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Hyperion
11-08-2003, 08:11 PM
Hey
I'm not sure about you guys, but I can't get into some websites, and it can't be that the server is down, becuase it's been like this for over a week. Try www.mnet.co.za for example. I can't get onto that site!?!?
Also, www.eurotribe.co.za
These are the only two that I've come across.
What could it be?
jgoosen
11-08-2003, 08:15 PM
I am currently not aware that telkom is blocking out any sites..
I am able to access both sites you mentioned ....
Strange....
Hyperion
11-08-2003, 08:21 PM
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very...
jgoosen
11-08-2003, 08:29 PM
What Isp are you using? .....Telkom Internet ?.....
cubehre
11-08-2003, 10:21 PM
I can't get to www.mnet.co.za but I can get to www.eurotribe.co.za.
Hyperion
11-08-2003, 10:26 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jgoosen</i>
<br />What Isp are you using? .....Telkom Internet ?.....
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Yes, Telkom Internet is my ISP.
caroper
11-08-2003, 10:53 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by cubehre</i>
<br />I can't get to www.mnet.co.za but I can get to www.eurotribe.co.za.
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same here
I use Telkom as ISP - I got into both just fine yesterday.
Note: mnet isn't working today 'cos their ASP is screwed up.
The other URL ends with a . - remove the . and it'll work.
VQuest
12-08-2003, 11:43 AM
I've just tried - I can get into both sites.
ASnogarD
12-08-2003, 12:33 PM
I seriously doubt Telkom would block off any sites , Telkom would find itself in court over the issue by some aggrieved site owner - the sites mentioned here are not small fry either.
Lets not get paranoid about Telkom, Telkom's current ADSL implementation is far from perfect and has some issues but Telkom is not '<b>evil</b>'.
We must also be cautious not to be so negative as to be unaproachable - Think about it like this, would you want to talk to someone who is totally negative ?
My 2c worth :P
Diplos
12-08-2003, 04:37 PM
I would suggest looking at the tweaking guides on www.dslreports.com.
It may have something to do with your Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) or Receive Window (RWIN) settings that are resulting in some websites not displaying - there are posts to this effect on the site.
cubehre
12-08-2003, 07:36 PM
I think Telkom's DNS is set to update very slowly to throw off 3rd party Dynamic IP DNS services like NO-IP and DynDNS. I noticed that it is so slow that it actually loses some real live websites that my dialup can access fine. Ons word 'n rat voor die oë gedraai hier [;)]
jgoosen
12-08-2003, 07:43 PM
Telkom Not evil,Maybe Stupid :)
jgoosen
12-08-2003, 08:07 PM
[quote]<i>Originally posted by cubehre</i>
<br />I think Telkom's DNS is set to update very slowly to throw off 3rd party Dynamic IP DNS services like NO-IP and DynDNS. I noticed that it is so slow that it actually loses some real live websites that my dialup can access fine. Ons word 'n rat voor die oë gedraai hier [;)]
I dont have the same problem ..MY Dynip and Dyndns NO-ip takes about 3min Max to update...
BladeRunner
13-08-2003, 01:58 PM
Works fine for me. Maybe if you gave a little more detail. What message comes up when you try to connect to those sites? I know there are other issues with DSL that needs to be looked at when you have this problem.