Destroys NTL

[Renzo]

Who else is on NTL? Its totally screwed tonite! This is the only site i can get on too and mIRC keeps crashing. blah:(

[Mist]

http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mirc/exploit.html

[Cute_Baby_Bear]

Dont destroy it! It cant help being slow n crappy (unlike some things i could mention...) Im alright! Tiscali is working fine! :p

[Lil Laura]

Originally posted by Renzokuken
Who else is on NTL? Its totally screwed tonite! This is the only site i can get on too and mIRC keeps crashing. blah:(

OMG!

I thought my computer was fucked.

*hugs and kisses you!*

I could get on google as well, and I just got on livejournal. My brother hasn't even been able to connect on his account.

[HellsBells]

my ntl is being crappy too, taking ages to load pages then saying it cant :rolleyes:

[Renzo]

thank you mist.

Yeah i just about got to my LJ but thats about it. It sucks and stuff

[Gavman]

:rolleyes: NTL users with problems read below!!!


As at 14 October 2003 20:03

DNS outage - affecting all packages
ntl:home internet customers on all packages may currently experience difficulties using the service due to a DNS server outage.

This is likely to affect all internet services (browsing, email, FTP) for customers in some regions, and access to certain websites and servers in other regions.


in other words the cleaners pulled the plug of the DNS server out so they could plug thier hoovers in

no fix for it until NTL sort it out, but least now you know whats up

[Renzo]

Originally posted by Gavman
:rolleyes: NTL users with problems read below!!!


As at 14 October 2003 20:03

DNS outage - affecting all packages
ntl:home internet customers on all packages may currently experience difficulties using the service due to a DNS server outage.

This is likely to affect all internet services (browsing, email, FTP) for customers in some regions, and access to certain websites and servers in other regions.


in other words the cleaners pulled the plug of the DNS server out so they could plug thier hoovers in

no fix for it until NTL sort it out, but least now you know whats up

I dont get it

[ShyBoy]

I'm on NTL and it's fine :) *helpful*

[VinylVicky]

Yes I have had problems with it. We, well Ron, fixed it though....

[DG]

Can't you just specify another DNS server like BT's or something???

A program called Fastnet 99 may help in future to speedup your DNS requests and also bypass your ISP's DNS server:

http://www.geocities.com/gcriaco/



Below is a basic explaination of DNS for this of you that need to know!!!

Domain Name System (DNS)
Every computer connected to the Internet must have a unique address, termed an IP address, in order to communicate with other computers on the Internet. IP addresses are numeric and consist of four sets of numbers, such as 128.253.242.110.

Because few people can memorize many IP addresses, we rely on "host names" and "domain names" to replace them; for example, when we want to connect to the CUinfo web site, we enter cuinfo.cornell.edu (the host name "cuinfo" followed by the domain name "cornell.edu") instead of 128.253.242.110.

Although the more meaningful names are easier for people to remember, computers need to translate these names into numeric IP addresses. To perform this translation, a personal computer contacts another computer, called a domain name system (DNS) server, which maintains a complete, up-to-date list of IP addresses and corresponding names for all of the computers on the Internet. The personal computer only needs to keep track of the IP addresses of one or more DNS servers.

Sometimes you may see a "not found" message when you enter a host name and domain name. If you are certain that you typed the names correctly, the problem could be that the host and domain names are new and have not yet been added to the DNS server's list. When this happens, you may be able to reach the computer you are trying to contact if you enter its numeric IP address instead of its host and domain names.