[fwd] Re: [thelist] Site not available? - Update

[Richard Bennett]

hi,
<. Try using the providers (gofast.net)
Indeed, these seem to work well.

<> appears to be behind a firewall which is hiding ICMP traffic
Correct, the server is behind a very restrictive firewall.

> In Windows 2000, you can have as many DNS servers as you wish. Simply
> click on the "Advanced" button in the IP config dialog, and select the
> DNS tab.
In my case the "new" button grays-out after I have added two.

> One last thing you can check to try and narrow the problem is to always
> use the IP number in the address bar of the browser. This takes the DNS
> out of the loop (i.e. "http://209.46.83.16/").
This doesn't really make much difference, I still get connection, but timing
out sometimes, and very slow.

I managed to get the site working for me in IE5.5 by activating "Use proxy
server" (and settings this to my ISPs proxy-server)
so the main problem is solved.

Thanks for all comments.

Richard.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hunt" <ghunt at hds.ca>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:23 AM
Subject: [fwd] Re: [thelist] Site not available? - Update


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> Richard,
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> First, to clear up the confusion, default routes and default gateways
> are the same thing. MS (and others) call them gateways, they are routes
> in the *NIX world. You can have multiple ones, but it's not recommended.
>
> Second, I would say you have two big issues. The first is that your DNS
> isn't giving you an address. Try using the providers (gofast.net) DNS
> servers (209.46.63.1, 209.46.63.6). They should always provide a correct
> and quick response because they don't have to contact any other DNS
> servers to return a reply.
>
> Second, I suspect that the ping and traceroute fail because the server
> appears to be behind a firewall which is hiding ICMP traffic. Both ping
> and traceroute rely on ICMP. Many firewalls block this because it can be
> used in denial-of-service attacks. It is also possible the provider
> simply doesn't have thing set up properly.
>
> In Windows 2000, you can have as many DNS servers as you wish. Simply
> click on the "Advanced" button in the IP config dialog, and select the
> DNS tab.
>
> One last thing you can check to try and narrow the problem is to always
> use the IP number in the address bar of the browser. This takes the DNS
> out of the loop (i.e. "http://209.46.83.16/").
>
> Let me know if you still have trouble.
>
> Glenn Hunt
> ghunt at hds.ca
>
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