EsatBT No Limits

Synkronite · 14-12-2002 1:09pm #1

Hi,

Recently Ive noticed with No Limits that Id be connected, and sometimes my webbrowsing just doesnt work (On both IE and Mozilla) While MSN and IRC continue to work flawlessly. The inability to surf lasts for upto 10-15 minutes and seems to be happening on a regular basis, I get atleast 1-2 blackouts in an hour - I can resolve the host and even do a tracert, but the browser just gets stuck on "Connecting to ..."

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Fawad

BuffyBot · 14-12-2002 2:13pm

Having the same problem - it doesnt happen on other ISP connections, just NoLimits. All other apps continue to work fine.

PPC · 14-12-2002 2:17pm

Yeah same here but i loose games too.
Tis weird.

tuxy · 14-12-2002 2:18pm

same here but i only noticed it today about a hour ago
its ok now and it wasnt a dns problem cos i could resolve url's to ip's

Frank Grimes · 14-12-2002 2:34pm

I was getting the same thing on Netsmart about an hour/hour and a half ago.
Mozilla was saying connection attempt was refused etc. I tried the pages in IE and they just came up with page cannot be displayed.
I could ping the urls at the time and IRC, mail and downloads were working fine. Odd.
And now it's off again as I'm trying to post this.

It took 7 or 8 retries to get this posted

conZ · 14-12-2002 2:40pm

lol, was replying to this, and it happened to me again

anywyas. thanks to serrarD, all you have to do is empty IE history and IE temporary internet files.
working grand for me again.

Frank Grimes · 14-12-2002 3:00pm

I don't think it's the cache, it happened again when I was trying to see your reply, after a couple of minutes it started working again.

Shamo · 14-12-2002 3:19pm

Got the same problem, doubt there's anything we can do apart from wait until they fix the issue.
Could ring them up and complain though

leeroybrown · 14-12-2002 3:22pm

Probably a problem with whatever web proxy they're using.

Frank Grimes · 14-12-2002 3:28pm

Seems to be getting worse, whatever's causing it.

BuffyBot · 14-12-2002 5:11pm

Originally posted by Shamo
Got the same problem, doubt there's anything we can do apart from wait until they fix the issue.
Could ring them up and complain though

Emmm..just did...didn't seem to have a notion what I was on about..

nahdoic · 14-12-2002 6:14pm

sounds like a problem with Esat's DNS.

the next time it happens see if you can still visit

http://195.218.115.65/

David C · 14-12-2002 6:37pm

Having the same problems here.. Just web browser goes. Tis annoying me..
POP3 email checking continues to work perfectly however during the blackouts...

Perhaps to stop esatbt.com going down every weekend like it has been, they swapped the plugs? :-)

irishgeo · 14-12-2002 6:44pm

this problem is annoying. i didnt have it earlier now its really annnoying.

i wonder what it is.

sceptre · 14-12-2002 8:37pm

Not just me then:) :mad: :mad:

Everything else seems fine (FTPing etc) -it's been that way for a few days

I'd assumed it was something to do with my OS as it's affecting all browsers I've tried (IE, Opera, Mozilla)

Time to phone Esat and let them know that others are having this problem too.

Phoned them just to make the usual "I know you can't personally do anything about this but someone there can" complaint -closed at the moment (it being the weekend) but office hours are 9-9 Mon-Fri and 9-6:30 at weekends if people feel like doing the same.

Number is 1800-923-222 btw.

therecklessone · 14-12-2002 11:51pm

Had exactly the same problem with Netsmart today, yesterday at about 10.30pm, and Thursday at 7pm.

They'll be getting a call.

therecklessone · 15-12-2002 12:42am

And again...now I'm getting pissed off.

tuxy · 15-12-2002 12:48am

yup using oceanfree now it was pissing me off :mad:

kmurph · 15-12-2002 1:36am

Looks like it's gone completely now. Can connect, but nothing happening at all after that. No browsing, or e-mail.

Moriarty · 15-12-2002 5:23am

Originally posted by kmurph
Looks like it's gone completely now. Can connect, but nothing happening at all after that. No browsing, or e-mail.

Exact same for me, stuck on eircom per-minute

ick

BuffyBot · 15-12-2002 10:46am

Still happening this morning

It completely went down for me last night as well about 00.15 - wonder WTF is happening?

ElNino · 15-12-2002 10:46am

I had exactly the same problem with SNL but it is back now.

If anyone gets a response from ESAT can they pass it on here please?

ElNino · 15-12-2002 10:55am

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! The problem is still not fixed. My connection went dead after 15 minutes and I only got back in on the second attempt.

Frank Grimes · 15-12-2002 11:13am

I'm still getting connection refused blah blah on webpages. At least I'm not paying per minute for the privilage I guess

The_Scary_Man · 15-12-2002 11:14am

Thank God I thought i was the only one and it was driving me mad. I am having to reconnect every half hour or so.

It's rightly fvcking annoying!

I'm on netsmart btw.

Ste- · 15-12-2002 11:16am

Relief to know im not alone here
Wish theyd hurry up and fix it

:mad:

daveirl · 15-12-2002 1:45pm

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Shamo · 15-12-2002 4:27pm

Was just about to post saying I think it's improved now but the fecking thing stopped again!

Using a fast college connection during the week and come home to this :rolleyes:

therecklessone · 15-12-2002 5:03pm

Just off the phone from Esat. I was told it was a server problem, which they had "resolved" during today, but some people were still having problems. Expected to be solved within the next hour or two. Im connected now, no poblems as of yet (thats the kiss of death if ever I've heard one). Was also told that Esat became aware of the problem on Saturday, but as I've already said, this has been happening since Thursday.

On another note, why the hell is there no mention of netsmart on esat's technical support phone line? Or for that matter, when one attepts to register an e-mail account through iol? The only services that are mentioned are iol free, iol gold, and iol no limits. Its a pain in the ass.

daveirl · 16-12-2002 11:47pm

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BuffyBot · 17-12-2002 8:15pm

Mine is fine tonight

Most surprised - I rang on Saturday to complain..I had not one but two calls back..one from the Tech Rep and one from Esat's NOC.. fair play..really didn't expect to hear from them again!

conZ · 17-12-2002 10:02pm

Fuck SAKE!
NO LIMITS is in bits tonight.
Pings of 800 on Radox Cs, bitchin loss and choke, getting cl_flushentitypacket every second minute, webpages have been loading, but it took 4 reconnects at about 7.
****IN ****E.
has anyone rang them yet ?
should fuckin mail bomb em, ****s./

BuffyBot · 17-12-2002 10:51pm

Still having no probs here - bit more sluggish than usual, but its still better than its been on many nights..

BuffyBot · 28-12-2002 5:35pm

Same problem twice today :mad:

Anyone else having it?

daveirl · 29-12-2002 2:24pm

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BuffyBot · 29-12-2002 4:24pm

Originally posted by daveirl
happened me a couple of times last night but it's fine again now!

Fingers crossed, so far today it's been ok...

*looks around and waits...*

oneweb · 29-12-2002 5:37pm

It's been happening here too, for a few months (though it seems less lately.) I have a feeling it's something to do with the IP range they added a while back (the 213.202.* lot)

Could be surfing no probs, top speed, then I idle, when I click or request a page/login (IM etc) a few mins later, it either c-r-a-w-l-s or does nuffink whatsoever. Sometimes it resumes to top speed after a few mins, other times a disconnect/reconnect does the trick (as in a previous post.)

Maybe if ppl take note of the IP address
(Start | Run | command <enter> | arp -a <enter>)
or
(Start | Run | winipcfg)
and post it when it happens again to see if that theory is true.

David C · 29-12-2002 10:07pm

Happened a few times to me today... Completely flat lines.
Disconnecting and reconnecting seemed to do the trick..
Overall speeds seem to be down after I got a run at 6.9k yesterday... downloaded my first DivX video yesterday (where have I been?), was 105mb.. sped along conistantly..

Frank Grimes · 30-12-2002 8:47am

Originally posted by oneweb
It's been happening here too, for a few months (though it seems less lately.) I have a feeling it's something to do with the IP range they added a while back (the 213.202.* lot)

The no browsing thing was off again yesterday for me, but I doubt it has anything to do with the IP ranges, I had one of their old IPs.

daveirl · 01-01-2003 4:12pm

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sceptre · 01-01-2003 4:57pm

Same here - comes and goes (and I'm on one of the "traditional" (for lack of a better term) IPs)

Only web browsing though - SMTP/POP and FTP are fine.

daveirl · 01-01-2003 7:16pm

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sceptre · 01-01-2003 7:28pm

Originally posted by daveirl
They're fine for me if the program I'm using has connected in advance of the line going dead. Otherwise it gives me DNS errors.

Hmmm, could be the same here (fairly unlikely we're all having different problems at the same time) - I usually don't switch servers for a few hours if I'm uploading/downloading any files so might not have noticed.

Ties in nicely with the idea that it's an Esat DNS server problem

daveirl · 01-01-2003 7:33pm

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conZ · 05-01-2003 9:22pm

hows no limits going for ye now. Lately its being going great for me.
123 ping to radox cs, average 150, no loss... which is nice.

download rates are pretty good, max a steady 6kbps, average about 4.

no cl_flushentitypacket etc, nice too

pages loading fast enough, cant complain tbh.

BuffyBot · 05-01-2003 9:43pm

Seems fine..again. Hope I'm not jinxing myself again by saying that though

daveirl · 05-01-2003 11:15pm

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