think everything is back to normal here in berkshire (touchwood :P)
If someone could verify that the TW DNS servers are working for them, then chuck together a 2minute guide to changing to them it would help a hell of a lot. Anyone up to the task?I tried it, but I couldn't even load Cable Forum... swithced it back to using NTL's DNS Servers, and at least CF is back.
As for changing your DNS servers, you go to Control Panel -> Network Connections, then right-click on Local Area Connection, and select Properties, then highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and select the Properties button. In this new window, you'll see where you either select to have your DNS Servers found automatically, or there are 2 fields where you can specify your own Primary and Secondary DNS Server. Hope that helps :)
AbyssUnderground
22-05-2006, 21:37
i think everything is back to normal here in berkshire (touchwood :P)
Same here (Middlesbrough)
Yeah - seems better now, very slow at times but now working every site I've tried.
Andys_Ipod
22-05-2006, 21:41
Same here (Middlesbrough)
not here for me yet. took LAN settings off and can get to BBC & Google but not Yahoo and this site was very slow at loading ........oh well back to Lan settings i guess
akane1984
22-05-2006, 21:41
was anyone else getting there modem lights going off, and resetting.
city-boy
22-05-2006, 21:43
I work for a company which is across the road from the Manchester Internet Peering point. We have a 45Mbit and 100Mbit connections into the Internet. Today both our ISP's failed within minutes of each other. Since then we have seen parts of our international network going up and down all day. It has been stable for the last few hours and working fine, but apparently one of the major network centers lost UPS power earlier today and routing table loops have been occurring all across the UK as engineers try and work around these missing routes. I don't know if this is related to NTL's problems, but I know that NTL do peer in Manchester and a few other of the affected points on the UK Internet.
im currently connecting via america, (using SSH tunnel to proxy program running on webserver)
dcclanuk
22-05-2006, 21:49
I work for a company which is across the road from the Manchester Internet Peering point. We have a 45Mbit and 100Mbit connections into the Internet. Today both our ISP's failed within minutes of each other. Since then we have seen parts of our international network going up and down all day. It has been stable for the last few hours and working fine, but apparently one of the major network centers lost UPS power earlier today and routing table loops have been occurring all across the UK as engineers try and work around these missing routes. I don't know if this is related to NTL's problems, but I know that NTL do peer in Manchester and a few other of the affected points on the UK Internet.
thx for da info!
---------- Post added at 21:49 ---------- Previous post was at 21:48 ----------
all seems to be working at the mo.... :p:
sir_drinks_alot
22-05-2006, 21:52
ya haveing Trouble with some websites and msn :mad:
peterattheboro
22-05-2006, 21:58
I can confirm my connection is ****ed!
Middlesbrough :)
akane1984
22-05-2006, 21:58
was anyone else getting there modem lights going off, and resetting.
bump
mainlime
22-05-2006, 21:59
Had major problems getting to Google this evening. Switched to running my own DNS server and all is fine - faster responses than I've had using NTL's DNS for months!
Same problems here in Warrington, can't access :-
BBC
Apple
Google
etc
Same problem that we have had quite a few times in the past and always the same sites, can't they sort this out?
Ian
Spoke to soon. Gone again - back to pages not loading and those that do are missing bits.
Everything back to normal in London, sometimes goes slow for a moment, but all is ok now
Cerberus
22-05-2006, 22:07
Absolutely zip in Rutherglen. Most popular sites are still down and the connection is as sluggish as a wet sponge.
Nothing mentioned on the service status pages or service status line either. I am getting tired of paying for a second rate service. Not a happy bunny.:mad:
Moan finished.
Same in leeds, switching my proxies has had some mixed results
sir_drinks_alot
22-05-2006, 22:08
Still playing up in surrey :mad: i will be going to bt at this rate :mad:
anyone else msn messenger died?
squirrel1970
22-05-2006, 22:11
Like everyone else, random sporadic loading of the bbc, yahoo, myspace and a couple of others.
Flickr is fine so far, as is youtube and (touch wood) MSN... but I'm not holding my breath!
I expect like the last time, this will be resolved at the same rate as the last one...
and isn't this the third time this year already that this has happened?
Same problem for me in Brighton.
Lots of sites do not work. When they do come back for a short period it is very slow.
having problems in berkshire, anyone reccomend good proxies
sir_drinks_alot
22-05-2006, 22:12
anyone else msn messenger died?
It's going on and off at the mo :mad:
mcfc2134
22-05-2006, 22:12
NTL server status now says there is a national outage, and is being looked into - certainly explains why the internet has been so awful tonight!!!
zing_deleted
22-05-2006, 22:13
Primary DNS212.135.1.36 Secondary DNS195.40.1.36 manually setting these dns addresses cure it for me (everythign bar google lol )
Andys_Ipod
22-05-2006, 22:13
anyone else msn messenger died?
mine is ok although it wouldnt sign me in earlier but that was an msn issue, but since i switched my lan settings on i can access most sites including google, bbc, msn, yahoo etc
Primary DNS212.135.1.36 Secondary DNS195.40.1.36 manually setting these dns addresses cure it for me (everythign bar google lol )
thanks for the info, works 100s here !
i wonder if it is a virus / spyware attack on the network, just that i cannot load google and instead my browser keeps redirecting to uknow.com, not had this prob before, ran ewido and have nod32 on my pc, as we speak google has just reappeared!
:Yikes: Hello all.
I'm currently on NTL 10meg, Or so I thought! Anyway since around saturday, I've been having very bad connection problems for example, Some sites wont load (this site takes 10 minutes!) & I cannot do anything, It's not my computer or router, cleared the cache.. refreshed etc...
Non of it makes any difference, I contacted by brother who is also on NTL (4meg though) & he is having the same issues (he lives 10 houses away)
Anyway, can anyone tell me if they are having any issues within the area!
Thanks!
:Yikes: :mad:
10 minutes slightly over exagerated i think but ye it is takein a awful long time and the pages such as bbc google gmail etc dont work
highroyds
22-05-2006, 22:19
It's going on and off at the mo :mad:
MSN always goes off when the Web Browsing of the ISP is down.
grubbymitts
22-05-2006, 22:20
yahoo mail still cocked!
Onlyme - more than likely it is a bot DOS attack on the DNS servers. It is a quick and easy way to attack a complete network. I wonder if NTL have recently had emails asking for bazillions of pounds to stop the attack?
yahoo mail still cocked!
Onlyme - more than likely it is a bot DOS attack on the DNS servers. It is a quick and easy way to attack a complete network. I wonder if NTL have recently had emails asking for bazillions of pounds to stop the attack?
lol
yahoo mail still cocked!
Onlyme - more than likely it is a bot DOS attack on the DNS servers. It is a quick and easy way to attack a complete network. I wonder if NTL have recently had emails asking for bazillions of pounds to stop the attack?
hahahah
Same problem for me in Brighton.
Lots of sites do not work. When they do come back for a short period it is very slow.
fine here, Brighton
Yeah, just updating it for page 9, London (North) is back to normal since before 10pm ...
verticalforce
22-05-2006, 22:35
Glasgow here and still cannot access ebay properly... grrr... :mad:
slow runing in kt12 as well , msn is ok but the web is slooowww ,
use proxys for the time being should help
For those of you having problems with ebay.co.uk try ebay.com instead. I've had much better success using the .com address.
fine here, Brighton
I'm in Brighton and its not fine!!
Can't get to Ebay or Google for example.
whoever is attacking them needs to be found and executed live on al-jazeera tv
Southsea/Portsmouth still having problems.
squirrel1970
22-05-2006, 22:42
LOL!
it's all up and down here in Stockport... it's like Daz Sampson on the Eurovision... just when you think it's going well, someone comes along and gives Finland 'douze points'
grr...
Al jazeera... teh funneh.... :D
flakey connection here in Brighton (BN1)
homealone
22-05-2006, 22:47
I seem to be ok, atm, with setproxy in firefox at 'none' (although I realise it doesn't mean that), but, seriously, I found earlier that setting a bromley cache, from my langley connection, was viable, during the recent problems, it may mean nothing but I thought I would share :)
Cobbydaler
22-05-2006, 22:52
Sixth from bottom with 25 points?? How could anyone think it was ever 'going well'...
Not that it was any good anyway!!
These DNS's work well 212.135.1.36 195.40.1.36
If you're using Firefox then this should help:
Create a file called user.js in the folder
C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default
(where xxxxxxxx is some alpha/number sequence)
To the file add the lines:
user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 3600);
user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 100);
Then restart Firefox.
This will increase the number of cached addresses to 100 and their timeout to 1 hour. After the panic is over you can either delete user.js or set the expiry time back down to 360 (= 6 mins) or something similar.
jakeanders
22-05-2006, 22:57
Quite serious problems here in Salisbury, but seems to be improving, can now get back to Google and BBC. Good job that people could get to this site though!
i changed hte DNS worked fine, now same problem im in bracknell, berkshire, anyone reccomend a good proxy for me to use until NTL has sorted this out?
11:01pm
Still getting probs here in Notts can get onto Google and ebay sometimes but no pics come up.
verticalforce
22-05-2006, 23:08
Lol, this place is like a sanctuary for people who are ****ed off by NTL poor connection... out of every sites, cable forum always seems to work when there's problem. :angel:
bluefox42
22-05-2006, 23:13
No pics for me either in ebay, but google seems ok.
use this proxy works perfect
oxfd-cache-1.server.ntli.net
greencreeper
22-05-2006, 23:16
No Google here unless I use .com instead of .co.uk The network was down at work today also - again, a DNS issue. I blame solar flares.
Lol, this place is like a sanctuary for people who are ****ed off by NTL poor connection... out of every sites, cable forum always seems to work when there's problem. :angel: That's always a strange thing, often makes me wonder how they get here in the first place.. hehe.
I can get to lots of other sites besides the BBC,google and yahoo though.
Reddevil63
22-05-2006, 23:18
Google and BBC now ok in Swindon but Ebay still no go.
verticalforce
22-05-2006, 23:19
That's always a strange thing, often makes me wonder how they get here in the first place.. hehe.
Maybe this site is actually funded by NTL themselves?... hehe.. :disturbd:
OK unfortunately I don't have time to read this whole thread so this has probably been mentioned/answered, but I think NTL's caches use the 192.168.[4|8].100 DNS servers? So when these die, so do the caches?
The mixed browsing results are probably due to caching... Doesn't seem a too resilient setup to me?
I have counted at least 3 times this has happened :(
Southsea/Portsmouth everything look fine!
allanprg
23-05-2006, 02:19
Same here. No trouble all night.;) Of course now i've said that it will go wrong.;)
NTL server status now says there is a national outage, and is being looked into - certainly explains why the internet has been so awful tonight!!!
And that message is still there this morning. And I still have no internet access in Leeds.
They've probably had people working throughout the night as well on this, a national outage isn't a "wait until tomorrow" job at all.
Hopefully you should see normal or at least some operation by the end of today or tomorrow, who knows. I trust you have another form of access though?
Seemed OK when I left home this morning.
Stuartbe
23-05-2006, 09:06
O.K. for me this morning :)
Google and Yahoo were up and down like yoyo's last night.
How ironic ... now that all you guys are having problems the speeds in Luton are fine ... just can't go to secure sites, receive email, gaming, ftp ... bargain at £34.99 :)
darkone338
23-05-2006, 09:25
simply installing your own dns server will avoid all current and future DNS problems.... Ive always done my own dns lookups and havent suffered any issues (except maybe when the root servers were DoS'd, but then that affected a massive portion of the internet...
http://ntcanuck.com/downloads.htm Install Treewalk "Hawk"
Good documentation on there too.
Working fine now in CV2... last night went up and down more time's then a pro's pair of pants... :monkey:
simply installing your own dns server will avoid all current and future DNS problems.... Ive always done my own dns lookups and havent suffered any issues (except maybe when the root servers were DoS'd, but then that affected a massive portion of the internet...
http://ntcanuck.com/downloads.htm Install Treewalk "Hawk"
Good documentation on there too.
Was just going to recommend that, it was a life saver when Bully's DNS were flakey before. :)
does ntl actually contend the traffic during peak hours?
squirrel1970
23-05-2006, 15:35
no probs surfing today...
I think the stuff from last night is cleared up
no probs surfing today...
I think the stuff from last night is cleared up
Seems to have cleared up yes...
Silly DNS again?
akane1984
23-05-2006, 17:40
i got new modem today 250 model no dropouts by my speeds are still terrible i cant go on xbl because its useless with all lag. any help? whats goin on here.
i got new modem today 250 model no dropouts by my speeds are still terrible i cant go on xbl because its useless with all lag. any help? whats goin on here.
You've already posted this in the XBOX forum.
Please don't double post.
akane1984
23-05-2006, 17:47
well its handy to ask in two different categorys as different people look in different places and q is relevent to bothareas sorry
well its handy to ask in two different categorys as different people look in different places and q is relevent to bothareas sorry
It's also annoying to people to see the same post (esp when they have already replied to it elsewhere)
It's like running up to several people one after the other asking them the same question...
mandrake
23-05-2006, 19:11
Been ok in the da1 area all day, but, with ntl's track record i'm not holding my breath that it will stay that way for long.
HI
NTL as last night on\off connextion every 5 minutes or so off for 5 MINUTES then ok for 5 then off . NTL say its load balencing but my Area FARNBOROUGH GU14 postcode is not listed . this really now beyond a joke
been like this on and off for weeks NTL INDIA do not have clue
TONY
21.01 23.RD MAY 2006:mad:
LemonyBrainAid
23-05-2006, 21:51
This is my first post in these forums, please be gentle.
Guildford area... huge pings
Pinging cableforum.co.uk [212.227.92.125] with 32 bytes of
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=2738ms TTL=50
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=2482ms TTL=50
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=2572ms TTL=50
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=2998ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 212.227.92.125:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2482ms, Maximum = 2998ms, Average = 2697ms
---------- Post added at 21:51 ---------- Previous post was at 21:48 ----------
Tis better now
40ms... ish
They've probably had people working throughout the night as well on this, a national outage isn't a "wait until tomorrow" job at all.
Hopefully you should see normal or at least some operation by the end of today or tomorrow, who knows. I trust you have another form of access though?
No, call me shortsighted if you like, but I don't have a contingency Internet connection for when the main one goes down. Until I switched to NTL, I never needed one. My previous post was from my office.
jakeanders
24-05-2006, 15:41
Definately all fine now for Salisbury now.
HI
Its been ok most of day apart from period 2130 to 2215 then back to
old way cutting in out every 5 minutes all over Farnborough area as well
NTL did not know anything as usual NEWS to us was the answer?
whats new there ! . when we said the Connnectivity box came up saying
limited the reply was AH Yes you have SP2 installed best ignor that
we dont reccomend that at all its rather eratic best get rid of that
tony
seems slow still today for me in portsmouth.
I probley reboot the box in the morning
On average i'm getting a 30-40kb download and i'm on 2mb!
akane1984
25-05-2006, 08:02
ntl put my connection up to 10meg because i complained since they put it up ive went from having 300k-700k on 2mb to having 1.8meg to 2.5meg on 10meg!!
(belfast) something obviously wrong here.
etccarmageddon
25-05-2006, 08:34
here's a reminder of what NTL says the problem is:-
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/234/ntl-issues-statement-on-10mb-speed-issues
as I'm not using USB it doesnt really explain why even at 5am, I never get above 7meg.
Went ok last night again for a few hours. Back down to 3mb again at the min. I have never had a problem until early last week, my connection ahs always been maxed. As mentioned some popular sites google etc are random when/if i can get on them. Is this a problem that will be resolved? or are we just going to have to put up with it? If the latter i think i will be changing to a new ISP.
Crossy
Idley wonders if these problems are associated with the recent upsurge in spam originating from NTL customers.
Just go another one offering a hot stock tip which, according to Spamcop, comes from 82.27.58.***
akane1984
26-05-2006, 08:12
here's a reminder of what NTL says the problem is:-
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/234/ntl-issues-statement-on-10mb-speed-issues
as I'm not using USB it doesnt really explain why even at 5am, I never get above 7meg.
yeah i use ethernet too and again i point out that since sunday night into monday when ntl had all there trouble i have had speeds go up and down all week. again not to do with ntl but makes xbox live unplayable with lag. ping constantly spiking
hi
ok was now getting Peed off so friday morn i phoned NTL Asked how much longer are the planned Maint upgrades load balencing going on for might as well been talking to Mars as they didnt have a clue they were even taking place but she knew a man who did More music etc and the gent came on i presume India and asked me the usual questions well i said Hey hold on all i
want to know when does all the upgrades finsh . i was advised he didnt know
or was it on his screen but if during the work i was getting Slow or intermittent conections then no problem simply reboot the Modem I Said what is that supposed to do if your conection is Down that fixes the problem
was reply at that POINT I HUNG UP STEAM COMING OUT OF EARS ABOUT
TO BLOW . As for new SPEEDS from JUNE 1ST custumer services Lady
told me its not on there screens as they werent sure what was going on
NOW THAT I CAN BELIEVE:mad: :td: :mad: :mad: :mad: :banghead:
TONY
darkone338
28-05-2006, 00:49
HI
Its been ok most of day apart from period 2130 to 2215 then back to
old way cutting in out every 5 minutes all over Farnborough area as well
NTL did not know anything as usual NEWS to us was the answer?
whats new there ! . when we said the Connnectivity box came up saying
limited the reply was AH Yes you have SP2 installed best ignor that
we dont reccomend that at all its rather eratic best get rid of that
tony
has been fine here in north camp/ash vale, all day... in fact, its rarely ever bad here.....
LagRealm
28-05-2006, 22:50
My connection kept dying each time I load a page. Frustration!
I am in nottingham, anyone else suffer the same problem?
It seemed like the page takes longer than ever to load.
Still trouble here. Lowest speed yet on 10mg running at 1mg pathetic. :( So annoyed.
Crossy
astra_lestat
29-05-2006, 17:26
Sites are opening very slow. It was next to impossible to surf a few hours ago. It is a little bit better now, however, download speed from newsserver is 1/10 of my line - 200 kbps. My modem didn't work from 8 pm till 12 am yesterday at all. Something wrong is going out there but NTL keeps quiet about it.
delmontebanana
01-06-2006, 10:10
Problems accessing certain webpages again.
I'm on 10Mb.
This is getting ridiculous
Yep back to 4mg for me aswell. How long does this stuff take to fix ffs. Funny thingis i phoned up to see what was what and the guy said there systems were down lol. Go figure.
LagRealm
02-06-2006, 00:38
This is in Nottingham Area. Its going from OK to worst.
Pinging cableforum.co.uk [212.227.92.125] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=211ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=48
Request timed out.
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=207ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 212.227.92.125:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 206ms, Maximum = 211ms, Average = 208ms
Just gets better 25k lol, cant beleive i have gone slower than the old 56k. Think another phone calll tomorrow and telling them im not paying this months bill.
More connection issues here.
Can't hit eBay, BBC etc. I have an auction ending in 40 minutes and I need this to be sorted..I don't want to miss the auction *again* (relisted).
EDIT: As I posted that, it seems like I can now hit ebay and BBC. Strange.
EDIT2: Or not..
circlestech
02-06-2006, 20:57
I'm having big problems with eBay not loading proberly and getting DNS Errors :S
I hope this isn't another DNS problem this is really start to p*** me off
Looks like the same thing is happening again. I too have lost Google and the Beeb.
looks like DNS issues again
cannot get bbc google ebay etc....:mad:
Freeserve DNS servers people, hop to it!
Search the forum for them ;)
Foo Fighter
02-06-2006, 21:02
is msn down too? just reinstalled windows and cant get on msn :(
Yep, DNS issues again :rolleyes:
Damn ntl,
Anyone know why ntl are having these issues???
note : Dns issues here in Ellesmere Port
Oh no here we go again. And still no official word on what happened last time....
Do these people not realise Big Brother is on and I have no alternative but to surf the net whilst my girlfriend gets her BB fix?
is msn down too? just reinstalled windows and cant get on msn :(
msn relies on a connection to microsoft's hotmail system. generally if you cant see the 'hotmail.com' website ull have issues with msn
Oh wow another Friday night with a dodgey NTL connection !!!!! :mad:
Google up and down, Ebay loading but no pictures, Web pages taking an age to load.
We Love NTL :)
Yea same for me, no Google or Gmail, looks like I'll be forced to watch Big Brother :(
webslinger2k
02-06-2006, 21:33
same here in Luton - ridiculous. Always on a Friday.
gonna try freeserves DNS servers and see if that helps any.
Yea same for me, no Google or Gmail, looks like I'll be forced to watch Big Brother :(
Maybe that's the whole idea? :Yikes:
To BB or not to BB, that is the question...
dr aardvark
02-06-2006, 21:36
leeds has a problem all of a sudden
Leeds here too - no ebay BBC, Google or others. And this is becoming a regular occurence. Well ****ed off.
Can I ask a stupid newbie question?
How am I supposed to search the forum if Google isn't working?
:rolleyes:
allanprg
02-06-2006, 21:54
I presume you have tried changing proxies.;)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/trancache.html
Brighton connection fubar'd. No service status message on their site either.
squirrel1970
02-06-2006, 22:17
yup, its all going pear-shaped again....
icestar2
02-06-2006, 22:20
yes problems here to on the wirral only just stating getting them at 22:15.
I presume you have tried changing proxies.;)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...trancache.html (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/trancache.html)
Hey, that seems to work!
Is there an easier way to set that up, as these "slow browsing" days seem to be becoming more frequent. Perhaps a bit of software that pings various proxies, and lets you choose one that actually works?
stormrider
02-06-2006, 22:23
Sigh not again.
no connection to BBC, google, eBay in Woking.
And yes I've tried different proxies. Doesn't help when its a DNS problem.
Sigh not again. no connection to BBC, google, eBay in Woking. And yes I've tried different proxies. Doesn't help when its a DNS problem. Chanhge the DNS then?
Search the forum for the freeserve ones, they worked last time!
Prentonian
02-06-2006, 22:26
yes problems here to on the wirral only just stating getting them at 22:15.
Lucky you. I've been having it for over an hour in this part of Wirral :mad:
icestar2
02-06-2006, 22:30
I assume by your name that you live in prenton. I also live very close to prenton and my area is actually classed as prenton but I am only now getting the problems. This is starting to get silly now this is the 3rd time this has happened to me on ntl in the past month or so.
DerekRothwell
02-06-2006, 22:35
Just down the road from Prenton here too - things have been Friar Tucked for a couple of hours now.... you can set your watch by this problem every Friday night.
greencreeper
02-06-2006, 22:41
Struggling in Leeds - random DNS lookup failures. I've gone and upgraded my email program and it won't work without this layer thing - which I can't download because I get a page not found all the time :fit:
Struggling in Leeds - random DNS lookup failures. I've gone and upgraded my email program and it won't work without this layer thing - which I can't download because I get a page not found all the time :fit: Which page is it? I'll ping it, get an IP and post back, it might help, it might not..
And can you reach http://www.rvracing.net/poxy ? If so it might be worth trying things through there.
greencreeper
02-06-2006, 22:48
Which page is it? I'll ping it, get an IP and post back, it might help, it might not..
And can you reach http://www.rvracing.net/poxy ? If so it might be worth trying things through there.
I've sorted it - lent on the F5 key. Put it through the bottom of the keyboard. NTL Management needs thinning out. Preferably with a shotgun.
allanprg
02-06-2006, 22:49
Chanhge the DNS then?
Search the forum for the freeserve ones, they worked last time!
Freeserve DNS - 194.152.64.68
194.152.64.25
Freeserve DNS - 194.152.64.68 194.152.64.25 Ahhh. To the rescue :D *reps*
jingleman
02-06-2006, 22:53
Chanhge the DNS then?
Search the forum for the freeserve ones, they worked last time!
I'm just about to log off now, but if someone could find these details, and give simple instructions on how to implement, then maybe a moderator could put them as a 'sticky' "What do do when NTL DNS dies" sort of title.
Just my thought for the day.
Nite, nite :sleep:
I'm just about to log off now, but if someone could find these details, and give simple instructions on how to implement, then maybe a moderator could put them as a 'sticky' "What do do when NTL DNS dies" sort of title. Just my thought for the day. Nite, nite :sleep: If i can figure it out through guess work i'll post one. I'm using TW, not sure if its the same setup entirely or not :S
themelon
02-06-2006, 22:56
Iam now trying to use Plus net DNS and it is still ****e.
DNS issues here for the last 2-3hrs <ggggrrrrr!> :mad:
They should update their service status page!
Changing DNS servers.
Direct Connection to the modem Via Ethernet.
1) Open Network Conections, this can be found in the control panel, and sometimes from the start menu itself.
http://www.samputer.com/CF/networkconnections.JPG
2) Right Click the connection you are using (Will most likely be called Local Area Connection 1)
http://www.samputer.com/CF/rightclick.JPG
3) Select Properties
4) Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)"
http://www.samputer.com/CF/tcpip.JPG
5) Click Properties
6) In the new window that appears, you may need to select "Use the following DNS server addresses"
http://www.samputer.co.uk/CF/dns.JPG
7) Fill in the fields with the required DNS servers.
8) For the freeserve ones it will look like this
http://www.samputer.co.uk/CF/done.JPG
9) Then Click Ok
10) Click Ok again
11) Next you need to make sure the settings take place, you can either reboot or...
12) Right click on your connection (remember which one we just edited) and select "disable", wait a few seconds and select "enable".
http://www.samputer.co.uk/CF/enable.JPG
13) You should now be all set :D
Hope this helps.
Copy & Paste links i'm afraid, sorry :(
greencreeper
02-06-2006, 23:20
No need to reboot or disable/enable the LAN connection in XP/2000. If you want, you can do an ipconfig /flushdns to clear the DNS cache. On Windows 98, it's a bit more tricky - need to specify a host, which is the name of your PC.
Whats the point in changing DNS servers for web browsing???? Your still being forced through the transparent proxies (which use there own DNS lookups and so are also broke), the best thing is to just try and find a decent public proxy for all http traffic until NTL sort out there mess (again)
squirrel1970
02-06-2006, 23:21
grr.. I can't even access the service status page!!!
Browsing is shizzled here in Manchester. Have to use a freeserve DNS to do anything.
changed DNS to freeserve still not working :(
---------- Post added at 23:24 ---------- Previous post was at 23:22 ----------
just found this on NTL
As part of the ongoing project to maintain and upgrade our Broadband network, there is a requirement to carry out maintenance and upgrades on components which may result in a loss of service for the duration.
The following work will be taking place during the week commencing Monday the 29th of May.
On the morning of Friday the 2nd of June between midnight and 6 AM,
Network upgrades will result in a loss of service in Baguley and the surrounding areas.
On the Morning of Sunday 4th June between midnight and 6am,
Essential server maintenance will result in a loss of Registration services.
The following work will be taking place during the week commencing Monday the 5th of June.
On the morning of Monday the 5th of June between midnight and 6 AM,
Essential server maintenance will result in a loss of Registration services.
On the morning of Tuesday the 6th of June between midnight and 6 AM,
Network upgrades will result in a loss of service in Baguley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Stockton, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Colchester, Bishops Stortford, Stapleford, Coventry, Warwick, Andover, Reading, Lichfield and the surrounding areas.
Essential server maintenance will result in a brief loss of Registration, Broadband Medic and the ntlworld homepage services.
Network rebalancing across the country will result in a brief loss of service for all customers.
On the morning of Wednesday the 7th of June between midnight and 6 AM,
Network optimisation will result in a loss of service in the Birmingham, Baguley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Stockton, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Lewisham, Newmarket, Acton and the surrounding areas.
On the morning of Thursday the 8th of June between midnight and 6 AM,
Network upgrades will result in a loss of service in the Baguley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Huddersfield, Poole and the surrounding areas.
We thank you for your understanding and apologise for any inconvenience these planned works may cause
Im having problems tonight, with the same sort of sites and others more. Im on south coast and i beleive im classed in the Brighton area, Anyone have any idea of whats going on?
cjmillsnun
02-06-2006, 23:43
yeah, ntl's DNS servers are down.
Ok im wondering why this happens so often mostly at this time almost on a weekly basis, well its felt like this recently anyway.
cjmillsnun
02-06-2006, 23:47
dunno...
Its Pi**ing Me Off
---------- Post added at 23:49 ---------- Previous post was at 23:48 ----------
ive got things to do on ebay and cant
jakeanders
02-06-2006, 23:53
The bit from their server status page shouldn't be affecting us at the moment as we're not in any of the times listed. Just seems like their DNS servers break every Friday night.
...or maybe someone is servicing them?
Chrysalis
03-06-2006, 04:34
This is in Nottingham Area. Its going from OK to worst.
Pinging cableforum.co.uk [212.227.92.125] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=211ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=48
Request timed out.
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=207ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 212.227.92.125:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 206ms, Maximum = 211ms, Average = 208ms
upgrade to AOL dialup :D
Pinging 212.227.92.125 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=163ms TTL=52
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=164ms TTL=52
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=167ms TTL=52
Reply from 212.227.92.125: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 212.227.92.125:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 163ms, Maximum = 169ms, Average = 165ms
Prentonian
03-06-2006, 09:08
I assume by your name that you live in prenton. I also live very close to prenton and my area is actually classed as prenton but I am only now getting the problems. This is starting to get silly now this is the 3rd time this has happened to me on ntl in the past month or so.
I'm in Wallasey. I just go to Prenton Park
icestar2
03-06-2006, 13:52
I'm in Wallasey. I just go to Prenton Park
Oh ok my mistake m8. Still this ntl dns server problem thats happening is getting really annoying. I for one have google as my homepage and I use ebay alot for selling and buying also my main email address is gmail so as you can amagine when we get these dns issues they are really annoying for me. I heard the first 2 times it was a suspected dos attack and it does sound possible with only certain sites being targeted but I couldn't say for sure.
Come on NTL sort it out will ya were all paying enough money we atleast expect a decent service.
Been offline twice today, It's just come back online now... lasted about an hour or so, I've never been offline as much in the past couple of month than I have been in all the years I been with ntl :( I'm on the 10mb / ntl:250 / North Manchester. no mention of anything scheduled for today here (http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceStatus/ServiceDetails.aspx?FaultID=534)
jingleman
03-06-2006, 20:22
Changing DNS servers.
Direct Connection to the modem Via Ethernet.
1) Open Network Conections, this can be found in the control panel, and sometimes from the start menu itself.
http://www.samputer.com/CF/networkconnections.JPG
2) Right Click the connection you are using (Will most likely be called Local Area Connection 1)
http://www.samputer.com/CF/rightclick.JPG
3) Select Properties
4) Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)"
http://www.samputer.com/CF/tcpip.JPG
5) Click Properties
6) In the new window that appears, you may need to select "Use the following DNS server addresses"
http://www.samputer.co.uk/CF/dns.JPG
7) Fill in the fields with the required DNS servers.
8) For the freeserve ones it will look like this
http://www.samputer.co.uk/CF/done.JPG
9) Then Click Ok
10) Click Ok again
11) Next you need to make sure the settings take place, you can either reboot or...
12) Right click on your connection (remember which one we just edited) and select "disable", wait a few seconds and select "enable".
http://www.samputer.co.uk/CF/enable.JPG
13) You should now be all set :D
Hope this helps.
Copy & Paste links i'm afraid, sorry :(
That's excellent, thanks very much :cool:
I personally don't need the screen shots, though they will be very helpful to some people.
As I say, maybe a moderator could make your post a 'sticky' should/when NTL have DNS issues again.
Shall we take a bet it may be a Friday again, next time :D
I've just given you one of those reputation point thingies ;) Though you have lost anyhow :Yikes:
Well I don't know if this is the same sort of thing, but it sounds like it.
Just had first month of NTL 1mb (Poole area); speeds are good on d/ls or once a site has started to load, but the response times are often really poor - particularly evenings 6 - 10 pm.
Keep going offline, as well - maybe once or twice an evening for a few minutes a time, but Friday night was dreadful, seemed like every time I tried to get to a site.
Thanks, i'll write a few more if anyone gives me some ideas. I think i finally found what i can do with t'old samputer.co.uk :)
Cheers for the rep, most appreciated :D
Enjoy your browsing.
hi 04.06.2006 1044local
Farnborough gu14 (ntl) intermittent again access to most websites and
website uploads \email only avail for up to 10minutes at a time Again .
:mad: . Msn messenger loging in and out every 5 minutes
Tony
darkone338
04-06-2006, 10:51
all fine here in gu16 :)
My connection in Cardiff went off for hours yesterday afternoon... no net, no newsgroups... NOTHING!
thought it was just me, in the Lancashire area.....guy 5 mins walk away, had no probs
hi
its still very poor in gu14 area and been on\off all day ,some websites were ok but my NTL webspace upload was useless so was my BLOG upload untill
2000 local . most website like BBC- GOOGLE- Yahoo EBAY have only worked
for a few minutes at a time . we on 1MB it seems Suffer the same delays as
those being upgraded and getting nothing at all . Phoned INDIA Well its all i
could get to answer hadnt a clue what was going on in our area suggested i reboot the modem every time it goes off :mad: :mad: :mad: :banghead: :redcard: for NTL
TONY
astra_lestat
05-06-2006, 21:06
Very bad connection in Bedford
silverbullet
06-06-2006, 09:49
will freeserve dns server allow access to an ntl user ? if you could be a bit more specific ... cheers :)
Timeless Stew
06-06-2006, 09:51
Fine now but it was very slow @7 am
GU15
I keep getting cut off, could it be because the Broadband box and/or router is overheating?
icestar2
06-06-2006, 15:51
Just started getting problems again. Same thing as friday cant access google, ebay etc etc. . . This is really starting to become a problem as I use gmail as my email address and now I cant access it. Guess gonna have to change dns again.
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