Axxess / Afrihost / MTN DNS servers down.... again

[w1z4rd]

This is getting frustrating :/ Their DNS servers are down again.

 

[aybbleek]

much fail, such frustrate!

 

[pixieproxy]

Is that why things have been slow since last night?

 

[The Axxess Lady]

This is getting frustrating :/ Their DNS servers are down again.

Hi Guys,

We are currently experiencing a reduction in IPC throughput in the Southern region (Cape Town, PE & surrounds). This may cause intermittent increases in latency and reduction in speeds. We understand your frustration, please accept our apologies for the inconvenience, our engineers are attending.

The Axxess Lady

 

[Tropical]

Same message from Afrihost. And I just switched over a few weeks ago...and was very happy until now.

 

[Tropical]

UPDATE 21 January 2014 10:25 Telkom engineers are on-site at the MTN Data Centre investigating the South Region IPC hardware. We are awaiting further updates and an ETA for resolution. We will continue to optimise traffic on the network for the best possible experience for affected clients under the circumstances.

 

[w1z4rd]

If you put in Google`s DNS servers your internet should work fine.

 

[Tinuva]

If you put in Google`s DNS servers your internet should work fine.

Heh if you in Cape Town, your internet may work....but look at this:

Tracing route to chat.ndn.za.net [41.185.60.16]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    53 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  router [10.0.0.1]
  2     6 ms     5 ms     5 ms  105-236-9-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.9.65]
  3   439 ms   432 ms   435 ms  41.181.221.254
  4   467 ms   451 ms   459 ms  tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.198.188]
  5   439 ms   444 ms   433 ms  unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8]
  6   424 ms   428 ms   433 ms  tb-pr-1.za--tb-cr-2.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.18.143]
  7   456 ms   446 ms   425 ms  wblv-ip-se-2-gw.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.165.197]
  8   463 ms   431 ms   419 ms  196.43.25.205
  9   433 ms   435 ms   440 ms  196.43.39.78
 10   445 ms   450 ms   461 ms  wnls-cr1-vl-101.wa.co.za [196.220.59.225]
 11   446 ms   458 ms   460 ms  41.185.60.16

Trace complete.

Some nice latency on those IPC links!