On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:31:15 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote: > Hi Sam,
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:59:30 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> During the wee small hours of this morning I was unable to access >> my inbox. I was also unable to access my remote shell account. I >> couldn't access any web sites either. I could not get to anywhere on >> the internet. I tried with both Arachne and with Lynx386, an >> alternative DOS browser. Neither browser could access any web page >> I tried to go to. I am certain that I was properly connected and >> logged on to my account at my ISP. The problem persisted for a period >> of about 20 minutes. Then the service suddenly returned to normal. >> Then I could access any site I wanted to without any problems. >> I sent an email to the tech-support people at my ISP to describe the >> problem I had experienced. I mentioned the date and the time-frame when >> I had the problem. I asked them if they had temporarily suspended their >> service during that period for performing routine maintenance and/or >> system backups. Also I asked them if the ISP had perhaps experienced >> a denial-of-service attack. They wrote back and thanked me for my email. >> Also they informed me that they have no idea as to what could have caused >> the problem. They assured me that they know of nothing that was happening >> during that time on their end that could have caused the problem. >> Does anybody here have any ideas as to what could have caused the problem? > I get that sort of thing happening here, too. But with only one of > my 3 ISP accounts. According to a techie friend (who used to be the > SysAdmin for that ISP) the problem was always a server malfunction, but > was always claimed by the ISP, when questioned, as: > Congestion on the net > It's the fault of the Telstra internet backbone > It's raining and water has gotten into the telephone junctions > You are in the Yarra Valley, aren't you - there's a fault at your > exchange > No, nothing the matter here ! > Please check your setup. > And so on. Everything except something that was their fault. > Does this sound familiar ? That sounds very familiar. :( Each time it has happened to me. I switch to 'outside DNSs' and everthing works just fine. The next time it happens to you. Try switching to these DNSs 128.32.136.9 128.32.136.12 -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/
