Half of the web sites aren't working

sof2er · Jul 16, 2011, 17:10:10

I'm not sure if this is local or not, it's certainly not my DNS as I've changed it to google and open but still the same issue. (Tried on a different computer, flushed DNS and so on.)

A lot of sites are timing out:

www.alliedmods.net
www.hidemyass.com
www.wifi-doc.com
www.notalent.org

just to name a few, anyone else having this issue?

.Griff. · Jul 16, 2011, 17:11:14

I was just about to start a thread on this. Same problem for me which started about 20 minutes ago.

http://www.solihull.towntalk.co.uk/events/

http://www.hotukdeals.com/

http://thehotfix.net/forums/

http://f8lure.mouselike.org/index.asp

http://twitter.com/

rgt247 · Jul 16, 2011, 17:11:24

Yes same here facebook is timing out... But other are fine...

lozcart · Jul 16, 2011, 17:11:41

I was just going to post, I've got the same problems, seems mainly American .com sites.

I'm on IDnet DNS.

Ray · Jul 16, 2011, 17:13:14

Yes, I've just discovered I've got the same problem, seems to be US hosted sites that I'm finding affected.

.Griff. · Jul 16, 2011, 17:13:51

Quote from: Ray on Jul 16, 2011, 17:13:14
Yes, I've just discovered I've got the same problem, seems to be US hosted sites that I'm finding affected.

Lots of UK hosted sites affected for me.

gazzthompson · Jul 16, 2011, 17:13:54

Same for me, seems to be .com websites.

Norton DNS.

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:14:26

Same here...

Niall · Jul 16, 2011, 17:14:32

I was just looking on these forums for exactly this reason.

I'm assuming it's a problem at IDnet itself? I've tried two different DNS settings too; IDnet and Open DNS.

I can't access www.facebook.com www.redbubble.com www.plus.google.com http://niallallen.deviantart.com/ is loading EXTREMELY slowly. My router logs are showing errors in received info, although I'm not sure what the errors mean as I've not seen them before, plus the auto time setting is picking up the wrong time (it's saying it's midnight). Actually, as I typed that, the router has picked up that it's 4pm, when it's obviously 5.

Something somewhere has definitely broken.

{edit} I've just noticed that the router is picking up the DNS as 8.8.8.8? What's that about?

armadillo · Jul 16, 2011, 17:15:21

Same problem for me - and also confirmed it is not a DNS problem. Access fails even when using the IP address (obtained from isthatsitedown).

sof2er · Jul 16, 2011, 17:15:27

Most certainly is IDNet related and not local.

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:15:58

Simon is on the case...

Desaan · Jul 16, 2011, 17:16:46

Uh-oh spaghetti-o's!

Usually when this happens it means there has been an big outage somewhere, I guess we can look forward to several hours of 404's

sat_mad · Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:12

On the bright side, this site works.

Niall · Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:16

I'll slant off and continue eating painkillers and feeling sorry for myself, after yesterdays immense drinking session

Aradin · Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:58

Just registered to post something like this and I got beaten to it. I suppose this is karma after I praised IDnet to all my friends for not having a single problem in about 3 years XD.

cyprio42 · Jul 16, 2011, 17:20:17

Can you believe it. I have been watching Fishomania for 5 hours and it went of with 2mins to go.

lozcart · Jul 16, 2011, 17:21:21

Quote from: Niall on Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:16
I'll slant off and continue eating painkillers and feeling sorry for myself, after yesterdays immense drinking session

I would start again if I was you Niall, the sun is past the yardarm

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:21:34

Quote from: Aradin on Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:58
Just registered to post something like this and I got beaten to it. I suppose this is karma after I praised IDnet to all my friends for not having a single problem in about 3 years XD.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

My gut instinct is that it's a LONAP or LINX routing failure. I've alerted Simon Davies, the MD, and if I'm right, he will route around the problem area till the fault is resolved.

lozcart · Jul 16, 2011, 17:23:43

Seems to be working ok now

Aradin · Jul 16, 2011, 17:24:21

Looks like the issues may be fixed? Sites are starting to work...

Glenn · Jul 16, 2011, 17:24:31

Quote from: Aradin on Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:58
Just registered to post something like this and I got beaten to it. I suppose this is karma after I praised IDnet to all my friends for not having a single problem in about 3 years XD.

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:25:08

Quote from: Aradin on Jul 16, 2011, 17:24:21
Looks like the issues may be fixed? Sites are starting to work...

I told you he was on the case.

J!ll · Jul 16, 2011, 17:25:55

I was thinking it was my pc and needed a new one!

Simon_idnet · Jul 16, 2011, 17:26:11

Looks like another problem at LINX. We've shut our connection to LINX for the time being and traffic appears to be routing well via alternate paths. No news from LINX themselves as yet.

Aradin · Jul 16, 2011, 17:27:43

And this is why I love IDnet. Rarely anything happens but when something does crop up, it's sorted in no time. Also, hello and thanks for the karma!

Steve · Jul 16, 2011, 17:28:44

Aradin

armadillo · Jul 16, 2011, 17:29:09

Thank you Simon and Rik. That was quick work. The Linx must be hungry.

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:31:42

You see folks, I told you he was good.

Desaan · Jul 16, 2011, 17:33:06

Quote from: armadillo on Jul 16, 2011, 17:29:09
Thank you Simon and Rik. That was quick work. The Linx must be hungry.

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:35:12

What, no-one got a Lynx effect joke?

armadillo · Jul 16, 2011, 17:36:16

Nice Lynx pic Desaan!

Simon · Jul 16, 2011, 17:40:37

That was so quick I never felt a thing!

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:42:34

That's what I said to the nurse who gave me the Heparin injection... and then the sting hit!

Simon · Jul 16, 2011, 17:49:05

Steve · Jul 16, 2011, 17:51:09

Bloody heparin does sting and it's only a very fine needle, I used to hate when I was in with a back problem.

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 17:51:59

It does, doesn't it, Steve, and leaves wonderful bruising too.

Desaan · Jul 16, 2011, 17:59:20

My shopping skills really are quite terrible!

Rik · Jul 16, 2011, 18:19:34

Bill · Jul 17, 2011, 00:58:54

When something like this happens it's easy to tell if it's a widespread problem or just something local to you... all you have to do is look at the bottom of the IDNetters front page and see how many users are online

Bill · Jul 17, 2011, 01:10:02

Quote from: Rik on Jul 16, 2011, 17:42:34
That's what I said to the nurse who gave me the Heparin injection... and then the sting hit!

I've had heparin a couple of times but don't remember any problems... except for one occasion.

I'd had an angioplasty and a stent implant, and complications meant I was on a heparin drip for a while afterwards. They used some pressure gadget where the catheter had gone in to limit blood loss through the hole in the femoral artery, but even the nurses were impressed with the size of the haematoma- it was more than 6" across

Took weeks to disappear...

Rik · Jul 17, 2011, 09:13:10

I have this ring of black bruises on my abdomen, Bill, but I was on injections, not a drip.

Rik · Jul 17, 2011, 09:13:22

Quote from: Bill on Jul 17, 2011, 00:58:54
When something like this happens it's easy to tell if it's a widespread problem or just something local to you... all you have to do is look at the bottom of the IDNetters front page and see how many users are online

cavillas · Jul 17, 2011, 10:20:31

Quote from: J!ll on Jul 16, 2011, 17:25:55
I was thinking it was my pc and needed a new one!

You definitely need a new computer, just treat yourself.

Glenn · Jul 17, 2011, 10:27:44

I do like the look of the Asus Transformer. http://uk.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/

Steve · Jul 17, 2011, 10:36:15

Does look useful however Google needs to keep the App developers on board

http://blog.flurry.com/bid/66618/iPad-2-and-Verizon-iPhone-Take-Some-Wind-Out-of-Android-s-Sail

kinmel · Jul 17, 2011, 12:25:14

Quote from: Niall on Jul 16, 2011, 17:14:32
{edit} I've just noticed that the router is picking up the DNS as 8.8.8.8? What's that about?

8.8.8.8 is the Google Public free DNS server

pctech · Jul 17, 2011, 15:24:27

You think it's free but the currency you pay with is information

J!ll · Jul 17, 2011, 16:14:17

Quote from: Glenn on Jul 17, 2011, 10:27:44
I do like the look of the Asus Transformer. http://uk.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/

Niall · Jul 17, 2011, 18:50:23

Quote from: kinmel on Jul 17, 2011, 12:25:14
8.8.8.8 is the Google Public free DNS server

I take it this is IDnet pointing to a bakup DNS when they have issues then? I had it set to auto so it would get it directly from the ISP. Most odd.

Rik · Jul 17, 2011, 18:53:22

No, they just routed around the LINX issue.

Niall · Jul 17, 2011, 18:57:43

So why did my router pick up that DNS server when I didn't input it then? Do Billion 7800N's have redundancy IPs built in?

pctech · Jul 17, 2011, 18:59:00

Looks like LINX may have fixed whatever issue was occurring.

No issues routing packets via either the Brocade 195.66.224.xx or Extreme Networks 195.66.226.xx peering LANs from here at least.

Steve · Jul 17, 2011, 19:03:59

Quote from: Niall on Jul 17, 2011, 18:57:43
So why did my router pick up that DNS server when I didn't input it then? Do Billion 7800N's have redundancy IPs built in?

It's a system default setting which I think is new with firmware 1.06d firmware,the release note is not available on the UK site but the aussie one is here

http://au.billion.com/downloads/7800nv_gz1.06d.pdf

I substituted the google ones for IDNet's DNS servers

sobranie · Jul 17, 2011, 22:11:36

Having probs now with web sites not connecting. Anyone else?

Steve · Jul 17, 2011, 22:19:10

I've just been through a dozen or so bookmarks and they are all connecting.

sobranie · Jul 17, 2011, 22:30:34

Just re-booted and things seem OK at the mo. NB: Not the 1st time over the last week I've had to do a reboot due to web sites not loading.

pctech · Jul 17, 2011, 23:10:23

Not sure what router you are using but had a problem a couple of years back with a Netgear that was blocking random sites.

The ISP I was with at the time did numerous checks including logging in with my ADSL access credentials from a test router/line they had but could not replicate the fault.

In the end I used the factory reset button on the back, it cleared everything, rebooted and I put the ADSL details back in and it fixed it.

sobranie · Jul 17, 2011, 23:39:18

Thanks for that. I am using a dg834V4 at the mo. I have a V5 spare but am loath to use it due to the poor chipset. Will try zeroing the router next time I have probs.
Also have a 2700 floating somewhere in the gash pile but seem to recollect that I dropped it some while back and it developed a fault tho. I'm damned if I can remember what the fault was.
Anyway, plenty to play with over the coming days.

pctech · Jul 17, 2011, 23:42:20

Same as me, the router I was using at the time by the way was a DG834N v1.

Might be worth giving the reset a shot though.

Gary · Jul 18, 2011, 08:05:32

Quote from: Aradin on Jul 16, 2011, 17:18:58
Just registered to post something like this and I got beaten to it. I suppose this is karma after I praised IDnet to all my friends for not having a single problem in about 3 years XD.

Think you missed out on a few in that time