Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread Part 2

[Afrigirl]

Yes. I can get an IP from the Afrihost DHCP server no issues, just no traffic passing

We are investigating, thank you.

 

[Afrigirl]

@squirrel @MDE Please check now

 

[MDE]

@squirrel @MDE Please check now

Still off.

 

[Mypro-D]

Feels like I have gone nack 10 years.

Problem in Cape Town?

 

[squirrel]

Western Cape
High Impact • Ocotel outage | Western cape

18:41 • 02 Oct 2026

We are investigating reports of no connectivity affecting clients on the Octotel network . We are working on identifying and resolve this issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may be causing.

 

[Mypro-D]

I am on Vumatel and my speeds are horrific.

 

[Afrigirl]

I am on Vumatel and my speeds are horrific.

Hi.

Do you get a WAN IP?

 

[Mypro-D]

Yes, logged a ticket. Seems as Vumatel has configured my line to 100/100?

 

[MDE]

Still off.

@Afrigirl Any updates?

 

[Afrigirl]

@Afrigirl Any updates?

It should be sorted now. Please test and advise.

@squirrel

 

[blunt]

Is something broken? Certain routes unreachable, eg tracing to 9.9.9.9 and tailscale don't work.

 

[blunt]

Is something broken? Certain routes unreachable, eg tracing to 9.9.9.9 and tailscale don't work.

OS, WCape

 

[Afrigirl]

OS, WCape

Please share the results.

 

[MDE]

It should be sorted now. Please test and advise.

@squirrel

Definitely not fixed. Offline still

 

[squirrel]

Still offline

 

[blunt]

Please share the results.

On my phone so not the best tools but here is trace to quad9

Trace to 9.9.9.9


1 - 192.168.88.1 (––)
2 12 3 (ms)
Avg: 5 ms Loss: 0/3 (0 %)
2 - 41.170.73.33 (??)
Loss: 3/3 (100 %)
3 - 165.73.14.113 (??)
165-73-14-113.ip.ahisp.co.za
5 10 44 (ms)
Avg: 19 ms Loss: 0/3 (0 %)
4 - 165.73.14.146 (??)
165-73-14-146.ip.ahisp.co.za
6 7 5 (ms)
Avg: 6 ms Loss: 0/3 (0 %)
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -



Trace to admin.tailscale.com


1 - 192.168.88.1 (––)
3 12 (ms)
Avg: 7 ms Loss: 0/2 (0 %)
2 - 41.170.73.33 (??)
Loss: 2/2 (100 %)
3 - 165.73.14.137 (??)
165-73-14-137.ip.ahisp.co.za
5 13 (ms)
Avg: 9 ms Loss: 0/2 (0 %)
4 - 165.73.14.146 (??)
165-73-14-146.ip.ahisp.co.za
5 11 (ms)
Avg: 8 ms Loss: 0/2 (0 %)
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -

 

[blunt]

Xiaomi cams all flashing unable to connect. Can't connect to Nintendo switch parental controls

 

[blunt]

Ipv6 stuff works, v4 doesn't

 

[blunt]

I have a static v4 on OS, if that perhaps has anything to do with it

 

[Afrigirl]

Our team is working tirelessly to get the Octotel connectivity issue resolved as soon as possible.

Thank you to everyone who has provided troubleshooting results. We greatly appreciate it, and it is helping with the investigation.

We appreciate your patience and will provide further updates as soon as we have them.