News server related queries

[BrianB]

wait, is that site for real? Can I register for that service, and assuming I never go over the 250 mb limit will never have money charged off my card?

Someone else confirm MYISP's services please - will it let me use the 250 for international webpages? Can I sign up for MYISP even though I have an adsl account with telkom?

I have an account, get 250mb a month free, they dont even have my banking details. It is international and you can use it even if you have a telkom account.

[dablakmark8]

Why is it that grabit pauses by itself and gives me a error that i am running low on free disk space when clearly i can see i have lots of free space.BTW i am a beginner at this grabit app.

[Silver-0-surfer]

Why is it that grabit pauses by itself and gives me a error that i am running low on free disk space when clearly i can see i have lots of free space.BTW i am a beginner at this grabit app.

there is a setting that allows you to pause grabit once you only have X amount of free HD space, check what its set on. Cant tell you off hand where it is, but its there:)

[dablakmark8]

cool thanks will check it out

[dablakmark8]

there is a setting that allows you to pause grabit once you only have X amount of free HD space, check what its set on. Cant tell you off hand where it is, but its there:)

thanks so much man.I put the setting to 1mb:D..thatill teach the beech:rolleyes:

[jamezjunk]

is it possible to post newsgroups to usenet with a standard saix telcom account? I thought you needed a username & password to do so.

[Garyvdh]

http://gizmodo.com/5343260/how-to-kick-your-torrent-addiction-with-usenet

[jamezjunk]

http://gizmodo.com/5343260/how-to-kick-your-torrent-addiction-with-usenet

Never messed with SABnzbd, looks pretty sweet, I think I'll make the switch from altbinz.

[Friedils]

Hey guys i need some help, i seam to be able to download files properly from grabit but they done seam to amalgamate or come together at the end, im just left with a folder with the name of the movie i'm downloading and in the folder about 40 unreadable parts. How do i get the finished product of what im downloading?

[sleez]

use winrar to assemble them.

[YourPsycho]

Hey guys i need some help, i seam to be able to download files properly from grabit but they done seam to amalgamate or come together at the end, im just left with a folder with the name of the movie i'm downloading and in the folder about 40 unreadable parts. How do i get the finished product of what im downloading?

But first use QuickPar to check that all your files got downloaded correctly, otherwise they wont unrar successfully.

[ThatOtherGuy]

Hi Guys,

Hope I'm not breaking any protocols asking my question here. I'm a total newbie with nntp and I downloaded a nzb file from newsleech to see how it works. When I tried to download the files, Grabit said that the files were not on the server. I was under the impression the nzb file caches the files from the origin server to the server I've specified in Grabit?

I'm using GConnect and news.saix.net. It seems to be connecting toi the news server as far as I can gather.

Thanks.

[YourPsycho]

Hi Guys,

Hope I'm not breaking any protocols asking my question here. I'm a total newbie with nntp and I downloaded a nzb file from newsleech to see how it works. When I tried to download the files, Grabit said that the files were not on the server. I was under the impression the nzb file caches the files from the origin server to the server I've specified in Grabit?

I'm using GConnect and news.saix.net. It seems to be connecting toi the news server as far as I can gather.

Thanks.

Do not speak of such blasphemous things lol :erm:

Mebbe the nzb you downloaded is old. I personally use alt.binz so can't really help you there if the age of the nzb is not the problem. You'll have to dl from another site I rate of you want that specific file... Wait isn't that a problem which usually occurs with grabit??? Make your life easier and just use alt.binz.

[sleez]

use grabit to download a group off the server. This will at least tell you if the server is responding to your requests.

[alf101]

Hi Guys,

Hope I'm not breaking any protocols asking my question here. I'm a total newbie with nntp and I downloaded a nzb file from newsleech to see how it works. When I tried to download the files, Grabit said that the files were not on the server. I was under the impression the nzb file caches the files from the origin server to the server I've specified in Grabit?

I'm using GConnect and news.saix.net. It seems to be connecting toi the news server as far as I can gather.

Thanks.

You can search for a newer nzb here.

http://www.binsearch.info/index.php?q=&m=&max=250&adv_g=&adv_age=200&adv_sort=date&minsize=&maxsize=&font=

[ThatOtherGuy]

Thanks for the tips, guys.
I used alt.binz and it seems to have worked. I tried with a different nzb, so i can't say whether it was the nzb or the app.

[RoloTomasi]

Forgive my ignorance, but is news.saix.net up and running at the moment? I haven't dealt with news servers for quite some time but fired up GrabIt today but can't get a connection. Then tried to ping news.saix.net but it simply times out. Is the news server offline permanently or only an issue today?

Or any other alternative local news servers I can use with a SAIX based account?

[Garyvdh]

Forgive my ignorance, but is news.saix.net up and running at the moment? I haven't dealt with news servers for quite some time but fired up GrabIt today but can't get a connection. Then tried to ping news.saix.net but it simply times out. Is the news server offline permanently or only an issue today?

Or any other alternative local news servers I can use with a SAIX based account?

1) I don't think you can ping an NNTP server, it does not respond to ping requests.
2) It should still be running, but may just be extremely overloaded. That is usually the case, just leave it running and hopefully you will eventually get a gap.
3) There are no other local servers, except one very slow IS server for the IS backbone (doesn't work with SAIX).

[snail112]

You can give the Axxess news server (http://www.axxess.co.za/local.php) a try.

[RoloTomasi]

Thanks for the replies. I connected to the Axxess server without any problems.

[qinglung]

You can give the Axxess news server (http://www.axxess.co.za/local.php) a try.

SAIX news server = Axxess news server

They are one and the same, check the IP addresses on both and you will see.


Thanks for the replies. I connected to the Axxess server without any problems.

In other words, now you are connecting to SAIX with no problems :D

[RoloTomasi]

SAIX news server = Axxess news server
They are one and the same, check the IP addresses on both and you will see.

Geesh, so I basically just got lucky with the connection then. :) I actually bought a prepaid local only Gb at Axxess so I simply could have used my WA local only account anyway, since it's the same news server. Oh well, it's cheap enough.

Just glad I'm getting full speed on the line now.

[APoc184]

Geesh, so I basically just got lucky with the connection then. :) I actually bought a prepaid local only Gb at Axxess so I simply could have used my WA local only account anyway, since it's the same news server. Oh well, it's cheap enough.

Just glad I'm getting full speed on the line now.

There is your problem

WA is on the IS network. Thats why you could not connect to the saix server.

Try the IS news server with your WA account. Should connect immediately

[RoloTomasi]

There is your problem

WA is on the IS network. Thats why you could not connect to the saix server.

No, you get both IS local and SAIX local accounts at WA. Just depends which account you signed up for. The prepaid local accounts are on SAIX, I did a traceroute to confirm. It's indicated on their product page (http://www.webafrica.co.za/adsl/prepaid/) as well.

WA has local on the IS network (http://www.webafrica.co.za/adsl/is_local/) too, but it's not prepaid.

[APoc184]

My mistake.

Thought you were on the 10 or 30Gb WA Local only

[Garyvdh]

Another Guide.... How to Download from Newsgroups (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86979/how-to-download-movies-from-newsgroups/)

[Ronjay]

last night tried to download something and everything ran smoothly but when finnished there was no rar files in the folder. only other files it is supposed to be two iso files but now there is 2 .cue, 2 .img, 2 .sub and 2 .ccd files which cant be opened. So what have I done wrong and how do I fix it to get .iso files.

please help.

[Garyvdh]

Those are Disc Image Files... but from a different program... (VCDImager)

Install IMGBurn... and you should be able to read them and burn them...

http://www.imgburn.com/

You can read more here...

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/696/how_use_open_bin_cue_iso_files/
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5831/dvd_decrypter__how_to_burn_bin_cue_or_iso_files/

[Ronjay]

Those are Disc Image Files... but from a different program... (VCDImager)

Install IMGBurn... and you should be able to read them and burn them...

http://www.imgburn.com/

You can read more here...

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/696/how_use_open_bin_cue_iso_files/
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5831/dvd_decrypter__how_to_burn_bin_cue_or_iso_files/
Thanks, unfortunatly my blended is finished so I'll not be able to get IMGburn but thanks for the help. will I be able to somehow make the files .iso

[APoc184]

I've had that before and could not mount the .img file with Daemon Tools. But then I used the .cue file and that loaded the .img file onto my virtual drive.

Try that. Maybe I was lucky.

[Garyvdh]

Thanks, unfortunatly my blended is finished so I'll not be able to get IMGburn but thanks for the help. will I be able to somehow make the files .iso

Yes, you can supposedly convert them using MagicISO... (But it is not Free Software)

http://www.magiciso.com/

Here is a local link for IMGBurn...

http://www.quickshare.co.za/files/aesj5dj3/SetupImgBurn_2.5.0.0.exe.html

Here is a local link for MagicISO...

http://www.quickshare.co.za/files/lga1je2d/Setup_MagicISO.exe.html

[Ronjay]

I've had that before and could not mount the .img file with Daemon Tools. But then I used the .cue file and that loaded the .img file onto my virtual drive.

Try that. Maybe I was lucky.
thanks, but when i click on it it does nothing, I'm a complete noob so I think I must be doing something wrong. Will keep trying though.

[Ronjay]

Yes, you can supposedly convert them using MagicISO... (But it is not Free Software)

http://www.magiciso.com/

Here is a local link for IMGBurn...

http://www.quickshare.co.za/files/aesj5dj3/SetupImgBurn_2.5.0.0.exe.html

Here is a local link for MagicISO...

http://www.quickshare.co.za/files/lga1je2d/Setup_MagicISO.exe.html
Right, thanks for the help, dude, got the file to work you put me on the right track. thanks a lot.

[Garyvdh]

Right, thanks for the help, dude, got the file to work you put me on the right track. thanks a lot.

no problem... glad to help.

[cavedog]

If you have a http://www.nzbsrus.com/ account. They have premium account now on special. You pay with sms.
The total cost is R90 for a lifetime premium account. And you get a code smsed to you. I just got myself a VIP membership.
Newshost doesn't host all the NZB so its nice for the users that actually use the site. R90 not that bad actually. :-) Just a tip.

[Alias1234]

Hey, been using the news.saix server for a while now and found i could pretty much get anything i wanted off there, then i went and bought a 30 gig is local only account figuring the IS servers would be just as good.

My problem is, i can get some stuff fine, but other things just wont download and if they do i get between 3 - 5kb intermitently. but if i go back onto my saix account they download at full speed without a problem. The stuff is new (like 1 to 7 days old) but IS servers dont seem to cache it.

My question is, why is the saix server "better" than the IS server and does the IS server have selected groups is caches and if so, what are these groups? Is there some way of finding out if IS has cached a certain file from a certain group?

Any help would be grand :)

[fbman]

I only use saix to download contents, as the IS based news server are useless.

Go back to saix.

[cavedog]

To save bandwidth for SAIX only download with IS when it has loads of downloads and its a new release. Cause that will mean its cached.

[Alias1234]

ok, how do i find out if something is cached in the is server?

[snail112]

ok, how do i find out if something is cached in the is server?

When you download a file and it is going 3-5kbps it is not cached, if it is going between 38kbps and 420kbps, depending on you line speed, it is cached.

[fbman]

I normally get on my 4 meg line (dropped to 3 Meg due to sync problems)

about 80k to 200k a second for uncached and 325K a second for cached files.

[Ludjer]

I normally get on my 4 meg line (dropped to 3 Meg due to sync problems)

about 80k to 200k a second for uncached and 325K a second for cached files.

either ima noob or they have upgraded the news servers 80k for uncached damn thats good
what ISP are you?

[fbman]

I use Axxess for my news downloading or Mweb..

the speed about the same on both

[RichTrend]

Hi, I need some help with regards to downloading lists with news servers. I got my self a Giganews account & was adding groups then having to download the lists. First of all they seem to be very big, not sure if im missing something but It said I downloaded like 10GB of lists. The other strange part is that it said I was downloading up to speeds of 34.5 Mbps/4.3 Mbps

Trying to post a link with a screen shot, but getting the following:/ "Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting."

[Garyvdh]

Hi, I need some help with regards to downloading lists with news servers. I got my self a Giganews account & was adding groups then having to download the lists. First of all they seem to be very big, not sure if im missing something but It said I downloaded like 10GB of lists. The other strange part is that it said I was downloading up to speeds of 34.5 Mbps/4.3 Mbps

Trying to post a link with a screen shot, but getting the following:/ "Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting."

what are you trying to get from the News Servers?

SAIX has one News Server for binary files and another news server for plain text posting. If you are just doing plain text then you should use the other server.

I am not sure how it works with Giganews though.... most of us only use it for Binary files. I have not downloaded a Groups list in years!... but yes they can be quite large.

[RichTrend]

and the speed that it was transferring... as if my I have a 34MB line...?

[zezz]

Hello,

I would like to sign up for a local newshost account, I have international news accounts and would like to upload locally. Could any point me in the right direction to get an account?

email: zezztech@gmail.com

Regards,
Zezz

[TheLoot]

Hello,

I would like to sign up for a local newshost account, I have international news accounts and would like to upload locally. Could any point me in the right direction to get an account?

email: zezztech@gmail.com

Regards,
Zezz

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showpost.php?p=2119578

[snail112]

Go here (http://www.nzbsa.co.za/)

[TheLoot]

I have a problem -> I've grabbed a file that is RARed in 20-odd 15MB RAR files. According to the PAR files there is no damage on the files, BUT according to the SFV the file R00 is corrupt (and the file will not extract in WinRAR or 7Zip, both programs also say that R00 is corrupt).

Now how do I fix this? I've grabbed that part (R00) three times and every time it's the same story, has anyone ever experienced this and if so how did you solve it?

Thanks

[kimbo]

Update your winrar .. helped me a wile ago :)

[snail112]

Any par files in that download? Try getting a nzb from another site.

[somewherenotthere]

use quickpar

[bwana]

I foolishly mentioned in another thread how trouble free my experience with the IS NS was and now I'm getting an alt.binaries.teevee does not exist on this server message with grabbit.

I've tried updating groups.

Any suggestions?

EDIT - "Change active group before downloading article" - removed the tick and it's working now.

[Gatecrasher]

I have a problem -> I've grabbed a file that is RARed in 20-odd 15MB RAR files. According to the PAR files there is no damage on the files, BUT according to the SFV the file R00 is corrupt (and the file will not extract in WinRAR or 7Zip, both programs also say that R00 is corrupt).

Now how do I fix this? I've grabbed that part (R00) three times and every time it's the same story, has anyone ever experienced this and if so how did you solve it?

Thanks

Look to see if that file has been reposted onto usenet.

[TheLoot]

Update your winrar .. helped me a wile ago :)

Will that work even though the SFV says the R00 is incomplete?! I'm grabbing a new version of WinRAR now, I'll give it a shot

EDIT: Yeah that didn't work!


Any par files in that download? Try getting a nzb from another site.

There are PAR files, but according to the PAR files all the RAR files are fine so there is no option to repair!


Look to see if that file has been reposted onto usenet.

Thanks, I checked and it hasn't :(

I'll check if I can't get the file off Rapidshare, WA free 10GB FTW :D

Thanks guys

[Chavez]

I foolishly mentioned in another thread how trouble free my experience with the IS NS was .....

I said something similar on another thread :o ....for the past 2 days the IS NS has been giving me erratic speeds and connections...I'm using Alt.Binz

EDIT: Just confirm...is anyone else having issues downloading from the IS NS today? I'm running a IS 30Gig local (Web Africa) account and struggling to download cached content.

[Vl@d]

Let's take the news servers as part of a Big company providing the news server as part of a "bundled service" with x amount of gb's usage per month. Be this local ot international bandwith as it may.

Now this big company is intent on providing a service as the more people use their services the more profits they can shoe to the investors and shareholders making them happy shareholders and investors. Now at some point these investors and shareholders starts to get uneasy with the prospects of new companies entering the field which will at some point in future reduce the current profits.

Now these investors and shareholders are screaming at the big company to "protect" their investment. Quick way for this to happen is to lower overheads. In this case to reduce the amount of overheads the big company decides to keep the amount of bundles sold but to reduce the amount paid for usage within the monthly bundles. Since a big monopoly (which also have investors and shareholders) keep prices high, the only way is for the company to reduce the amount of usage in the bundles.

They find a brilliant way which is called "uncached content" by reducing available time of "cached" content available on the news servers it now takes longer to utelise bundles therefore reducing the amount used within bundles.

Now this creates smiles on the faces of investors and shareholders again while the users stay somewhat content as they still recive the bundle and they still want the content although it is now a "reduced" service.

[somewherenotthere]

Will that work even though the SFV says the R00 is incomplete?! I'm grabbing a new version of WinRAR now, I'll give it a shot

EDIT: Yeah that didn't work!



There are PAR files, but according to the PAR files all the RAR files are fine so there is no option to repair!



Thanks, I checked and it hasn't :(

I'll check if I can't get the file off Rapidshare, WA free 10GB FTW :D

Thanks guys
have you tried quickpar... it is the best way to fix the rars.

download the par(2) files, open quickpar, click "open", select the par files and then it should work everything out.

[Private Fluffy]

I just purchased the uncapped adsl account from axxess

http://www.axxess.co.za/uncapped.php

and I was wondering about the news server address. I tried the SAIX one, the IS one and the axxess one that I found on this thread, but none of them work. Does axxess' news server only come with the local cap package, or should I be looking for some paid news servers?

[RichTrend]

Get paid international service, you wont look back

[TheLoot]

I have a problem -> I've grabbed a file that is RARed in 20-odd 15MB RAR files. According to the PAR files there is no damage on the files, BUT according to the SFV the file R00 is corrupt (and the file will not extract in WinRAR or 7Zip, both programs also say that R00 is corrupt).

Now how do I fix this? I've grabbed that part (R00) three times and every time it's the same story, has anyone ever experienced this and if so how did you solve it?

Thanks


have you tried quickpar... it is the best way to fix the rars.

download the par(2) files, open quickpar, click "open", select the par files and then it should work everything out.

I grabbed the PAR file and a PAR2 file with 4 recovery blocks already but because the PAR files say that R00 is fine I can't repair it.

I still cannot understand how the PARs can say all is fine when the SFV says otherwise and nothing can extract it?! Perhaps the RARs somehow got corrupted before the poster even created the PAR files, they might explain part of it but would be highly unlikely...

It's fine, the file I was trying to get is on RapidShare :)

[Schwartz]

I am going Axxess Uncapped next month and an International Newz Account.. gonna pull 700GB's a month :)

[Private Fluffy]

Get paid international service, you wont look back

Got any good suggestions? The cheapest service?

But still, what are the local news servers I can use with my uncapped axxess account?

[Globetrotter]

But still, what are the local news servers I can use with my uncapped axxess account?

The Axxess express accounts are on the IS network, so the SAIX news server won't work. The IS news server should: news.is.co.za

For international news servers, check these threads:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/blog.php?b=566
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=195359

[Private Fluffy]

Thanx.

If I use an international news server, like Newsdemon, what speeds will I be expecting?

[zarenya]

My isp has blocked ports and now I cannot use Grabit to even download from a server. My isp has even blocked peer 2 peer applications.

Is there anyway of using grabit with my current isp. I have no access to my router and how can i use grabit without crashing the network of my isp.

[hilton]

What are the T&Cs of your ISP? Who are they BTW?

[TheRift]

My isp has blocked ports and now I cannot use Grabit to even download from a server. My isp has even blocked peer 2 peer applications.

Is there anyway of using grabit with my current isp. I have no access to my router and how can i use grabit without crashing the network of my isp.

Crashing the network of your ISP?

Use SSL connection to your news server. They cannot block port 443.

[Fiekus]

Anyone been having issues with "password protected" rar files? I use newzleech to find the .nzb files and 5 of my previous files downloaded and when I try to unrar them, I have to "click an html" link for the password. Naturally I didn't, but just wanted to know if anyone else have been experiencing the same :confused:

Fortunately I've been using my WA trial account for some of it, so just wasted about a gig in total of my afrihost account.

[TheLoot]

Anyone been having issues with "password protected" rar files? I use newzleech to find the .nzb files and 5 of my previous files downloaded and when I try to unrar them, I have to "click an html" link for the password. Naturally I didn't, but just wanted to know if anyone else have been experiencing the same :confused:

Fortunately I've been using my WA trial account for some of it, so just wasted about a gig in total of my afrihost account.

I've grabbed two of those myself. I clikced the link, it takes you to some site where you must fill in surveys to get the password (the surveys then generate cash for the uploader) and when you extract the file there is another text file inside the password protected RAR telling you that this is a fake but at least you've helped the uploader make some cash.

It's annoying to say the least. The trick is to grab the last RAR (the smallest one) of the set and open it. If there is another big RAR in there with the html saying something about "click here for password" or "read before opening" then you know the whole thing is fake.

[Fiekus]

Thanks for the help at least.... the whole is a fake then because there's only 1 rar file and an html file and when I try and unrar it prompts for the password.
Ah well :rolleyes:

[Garyvdh]

http://www.merlins-portal.net/Vbulletin/showthread.php?p=500401#post500401

The entire site at Merlin's Portal is now 100% free for all NZB downloads.

It is still donation supported and there is still a limit on downloads, but all areas are all open access.

Merlin's Portal is hosted in Germany and is one of the oldest NZB sites in existence. :)

Just a plug from me as it is one of my favourite sites.

If you have problems registering let me know and I will PM Merlin for you.

[Ichtys]

Thanks for the help at least.... the whole is a fake then because there's only 1 rar file and an html file and when I try and unrar it prompts for the password.
Ah well :rolleyes:

Beware of the "AXXO" NZBs as well. Someone is spoofing his/her name.It's also pswd protected rubbish.:mad:
Also found that checking the poster's e-mail address. If it looks dutch - stay away. Works for me.:)

[lil syba]

I've got a query.
Now that I'm in the news.telkomsa.net newsgroup, how do I search for a specific file without downloading the different groups? I'm using Grabit.

[Garyvdh]

I've got a query.
Now that I'm in the news.telkomsa.net newsgroup, how do I search for a specific file without downloading the different groups? I'm using Grabit.

um, what? :confused:

what on earth are you trying to do?

What kind of files are you trying to download?

Who told you to go to news.telkomsa.net?

[lil syba]

um, what? :confused:

what on earth are you trying to do?

What kind of files are you trying to download?

Who told you to go to news.telkomsa.net?

There's a specific iso file that I've been trying to download with local bandwidth for a while.
I pretty much learned of GrabIt and entered news.telkomsa.net as my default server.
Why? What have I done wrong? :s

[Garyvdh]

OK, the first thing you need to do is change that address to news.saix.net
Leave it on Port 119 by default.
Don't put any username or password in.
You are using the SAIX (Telkom) backbone are you not?
Then, have you found a NZB (tracker) file for the ISO you are looking for?
When you have the NZB file you load it into Grabit and start the downloading.

[Schwartz]

^ the server is news.saix.net
ans use NZBSA.co.za to find the NZB!

[lil syba]

Ah, great.
Yeah I'm on the SAIX backbone.

Just tried registering on NZBSA (I have an invitation code) but the "user limit is exceeded".
Oh well. Will try again later.

Thanks for saving my ass lol :P

[Garyvdh]

Ah, great.
Yeah I'm on the SAIX backbone.

Just tried registering on NZBSA (I have an invitation code) but the "user limit is exceeded".
Oh well. Will try again later.

Thanks for saving my ass lol :P

You can also use some free international sites to find the NZB....

http://www.merlins-portal.net/

[lil syba]

If I get the NZB from the international site, is it still possible to use local bandwidth to download my iso?

[Schwartz]

If I get the NZB from the international site, is it still possible to use local bandwidth to download my iso?

yip.. because the SAIX server mirrors USENET :)
I use NZBMatrix.com and NZBSA.co.za

[ponder]

Just tried registering on NZBSA (I have an invitation code) but the "user limit is exceeded".
Oh well. Will try again later.


Same here.

[xumwun]

Ah, great.
Yeah I'm on the SAIX backbone.

Just tried registering on NZBSA (I have an invitation code) but the "user limit is exceeded".
Oh well. Will try again later.

Thanks for saving my ass lol :P

It seems these clowns (nzbsa and newshost) think that if they stop people from using their site, they can stop people from downloading from the news servers and have more bandwidth for themselves.

[TheRift]

What a dumb attitude. If you recall newshost had a little legal issue in the last year, so rather control the user count for safety. And when you consider that darn news servers like IS suck on uncached stuff I don't think anyone would want that kind of "super fast" action.

Also, it is a free thing. With most free things it can only handle so many users.

[Garyvdh]

The main reason that SAIX and IS News Servers suck so bad... is that some guys found a way to hack the system to create multiple connections. So they are leeching up to 32 connections at a time and making it a pain for anyone else to get a single connection.

What can you do? Get an international News Account.

[TheRift]

5 connections to IS per user account purchased. Purchase more than 1 account and you should be entitled to more. It's not exactly what one would call a "hack" as compared to an entitlement from a a product purchase.

International news account is the best though. :) You get what you pay for.

[Garyvdh]

5 connections to IS per user account purchased. Purchase more than 1 account and you should be entitled to more. It's not exactly what one would call a "hack" as compared to an entitlement from a a product purchase.

International news account is the best though. :) You get what you pay for.

How do you know that all the guys who are making up to 32 connections have actually purchased the accompanying number of accounts? Is someone monitoring them to make sure they don't abuse it? What about SAIX? How many connections are they allowed on SAIX?

[TheRift]

IS server limits to 5 connections per IP. One concurrent connection per local account.

Explain the hack?

[Garyvdh]

IS server limits to 5 connections per IP. One concurrent connection per local account.

Explain the hack?

They use IPCop and Virtual servers to create spoofed IPs and thus create multiple logins. I am NOT going to tell you exactly how to do it. There was a guy last year who posted the instructions here. Caused a lot of friction.

[Garyvdh]

This is a list of all the International News Server Providers who give free Trial Accounts. If you are looking for something to blow some free bandwidth on... give some of these free trials a shot.

http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/free-newsgroups.html

[TheRift]

They use IPCop and Virtual servers to create spoofed IPs and thus create multiple logins. I am NOT going to tell you exactly how to do it. There was a guy last year who posted the instructions here. Caused a lot of friction.

Hmmm.. ok, those 4kers! That's just dodge.

[zarenya]

My isp has blocked every port. I can only FTP and email as usual. But they say when I use grabit then it slows their network down.
Currently they have blocked all peer2peer activity and I cannot use Grabit and I have had to suspend my account with Giganews until they are able to accomodate me.

I am thinking of switching to Telkom and Cybersmart next month should my current ISP not help me.

Is there anyone that can give some advice to my isp. They say that when I use grabit, it crashes their network.


Crashing the network of your ISP?

Use SSL connection to your news server. They cannot block port 443.

[Schwartz]

They say that when I use grabit, it crashes their network.

what kind of ISP you using? name and shame:D

[zarenya]

Its called BlueChip Online. I have had great success with them the past 4 years. I used to be able to use Utorrent or Limewire but now all that is blocked. I have been using Grabit since March this year and now all of a sudden that is blocked. I only do about 3g of download a month.

I am thinking of going for a 4mb ADSL line from Telkom/Cybersmart, but need all your advice i can get!

Do you think 4mb will do the same job for me as my current line speed which is throttled to 1024mb.

My isp has a 4mb telkom line but all users are graded and I only get a line speed of between 512k and 1024mb. I get my internet wirelessly from them.

[Schwartz]

Telkom 4MB is the best.. do you need an uncapped package?

[TheRift]

Sounds like bull**** to me. Who is your ISP?

[TheRift]

Never heard of them. They're ripping you, that's for sure. Tell them to bugger off and then move to a real ISP like WebAfrica.

Sounds like they have a plum or politician on the tech support line if they told you that story.

If your single-line grabit is killing their network then you must be their only customer and they're using dial-up fax-speed for their main connection. :P


Its called BlueChip Online. I have had great success with them the past 4 years. I used to be able to use Utorrent or Limewire but now all that is blocked. I have been using Grabit since March this year and now all of a sudden that is blocked. I only do about 3g of download a month.

I am thinking of going for a 4mb ADSL line from Telkom/Cybersmart, but need all your advice i can get!

Do you think 4mb will do the same job for me as my current line speed which is throttled to 1024mb.

My isp has a 4mb telkom line but all users are graded and I only get a line speed of between 512k and 1024mb. I get my internet wirelessly from them.

[zarenya]

I am the only one on their network that use grabit and they say I am crashing their network. I limit myself to only using 3g of news server content a month. The balance of my bandwith is used for emails and ftp.

I have until month-end to switch to Cybersmart/Telkom.

My current internet is: Wireless 1024mb line and uncapped but I cannot use P2P :(

I think a 512k line may also suffice for me, but would my download speeds be?

Regards

[TheRift]

Ah.. wireless. :P 512 should be fine. Downloads depend on where it is coming from. Roughly 40-50KB/sec.

[zarenya]

When I use Grabit, I make use of giganews and astraweb for downloading from a news server.

I am thinking of going for a 512k line as because I think a 4mb line will just be a bit expensive.

What I must note is that I am wanting to share my internet connection with another point a few metres away in another building. My new ISP has assured me they can make my 2nd place a hotspot so I can have my siblings also share the internet from another pc.

Regards

[lil syba]

Just a small update
NZBSA seems to be accepting invite-signups again, my signup was successful this afternoon.

[Vl@d]

Sorry for my silly question. but is it possible to download both from SAIX and IS news servers at the same time?

[TheRift]

Only if you have a IS ADSL and a SAIX ADSL account running at the same time.

[rwenzori]

ras. **** tebogs

[thatcap]

i got a simple but probably stupid question. im on a telkom account with 1gig international and 10gigs local. Im running route sentry at the moment with telkom for local and axxess prepaid for international, at the moment my telkom international is capped. My question is--- at the start of next month is it possible to only use my telkom account? will my news server downloads be subtracted off my telkom 10gig local?

[Fiekus]

i got a simple but probably stupid question. im on a telkom account with 1gig international and 10gigs local. Im running route sentry at the moment with telkom for local and axxess prepaid for international, at the moment my telkom international is capped. My question is--- at the start of next month is it possible to only use my telkom account? will my news server downloads be subtracted off my telkom 10gig local?

I'm no expert and base my answer on what I've read on here...

The obvious answer is that to start using your Telkom local you have to use your 1GB international first. But some guys on here have stated that if you're on local on the last day of the month, and you don't reser your router, that on the 1st of the new month you could still be using local bandwidth, until your router is reset.... perhaps someone else will venture a better answer.
Welcome btw, 1st post :)

[TheLoot]

i got a simple but probably stupid question. im on a telkom account with 1gig international and 10gigs local. Im running route sentry at the moment with telkom for local and axxess prepaid for international, at the moment my telkom international is capped. My question is--- at the start of next month is it possible to only use my telkom account? will my news server downloads be subtracted off my telkom 10gig local?

Cap your account at the end of a month. Just before midnight create a connection (this will be a local connection). Then as soon as midnight passes start your downloads. All usage on this local connection will count to the current month's local usage, even though it's using a previous month's local connection. Fiekus is spot on - I did this at the end of September beginning of October and worked :)

[Garyvdh]

Is it just my imagination or is the NewsHost Web Site running really slowly lately? :confused:

[Stickfigure]

Is it just my imagination or is the NewsHost Server running really slowly lately? :confused:

Hard to say. I downloaded HIMYM and was averaging between 300-400kb/s.

[Garyvdh]

Hard to say. I downloaded HIMYM and was averaging between 300-400kb/s.

Not the SAIX server itself.

I meant the website for NewsHost.

Is the website running slow?

It keeps timing out when I try to download an NZB.

[Maveric12]

Not the SAIX server itself.

I meant the website for NewsHost.

Is the website running slow?

It keeps timing out when I try to download an NZB.



Yip same here

[Stickfigure]

Not the SAIX server itself.

I meant the website for NewsHost.

Is the website running slow?

It keeps timing out when I try to download an NZB.

Oh lol my bad. Yeah Newshost itself is dead slow. Apparently they are having SQL problems or something like that.

[Garyvdh]

Ah, I see they posted a message...

Site Load
With the release of all the new seasons and the launch of the Webafrica trials we are experiencing a high server load at the moment, which may result in occasional site loading time problems. We are working on the situation, please bear with us during this period.

[Schwartz]

Can any one organize me with a newshost account? Can hook you up with NZBSA
Thanks

[Kaufies]

Can any one organize me with a newshost account? Can hook you up with NZBSA
Thanks

Is Newshost accepting sign ups again? I heard they were completely closed. Anyway, I've only got NZBSA, Is Newshost a lot better? NZBSA has been awesome for me so far!

[TheLoot]

NewsHost is closed to new signups. Next year some time they may open up again for one day to allow new signups (for thier birthday)

[zarenya]

I have decided to hold off on the ADSL swap for now I am staying with my Wireless ISP.
Is there anyone that can advise them that (as me being the only user using grabit) will not crash their network. I only do like 3gb a month.

Can you advise please!

[Kaufies]

I have decided to hold off on the ADSL swap for now I am staying with my Wireless ISP.
Is there anyone that can advise them that (as me being the only user using grabit) will not crash their network. I only do like 3gb a month.

Can you advise please!

I suggest you switch to adsl and set up your own network for your siblings. If you really don't want to, use the news server provided by your isp's reseller (probably SAIX or IS). If they complain about that, you could probably talk directly to the reseller and have them (the reseller) inform your current ISP that they (the ISP) are full of s**t then go back to your premium service. You could try using an encrypted connection to the news server. Also, I find it worrying that your ISP knows what program you're using- any one else agree or am I being paranoid?

EDIT: Could you please explain how they know you use Grabit. Did you tell them or did they already know?

[gregmcc]

Anyone able to connect to news.saix or news2.saix? - haven't been able to connect to either for the past 24 hrs :(

[bwana]

Anyone able to connect to news.saix or news2.saix? - haven't been able to connect to either for the past 24 hrs :(News.saix is fine on my side - getting decent speeds too.

[gregmcc]

this is weird - restart router - doesn't help. restart ipcop, doesnt help, restart altbinz, doesnt help.
restart PC.....heeey it connects!!!

Very odd as http/smtp worked fine. :confused:

Oh well - at least I can leave it running now and catch up :)

[zarenya]

I had to be honest with them and I showed them I only use Grabit and I use Astraweb/Giganews. But sadly they have now blocked p2p and they claim grabit and me getting stuff via NZB, are all p2p and as soon as I use it, it crashes their network.

I used to use utorrent but have not been doing so for more than a year now. I find that the grabit/nzb has been far better.

I would really appreciate if any of you can advise them of how to work around this headache. I am at this stage so sad because I cannot get my favorite two shows: DH and B&S.

[Kaufies]

I had to be honest with them and I showed them I only use Grabit and I use Astraweb/Giganews. But sadly they have now blocked p2p and they claim grabit and me getting stuff via NZB, are all p2p and as soon as I use it, it crashes their network.

I used to use utorrent but have not been doing so for more than a year now. I find that the grabit/nzb has been far better.

I would really appreciate if any of you can advise them of how to work around this headache. I am at this stage so sad because I cannot get my favorite two shows: DH and B&S.

Ok, you need to speak to someone moderately intelligent in the call center because it sounds like you've been dealing with a clown. Ask them how it crashes their network because that sounds a little far-fetched. Perhaps you should contact their reseller and read through their t&c's and aup to arm yourself beforehand.

[swazz99jhb]

Hi

I keep on getting 481 Access Denied via @wadsl.local. Any ideas?

Does anyone know the commands for the NNTP protocol? Wanna check connectivity via telnet.

Tx

[Kaufies]

Hi

I keep on getting 481 Access Denied via @wadsl.local. Any ideas?

Does anyone know the commands for the NNTP protocol? Wanna check connectivity via telnet.

Tx

You talking about WebAfrica (news.wa.co.za)? Their server has a limit to the number of connections it can handle. They say they'll increase capacity on monday or so.
I found this (www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc977.html) using Bing (I'm on local right now). It should have all the commands but I've found RFCs hard to read in the past...

[Gekco]

Does anyone have a nzbsa invite please?
I would really appreciate it thanks.

[Smooth Criminal]

I had to be honest with them and I showed them I only use Grabit and I use Astraweb/Giganews. But sadly they have now blocked p2p and they claim grabit and me getting stuff via NZB, are all p2p and as soon as I use it, it crashes their network.

I used to use utorrent but have not been doing so for more than a year now. I find that the grabit/nzb has been far better.

I would really appreciate if any of you can advise them of how to work around this headache. I am at this stage so sad because I cannot get my favorite two shows: DH and B&S.
Usenet uses the NNTP protocol, not P2P. I'm afraid that you were speaking to an imbecile.

[Smooth Criminal]

Is Newshost accepting sign ups again? I heard they were completely closed. Anyway, I've only got NZBSA, Is Newshost a lot better? NZBSA has been awesome for me so far!
It doesn't matter where you get the nzb file from - they all point to the same files.

[Kaufies]

It doesn't matter where you get the nzb file from - they all point to the same files.

Lol, I know that. I was wondering if Newshost has a lot more NZBs. I usually use international sites to get NZBs but when I want a good local alternative for when I'm capped. Like I said, so far nzbsa has been awesome:)

[Garyvdh]

NewsHost is also awesome, except when the web site gets overloaded and starts slowing down. Probably part of the reason why they don't want to allow new sign ups.

[YourPsycho]

hey, anyone else having problems accessing nbzsa? I just get a random page every time I type in the URL.

[ph4t3]

hey, anyone else having problems accessing nbzsa? I just get a random page every time I type in the URL.

What random page? I just accessed it now.

[YourPsycho]

What random page? I just accessed it now.

Oh wait, it works after I cleared my temp files. Weird.

[tco21]

Site down?

[snail112]

Looks like Newshost is down or extremely busy, and NZBSA disabled my account.

[Pada]

Yup, something is wrong with the bitfarm sites.

[Just_Ice]

Yea, bitfarm has been shot down it seems

[Kaufies]

Yea, bitfarm has been shot down it seems

Maybe it's time for an alternative to private trackers:confused:

[TheRift]

Yea, bitfarm has been shot down it seems

Shot down? Attacked by another bunch of lawyers perhaps? Also haven't been able to get to newshost since mid-afternoon.

[Just_Ice]

Shot down? Attacked by another bunch of lawyers perhaps? Also haven't been able to get to newshost since mid-afternoon.
Its dreadful. Bodies everywhere on the front line!
Things are deteriorating fast, but bitfarm is getting a fresh unit from the north, ETA 24 hours or so. Till then, lets just hope for the best

[TheRift]

Readddyyyy!!! Aiimmmmm!!!! Litigate!

[Freak_c]

Can't get onto newshost either? Anyone know what's up?

[colddeath]

yeah newshost still down, least new month and downloads peeking max speed woop!

[snail112]

Newshost is up and running again.

[colddeath]

and now its down again :(

[Schwartz]

Guys I have Axxess Uncapped from this month so gonna sign up with a Usenet mirrorer(sp?)
I was thinking Astraweb's $11 Unlimited (http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html) looks the best... anyone got any suggestions as who to go with?
Thanks

[TheRift]

Astraweb is good. Beats giganews on pricing any day.

[Schwartz]

Astraweb is good. Beats giganews on pricing any day.

Ya... do you use it? on you on the IS backbone? what speeds you get?

[TheRift]

Yes, I use it. I'm on IS as well. Goes 400-420KB/sec. Sometimes during the month they do something as astraweb, can become useless, but then it's back up to full speed in a couple of hours.

[Schwartz]

Yes, I use it. I'm on IS as well. Goes 400-420KB/sec. Sometimes during the month they do something as astraweb, can become useless, but then it's back up to full speed in a couple of hours.

k cool :)

[Garyvdh]

Astraweb is good. Beats giganews on pricing any day.

+1 .. I'm also using them at full speed on the IS backbone.

[Schwartz]

+1 .. I'm also using them at full speed on the IS backbone.

good to hear :D

[bwana]

Is anyone able to connect to news.is?

[lerouxjj]

Tried Usenext. Not for me thanks.....

[swazz99jhb]

Is anyone able to connect to news.is?

news.is.co.za works fine for me, but I'm unable to connect to news.saix.net since yesterday.

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms HOME [192.168.2.1]
2 26 ms 25 ms 21 ms dsl-146-152-01.telkomadsl.co.za [165.146.152.1]

3 * * * Request timed out.

[shmarkie]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of any good free international NZB sites? I know of nzbmatrix.com, but it only allows downloads of new nzbs (up to 25days) on free registration. :(

Any suggestions / recommendations?
Thanks :)

[TheLoot]

I've heard good things of Merlins Portal (http://www.merlins-portal.net/)

I personally use www.newzleech.com

[Garyvdh]

I've heard good things of Merlins Portal (http://www.merlins-portal.net/)

+1 Great site. If you have any problems signing up let me know. Telkom's transparent proxy sometimes causes problems.

[Freakboy]

Is anyone able to connect to news.is?

I got the same problem. AltBinz connects and then immediately disconnects. I have been trying since 19:00 yesterday night and could not connect or download anything.

[Mr Feesh]

Please can some one help me,I downloaded a file off the newsserver, when i try to extract it i get the following error msg "is not a valid rar file" what do i do now?

Thanks

[hilton]

Please can some one help me,I downloaded a file off the newsserver, when i try to extract it i get the following error msg "is not a valid rar file" what do i do now?


Well you have two options;

1. If it's really not a valid .rar file then either download the file again or find another .nzb

2. Sometimes the extension gets confused, so simply rename the file with the .rar extension and it should work (assuming you have winrar or similar)

Hope this helps.

[Mr Feesh]

Well you have two options;

1. If it's really not a valid .rar file then either download the file again or find another .nzb

2. Sometimes the extension gets confused, so simply rename the file with the .rar extension and it should work (assuming you have winrar or similar)

Hope this helps.

thanks for the help, unfortunately it didnt work :( 7gbs down the drain, trying re-download it again.

[snail112]

thanks for the help, unfortunately it didnt work :( 7gbs down the drain, trying re-download it again.

Did the file have .par files? If it did DL QuickPar-0.9.1.0 and try a repair, there is sometimes some blocks missing and you cannot extract it.

[shmarkie]

Hi guys, forgive me if this has been asked before, but some of my nzb's that are queued don't download. :-? The servers show 0kb/s and it cycles through the articles and nothing downloads... I am currently 4% on a file thats 126 days old. another file thats 2.2 days old also wont download.. Any suggestions / help would be appreciated! :)

BTW. Im using Alt.binz.

[Schwartz]

Does any1 know if the WA Trial Newz server is still up? It says it is connected but going at 0kb/s! I am using news.wa.co.za with 2 connecs.

Are there any alt for the WA trial?

EDIT: It is downloading iratically.. like 20kb/s.. 0kb/s.. 20kb/s etc

[gripen]

Are there any alt for the WA trial?



Yes -> news.saix.net

[Mr Feesh]

Did the file have .par files? If it did DL QuickPar-0.9.1.0 and try a repair, there is sometimes some blocks missing and you cannot extract it.

Used quick par, and it said blocks missing,

[therock]

:confused:can anyone tell me why im downloading in spikes from news.saix , instead of a contant stream like http download?im not complaining just interested

[Garyvdh]

check your Anti-virus... turn off any text download monitoring in your anti-virus... esp. Kaspersky.

[Schwartz]

Yes -> news.saix.net

that doesnt work on the WA trial for me

[therock]

im using avast , i turned off the scanning of incoming news but im still downloading in spikes.do you guys get a constant stream?thanks for the help Gary:)

[therock]

i decided to turn off avast completely and i went from downloadind i spikes of 300KB/s to a constant stream of 38KB/s and im not sure which one is better:confused:

[Garyvdh]

i decided to turn off avast completely and i went from downloadind i spikes of 300KB/s to a constant stream of 38KB/s and im not sure which one is better:confused:

ja, maybe one of the guys can help you with which setting exactly it is in Avast, or you might have to use a different AV program.

is what you are downloading cached or uncached. The speed sounds about right for uncached material.

I don't use the local servers so I can't really say. One of the other guys will be able to advise us.

The spikes of 300 kb/s are not a true reflection of you speed. The news server always spikes when you connect, but because you are constantly connecting and disconnecting it is not good for your system or the server.

[therock]

thanks again Gary, i dont want to damage my precious system or the server so ill try another AV.:)

[therock]

one more thing guys how do i know which stuff is chached which is not?

[Schwartz]

I cant connect to saix on the WA trial.. are you sure it is possible? There one aint great

[Kaufies]

one more thing guys how do i know which stuff is chached which is not?

You can usually tell by the speed. If you belong to a local NZB site, you can see how many other users who use your server have downloaded a particular NZB but that doesn't necessarily mean it's cached.

[Sirus_the_virus]

I have just read this for the first time. I am also getting spikes like every 20 seconds and inbetween i get nothing. I have 4mb Line and on saix i get full line speed. I am now running webafrica local trial and using wa news server. I disabled my antivirus and i am now getting no more than 20k per second. Is that normal?

[therock]

Sirus it looks like the AV causes connects and disconnects which is what causes the spiked downloads but 20KB/s is too slow for 4 meg line i would think.

[Garyvdh]

I have just read this for the first time. I am also getting spikes like every 20 seconds and inbetween i get nothing. I have 4mb Line and on saix i get full line speed. I am now running webafrica local trial and using wa news server. I disabled my antivirus and i am now getting no more than 20k per second. Is that normal?

on uncached material, yes it is normal.

[fbman]

20k a second,

Rather get a saix based account, I get around 200 to 250k on uncached material from saix news server,

[Sirus_the_virus]

Yes. I am just waiting on telkom to activate my winston account! Cause that only reason why i am gonna use them. I am gonna use the international and local on there account for news servers.

[Globetrotter]

that doesnt work on the WA trial for me

You can't access the SAIX or IS news server if you're using a WA trial account.

[snail112]

I used an AstraWeb account to DL om the WA trial account. Only problem now is according to the usaged I still have 514MB left over but it does not want to work.

[Radikill]

When I try to download a nzb file and load it up with GrabIt the threads connect to the newsserver(news.is.co.za) but then just get stuck on "grabbing article from news.is.co.za" and they dont download :(

Whats the problem?

[ph4t3]

When I try to download a nzb file and load it up with GrabIt the threads connect to the newsserver(news.is.co.za) but then just get stuck on "grabbing article from news.is.co.za" and they dont download :(

Whats the problem?

Uncached content perhaps. IS is quite slow on uncached content.

[Garyvdh]

How come so many of the packages that I download are all missing the first RAR file?

[Schwartz]

How come so many of the packages that I download are all missing the first RAR file?

from which server? using altbinz?

[Shah33m]

any1 wana send me a invite on nzb please:D

[Kaufies]

I need some help. I downloaded something and the rar files are corrupted:(. Now I need to get some par files. I have QuickPar2 installed. My question is: how do I know how many par files I must get?

I use Grabit and turned off auto-extract after an unfortunate incident.

[marine1]

How come so many of the packages that I download are all missing the first RAR file?

Same here


I need some help. I downloaded something and the rar files are corrupted:(. Now I need to get some par files. I have QuickPar2 installed. My question is: how do I know how many par files I must get?

I use Grabit and turned off auto-extract after an unfortunate incident.

I am having to download things twice or even 3 times to get it to work, almost always corrupted

[Kaufies]

I started my download on the WA server, switched over to IS, back to WA. Eventually it finished on SAIX (what can I say, I get around;):p). Could this have anything to do with the corruption? I would think not considering the NNTP and how all the servers mirror one another but just wanted to double check.

Another file just finished and could not be extracted either. Also multiple servers.

[TheLoot]

I need some help. I downloaded something and the rar files are corrupted:(. Now I need to get some par files. I have QuickPar2 installed. My question is: how do I know how many par files I must get?

I use Grabit and turned off auto-extract after an unfortunate incident.

If you have QuickPar already then what you need to grab for each download is the small .par2 file and once you have finished the download you need to open this file in QuickPar. QuickPar will then do it's thing and should tell you exactly how many blocks you need.

If you get an NZB that does not have a small .par2 file then you can grab the (larger) file that ends with "00+01.PAR2" or sometimes "00+1.PAR2 and open this in QuickPar. This file can do the same job as the small .par2 file and also then has 1 block of recovery data.

When I say small I'm talking between 15- and 40 KB per 700 MB of download.

[TheLoot]

I started my download on the WA server, switched over to IS, back to WA. Eventually it finished on SAIX (what can I say, I get around;):p). Could this have anything to do with the corruption? I would think not considering the NNTP and how all the servers mirror one another but just wanted to double check.

Another file just finished and could not be extracted either. Also multiple servers.

From my personal experience, if I have to rank the three servers the worst is IS in terms of number of corrupt files. Second is WA and last is SAIX, I cannot actually remember ever getting corrupt files on SAIX whereas on IS I often need at least 1 PAR file. WA is not nearly as bad, for a download that required close on 2000 blocks only 1 was corrupt/missing.

So I would imagine that it was IS that let the team down there ;)

[Shah33m]

an invite to nzbsa plz anyone???

[fbman]

From my expirences

I always use SAIX to download, I very seldon get corrupt files, but normally the par files sort the problem out.

I get good speeds from them, even uncached stuff

[biometrics]

Anyone else experiencing slow speed with Astraweb and Axxess uncapped this week? Been fine for months, this week half speed ...

[Garyvdh]

from which server? using altbinz?


Same here

I am having to download things twice or even 3 times to get it to work, almost always corrupted

From AstraWeb.

[Schwartz]

From AstraWeb.

are they not like one of the best? maybe you have some setting wrong?

Are they the right choice for me? going to get one soon:)

[flashsa]

Quick one. What time in the evenings does the SAIX news server start flying with uncached content?

[Schwartz]

Quick one. What time in the evenings does the SAIX news server start flying with uncached content?

never.. only cached will go really quickly!
but it picks up at like 5:30-6:30

[fbman]

6pm is a the golden time.

[flashsa]

Awesome - thanks....... backs up what I saw last night - 6PM it started flying

[Shah33m]

hi, im also having endless probs with the nzb files. i downloaded a nzb file (im using saix and grabit) and it always downloads to about 40% then says cannot connect to server error 10060 connection timed out. but sometimes if i retry to download it then it does successfully but then i have to retry one by one. any settings i should change?

[Randhir]

hi, im also having endless probs with the nzb files. i downloaded a nzb file (im using saix and grabit) and it always downloads to about 40% then says cannot connect to server error 10060 connection timed out. but sometimes if i retry to download it then it does successfully but then i have to retry one by one. any settings i should change?

Why not select all the ones that errored and retry all of them? Ie not one by one. And move the current selection to the top so they others do get retried.

[Kaufies]

hi, im also having endless probs with the nzb files. i downloaded a nzb file (im using saix and grabit) and it always downloads to about 40% then says cannot connect to server error 10060 connection timed out. but sometimes if i retry to download it then it does successfully but then i have to retry one by one. any settings i should change?

I use Grabit. After importing an NZB, I remove all the PAR2 files from the queue then I set it to auto retry errors and I leave it to download. After a while all the files should come through. Keep the NZB in case you need PAR2 files later.

[Shah33m]

tried that, but it only seems to work when i do them one by one. also how does the par files work? is it something to do with repairing the rar files?

[Shah33m]

i will try deleting the par files ( that also give the same error) and let you people know. thanx for the help

[Kaufies]

tried that, but it only seems to work when i do them one by one. also how does the par files work? is it something to do with repairing the rar files?

Yes, you only need them when the rars are corrupted

[snail112]

tried that, but it only seems to work when i do them one by one. also how does the par files work? is it something to do with repairing the rar files?

the par files work through QuickPar to repair the rar files if there is blocks missing.

[Just_Ice]

Is it just me or are the webafrica news servers not allowing connections?

Edit: Never mind, I got my connection

[Shah33m]

the threads in grabit, doesnt that represent the max threads you can extract? eg i have 19 rar files to extract so grabit should be able to extract all at the same time? howcome it only does three at a time and queue the rest?

[Shah33m]

tried deleting the par files and downloading multiple(3) rars at a time and gives the error however i tried doing it one by one and it worked :confused:

[Randhir]

the threads in grabit, doesnt that represent the max threads you can extract? eg i have 19 rar files to extract so grabit should be able to extract all at the same time? howcome it only does three at a time and queue the rest?

SAIX server should be set to two connections, not three.

[Kaufies]

the threads in grabit, doesnt that represent the max threads you can extract? eg i have 19 rar files to extract so grabit should be able to extract all at the same time? howcome it only does three at a time and queue the rest?

I turned off auto extract. I let Grabit download the files then I use Winrar to unrar them. I just find it easier that way

Also, when you say extract do you mean download?

[Shah33m]

I turned off auto extract. I let Grabit download the files then I use Winrar to unrar them. I just find it easier that way

Also, when you say extract do you mean download?

just checked, it is two at a time. yip i mean download in grabit and not extract as in with winrar. my bad.yeah i also turned it off, well i have to because i have to do it one by one

[chau]

Is it just me or are the webafrica news servers not allowing connections?

Edit: Never mind, I got my connection

Are you on the trial account? I haven't been able to use the webafrica trial account since early in the month :/ Even now it is struggling to connect
[I may have read somewhere that the trail accounts dont work with newsservers?]

[Shah33m]

is there any way around encrypted nzbs? i have to put in a password in order to extract(mp3album)

[Randhir]

is there any way around encrypted nzbs? i have to put in a password in order to extract(mp3album)

Where are you downloading from?

[Shah33m]

Where are you downloading from?

it was one if the va album on nzbmatrix. im not able to check the comments left because im capped and cannot log in

[Randhir]

it was one if the va album on nzbmatrix. im not able to check the comments left because im capped and cannot log in

Ah ok... I'm also capped :sick:

[snail112]

I normally download only the par files that is 1-2mb. That way I can determine if I need more par files to repair without downloading the whole lot, saving between 10 to 50 MB depending on the DL.

[Garyvdh]

are they not like one of the best? maybe you have some setting wrong?

Are they the right choice for me? going to get one soon:)

Yes, they are super! I grab a lot from them... but every now and then you get a file that has the first RAR missing. Sometimes you can go back and find it, sometimes not. Just weird that it has happened to me on about ten files so far. But ten files out of several hundred over the last six months is not much to complain about ;)

[Randhir]

Anyone know which news server MWEB uses?

[APoc184]

Saix

[BigBear]

MWEB = Telkom = SAIX

[fbman]

ANd the speed is good on MWeb

I get 200K on uncached stuff

[BigBear]

Haven't been on in A while ...
So have fallen behind with the Whole NewsServer-UUnet Downloading..

I see the other Forum also doesn't work anymore ...

[BigBear]

ANd the speed is good on MWeb

I get 200K on uncached stuff

I average around 510K - Int on my 512 Line

[Garyvdh]

Haven't been on in A while ...
So have fallen behind with the Whole NewsServer-UUnet Downloading..

I see the other Forum also doesn't work anymore ...

other forum? :confused:

[Just_Ice]

Are the WA servers back up yet? Cause Im on my telkom account at the moment

[ABCpt]

WA servers are bck up. Was renamed to news.webafrica.co.za . They did mention that the old name will also work again, but didn't last night.

[The_Mowgs]

I hope I dont get flamed for this but here goes. Can someone please explain to me how I get this news server thing, the best one possible. If its possible can someone do it like this
1. Download this program xxxxxxxxxxx
2. Go to this (xxxxxxxxxxxxx) website and do the following for whatever you are looking for.
3. Open xxxxxxxxxxx program and do the following ................

Please, I beg of someone to just help me with this as I read on this topic from numerous sources and still I cant figure it out. Also, are these news servers free or what? Is it possible to only download from local?

[Schwartz]

1) Download alt.binz
2) Check if you are on SAIX or IS cap(I dont know how to explain)
3) In atl binz set up a new server.
for saix: server:news.saix.net -- 2 con's
for IS: server:news.is.net -- 2 con's
4)Go to NZBMatrix.com(or google) and search for your NZB.
5)Download and drag into Alt.Binz
6)Click connect

[The_Mowgs]

1) Download alt.binz
2) Check if you are on SAIX or IS cap(I dont know how to explain)
3) In atl binz set up a new server.
for saix: server:news.saix.net -- 2 con's
for IS: server:news.is.net -- 2 con's
4)Go to NZBMatrix.com(or google) and search for your NZB.
5)Download and drag into Alt.Binz
6)Click connect

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO thank you very much, really appreciate it.

[Schwartz]

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO thank you very much, really appreciate it.

:D

[The_Mowgs]

1) Download alt.binz
2) Check if you are on SAIX or IS cap(I dont know how to explain)
3) In atl binz set up a new server.
for saix: server:news.saix.net -- 2 con's
for IS: server:news.is.net -- 2 con's
4)Go to NZBMatrix.com(or google) and search for your NZB.
5)Download and drag into Alt.Binz
6)Click connect
I have done all of the above. When I setup a new sever must I add server:news.xxxx.net under the name or where? When I add it under Adress and I make the connections 2, then it does not want to connect. I dont really want to download now, I just want to test adn see if it works. I am using a Vodafone 3G card from Vodacom. Also, what do I add under the port and name tabs?

[ABCpt]

I doubt if the news servers will be available via 3G. AFAIK it's only for adsl users.

[Garyvdh]

I have done all of the above. When I setup a new sever must I add server:news.xxxx.net under the name or where? When I add it under Adress and I make the connections 2, then it does not want to connect. I dont really want to download now, I just want to test adn see if it works. I am using a Vodafone 3G card from Vodacom. Also, what do I add under the port and name tabs?

Seriously, 3G and News Servers are NOT a good idea! :eek: Unless your name is Donald Trump. Gonna be massively expensive.

But if you insist, get yourself an Astraweb account. They are a full international news server and will work with 3G.

[The_Mowgs]

Seriously, 3G and News Servers are NOT a good idea! :eek: Unless your name is Donald Trump. Gonna be massively expensive.

But if you insist, get yourself an Astraweb account. They are a full international news server and will work with 3G.
Nah, I just wanted to see if the downloads will even begin.But, will it work on a normal adsl line with my settings above regarding the name etc?

[Garyvdh]

If you are trying to connect to news.saix.net or news.is.net on an ADSL line, it can take up to ten minutes to make a connection because the servers are so overloaded.

[Meneer]

Hi
Can you guys give me your opinion on Easynews?
There you can search for what you want, zip them, and download it in 1 convenient zipped file. I have been with them for 7 years, but recently their daily updates seems to be lacking.
Is there any other Usenet service that can give me the same method of usenet experience?
The main reason why I like them, is that I can access them from any computer without downloading and installing 2 or 3 programs.

Thanx

[Garyvdh]

Hi
Can you guys give me your opinion on Easynews?
There you can search for what you want, zip them, and download it in 1 convenient zipped file. I have been with them for 7 years, but recently their daily updates seems to be lacking.
Is there any other Usenet service that can give me the same method of usenet experience?
The main reason why I like them, is that I can access them from any computer without downloading and installing 2 or 3 programs.

Thanx

They seem a bit expensive to me. Would you rather pay $30 a month for that convenience (with a 150 Gb limit) or would you rather install the two programs (carry them on your flash disk) and pay $11 a month for unlimited access?

[The_Mowgs]

Seriously, 3G and News Servers are NOT a good idea! :eek: Unless your name is Donald Trump. Gonna be massively expensive.

But if you insist, get yourself an Astraweb account. They are a full international news server and will work with 3G.
Also,when I use this program that I had to download, will it use my local cap from telkom with telkom adsl line and as an ISP? On hat server must I connect if telkom is the isp?
EDIT: Ok here goes, hope someone can help me. I have a telkom adsl line,they are the isp also. I do not have any international cap left. I am trying to connect with server:news.saix.xxx, will this work or what should I do? Hope someone can help me please

[Garyvdh]

Also,when I use this program that I had to download, will it use my local cap from telkom with telkom adsl line and as an ISP? On hat server must I connect if telkom is the isp?
EDIT: Ok here goes, hope someone can help me. I have a telkom adsl line,they are the isp also. I do not have any international cap left. I am trying to connect with server:news.saix.xxx, will this work or what should I do? Hope someone can help me please

Yes, if Telkom is your ISP then you must use the news.saix.net address.

If you have already used up your international cap then it will start using your local only.

Leave it running a few minutes until it makes a connection.

[The_Mowgs]

It looks like iot made a connection now, but still not downloading, will give it a few minutes. Thank you very much for the help, I really appreciate it.
EDIT: I just checked it again, in the bottom tab it keeps jumping from downloading to connecting. There where it says #, under that are a number 1 and under that number 2 and both of them keep on hopping between downloading and connecting. Is this normal?

[Garyvdh]

what virus scanner are you using?

[Goldboy]

Hi there,
im a beginner at the usenet and news server stuff and i've been trying to download stuff for months with no success. I'm using polka as an ISP and I'm using news.mweb.co.za. when I try download the newest stuff off merlin's portal through alt.binz it never downloads. Almost like the files aren't there? Can anyone please help me???:confused:

Thanks