Who has been experiencing dropouts?

[Kudrow]

Who has been experiencing dropouts?

I am aware of TPG issues - which we can't really do much about.

[poita]

I have been actually, having time outs, pages just wont load.

As you know, I'm on Telstra

And yes, I can hear you all laughing while you read this

[hazrd]

iiNet - No dramas here..

Edit: oh and at work i think they are on Telstra, no dramas there either, just slow (but thats the dodgey work connection)

[alts]

It can work fine for an hour then I come back and it just times out.:confused:
TPG here...

[gmonkey]

iinet - no dramas (only on my side when wireless screws up)

tpg - is now a little buggy

vodafone 3G - been screwing up a fair bit

[chrissn89]

Wireless Optus 3G is all good :) No problems at all :)

[btm]

no idea what i'm on, just running through my work LAN and no issues here

[McTwistie]

I have been on optusnet cable for about 10 years now. No recent dropouts or issues.

My Auntie recently changed from Telstra to DODO, and she regretted it so much she cancelled and went to TPG instead.

Seriously, I never realized cable was so much faster then DSL (Despite what the advertising says).

Because I am on an old plan that they cannot change unless I ok it, the price, bandwidth and speed is excellent, but modern plans suck.

Cheers

[ROCCO]

I'm with TPG didn't have any problems up until last night.

[J]

At work: ISP is probably Telstra. No issues at all.
At home: TPG. I've given up accessing OpelAus there, ever since the server migration...

[guy 27]

I've given up accessing OpelAus there, ever since the server migration...

Just keep hitting refresh and it usually loads after a few goes.

[AH08]

Telstra no problems, was going to change to TPG,,, might hang off for a while.

[auzvectra]

wit tpg, have had constant issues. prob out 3/4 since the move. refreshed many times and still wouldnt.
most the time could bring up the 1st page www.opelaus.com, but anything furthen n it wouldnt, forums wouldnt load at all.

[Vectracious]

crap - accidentally voted for internode but I HAVEN'T been having any issues since the move....

Work is with a company that resells Telstra ADSL and have no issues logging onto OA either..

[alts]

wit tpg, have had constant issues. prob out 3/4 since the move. refreshed many times and still wouldnt.
most the time could bring up the 1st page www.opelaus.com (http://www.opelaus.com), but anything furthen n it wouldnt, forums wouldnt load at all.


Same thing happens with me auz. :mad:

[Kudrow]

Users who are having problems...please post me trace routes and ping times please...

E.g. Open up a command prompt and type in tracert opelaus.com

When you get the reply and the trace is complete, right click in the window and click mark, then drag the cursor over the text, then hit enter. Start a new post then use Ctrl V to paste.

Like this...

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.16.13.1
2 32 ms 33 ms 33 ms lns20.bne1.internode.on.net [150.101.180.24]
3 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms gi1-0-0-3.cor1.bne1.internode.on.net [150.101.180.120]
4 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms pos4-2.bdr1.syd6.internode.on.net [203.16.212.13]
5 58 ms 58 ms 60 ms pos5-0.bdr1.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.120.65]
6 58 ms 58 ms 59 ms po3-2.cdr1.mel6.internode.on.net [150.101.197.234]
7 61 ms 64 ms 61 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.54]
8 58 ms 59 ms 58 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

[gmonkey]

TPG


Tracing route to opelaus.com [112.140.177.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.1.1.1
2 110 ms 115 ms 116 ms per-pow-stg-lns1-lo-30.tpgi.com.au [202.7.162.16
6]
3 110 ms 115 ms 116 ms per-pow-stg-crt1.tpgi.com.au [202.7.190.193]
4 158 ms 165 ms 166 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
5 159 ms 166 ms 166 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
6 160 ms 165 ms 166 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]
Trace complete.

[guy 27]

TPG ADSL2+

Tracing route to opelaus.com [112.140.177.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms * 1 ms RTA1046VW.home [192.168.1.1]
2 27 ms * 27 ms 10.20.21.42
3 * 26 ms * syd13-56k-001.tpgi.com.au [202.7.165.1]
4 27 ms * 27 ms bri-sot-wic-crt-1-port-channel-1.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.41]
5 57 ms 57 ms 56 ms 202.7.171.129
6 57 ms 57 ms 57 ms syd-nxg-men-crt-2-gi-3-0-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.162.77]
7 57 ms 56 ms 59 ms nme-nxg-wal-crt2-ge-0-0-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.138]
8 56 ms 56 ms 57 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-1.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.182]
9 * 57 ms 57 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.54]
10 58 ms 56 ms 59 ms www.opelaus.com (http://www.opelaus.com) [112.140.177.97]

Trace complete.

[HoldenAstra]

I am with TPG ADSL2+.

Every time when I can not access the OpelAus on both my PC and Mac, I use my PSP to access OpelAus, on PSP everything is OK.WHY?

PC, Mac and PSP share the same wireless AP.

On PC, I use IE7.
On Mac, I use both Safari and Opera.
On PSP, I use Opera(Java).

[ROCCO]

C:\>tracert opelaus.com

Tracing route to opelaus.com [112.140.177.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 3 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.1.1.1
3 26 ms 23 ms 24 ms 10.20.21.65
4 24 ms 26 ms 41 ms nme-sot-dry-csw1-vlan-1.tpgi.com.au [203.26.28.1
]
5 24 ms 40 ms 50 ms 202.7.171.121
6 28 ms 50 ms 28 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
7 24 ms 37 ms 46 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
8 61 ms 25 ms 24 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

Trace complete.

C:\>:D

[glider]

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
2 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms 10.20.21.38
3 14 ms 12 ms 14 ms syd13-56k-001.tpgi.com.au [202.7.165.1]
4 13 ms 12 ms 14 ms bri-sot-wic-crt-1-port-channel-1.tpgi.com.au [20
2.7.171.41]
5 42 ms 42 ms 43 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
6 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
7 43 ms 42 ms 42 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

will do one when website is unavailable as well..

[glider]

lost connection,

C:\Users\Toby>tracert opelaus.com
Unable to resolve target system name opelaus.com.

C:\Users\Toby>tracert 112.140.177.97

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
2 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms 10.20.21.38
3 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms syd13-56k-001.tpgi.com.au [202.7.165.1]
4 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms bri-sot-wic-crt-1-port-channel-1.tpgi.com.au [20
2.7.171.41]
5 42 ms 42 ms 42 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
6 43 ms 42 ms 42 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
7 43 ms 42 ms 43 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

Trace complete.


changed DNS settings to openDNS servers...

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 10.20.21.38
3 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms syd13-56k-001.tpgi.com.au [202.7.165.1]
4 13 ms 12 ms 13 ms bri-sot-wic-crt-1-port-channel-1.tpgi.com.au [20
2.7.171.41]
5 42 ms 42 ms 42 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
6 42 ms 43 ms 42 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
7 43 ms 42 ms 42 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

Trace complete.

Any TPG users wanting to try the same, go here (https://www.opendns.com/start/)

[auzvectra]

done as per toby mentioned, working again, and damn it's faster!!!

[Kudrow]

lost connection,

C:\Users\Toby>tracert opelaus.com
Unable to resolve target system name opelaus.com.

C:\Users\Toby>tracert 112.140.177.97

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
2 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms 10.20.21.38
3 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms syd13-56k-001.tpgi.com.au [202.7.165.1]
4 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms bri-sot-wic-crt-1-port-channel-1.tpgi.com.au [20
2.7.171.41]
5 42 ms 42 ms 42 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
6 43 ms 42 ms 42 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
7 43 ms 42 ms 43 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

Trace complete.


changed DNS settings to openDNS servers...

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 10.20.21.38
3 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms syd13-56k-001.tpgi.com.au [202.7.165.1]
4 13 ms 12 ms 13 ms bri-sot-wic-crt-1-port-channel-1.tpgi.com.au [20
2.7.171.41]
5 42 ms 42 ms 42 ms nme-pow-fli-crt1-ge-6-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171.1
48]
6 42 ms 43 ms 42 ms as45638.melbourne.pipenetworks.com [218.100.13.5
4]
7 43 ms 42 ms 42 ms mel01au.runswift.net [112.140.177.97]

Trace complete.

Any TPG users wanting to try the same, go here (https://www.opendns.com/start/)

Bingo. You can all thank Toby - the problem is due to (most likely) TPG's DNS servers. By default your computer will be sending DNS requests to your modem, which passes them to the default ISP's DNS servers - if they lookup by domain name isn't successful like above, it will fail. If you know the IP address of the location where you want to go - it will work - like shown above.

[Kudrow]

There are several ways around DNS problems - some ISP's own internal DNS servers are absolute rubbish for various reasons - sometimes because they are offline, or don't update quick enough.

The main way around this is to use someone elses DNS servers - another ISPs for instance - you will usually find this will improve your overall internet experience. I've never been with TPG, but I know from past experience that BigPond's DNS servers are rubbish - they might of fixed them now - its been several years.

I have found Westnet's and Internodes to be relatively good.

[BEK-46P]

I'm with TPG and been getting major dropouts over the last week or so. It's starting to happen with some other websites too, like Wikipedia, but OpelAus is pretty bad.

[hazrd]

good work Toby :D :clap: :l33t:

so Brady, just curious, is it the new OA server not liking the TPG DNS servers? or just coincidence that TPG just happened to turn to shit :p after the server move?

[Nurb608]

I can't get on at home with tpg, but i've logged in to my works server remotely and brought up opelaus through that :D Pain in the but, but finally back on ;)

[glider]

I can't get on at home with tpg, but i've logged in to my works server remotely and brought up opelaus through that :D Pain in the but, but finally back on ;)



Any TPG users wanting to try the same, go here (https://www.opendns.com/start/)

[Nurb608]

Cheers mate, worked a treat :D

[Kudrow]

so Brady, just curious, is it the new OA server not liking the TPG DNS servers? or just coincidence that TPG just happened to turn to shit :p after the server move?

Not too sure there. Naturally I'm not going to blame the server, I'd blame someone else (lol) but I really can't see it being a problem. It could be that TPG's DNS servers are also just slow to update their various changes.

There is a way to fix it, and that is to add the opelaus.com IP to your hosts file on your computers, that way it will look at the hosts file before even checking with DNS servers.

[Kudrow]

For those of you who want to modify their hosts file, heres how:

If you are unsure or not confident about doing this - then DON'T do it. I won' take responsiblity for you doing it wrong.



For XP/Vista/7 users:
Go to C:\Windows\System\System32\Drivers\etc
Find the file called "hosts" and open with notepad
At the bottom, add 112.140.177.97 and opelaus.com (you can either just put a space between the IP and the hostname, or tab it across to line up with others alreayd in there (like localhost))
Save and close the file
Close your browsers and reopen
The result should look like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
112.140.177.97 opelaus.com

[ROCCO]

stuff it was easier to use opendns :-)

[Nurb608]

Brady,

Got the site back by changing my dns servers as Toby suggested, but I'm not getting any email notifications. Any ideas for me to try?

[glider]

Brady,

Got the site back by changing my dns servers as Toby suggested, but I'm not getting any email notifications. Any ideas for me to try?

thats wierd, checked your your user settings?, I'm still getting the OA spam to my inbox

[Nurb608]

Yeah, had a look and all looks fine from there :confused: Not even getting the private message email notifications.

[glider]

oa isnt getting blocked by junk filter?

[Nurb608]

oa isnt getting blocked by junk filter?

hmmm, i'll go and check through the tpg site as it not even making it into there.

[Nurb608]

OK, turned off all spam filters and added opelaus to my safe list, will see how it goes. Thanks Toby ;)

[glider]

hopefully it solves the problem

[Kudrow]

Brady,

Got the site back by changing my dns servers as Toby suggested, but I'm not getting any email notifications. Any ideas for me to try?

Urgh. Thats a new one.

[Nurb608]

Damn it, didn't work turning off my filters either, oh well :(

[fx48.215]

Optus cable no problems:D

[Nurb608]

Urgh. Thats a new one.


Damn it, didn't work turning off my filters either, oh well :(

OK, changed while email address it sends to and getting all of them to that address now, looks like it's just my tpg address.

[guy 27]

For those of you who want to modify their hosts file, heres how:

If you are unsure or not confident about doing this - then DON'T do it. I won' take responsiblity for you doing it wrong.



For XP/Vista/7 users:

Go to C:\Windows\System\System32\Drivers\etc
Find the file called "hosts" and open with notepad
At the bottom, add 112.140.177.97 and opelaus.com (you can either just put a space between the IP and the hostname, or tab it across to line up with others alreayd in there (like localhost))
Save and close the file
Close your browsers and reopen

The result should look like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
112.140.177.97 opelaus.com

I did this yesterday and have still been getting drop outs. Went as far as resetting modem and computer. Drop outs not as frequent as they used to be though.