I've just switched to sky broadband... its being a bitch....

it keeps f*cking up and disconnecting and the router cant find a server quite often...

i can't goto http://www.projectpsp.com/forum/ proxy websites load it for me (although dont allow me to login, if anyone has a proxy site that does so please post it)

but what i would really like to know is how to make it so my computer will just load the damn site!

Thanks!

pinging the site with cmd.exe shows up as request timed out!

1.Well your new ISP may be blocking certin servers.

2.Check your hosts file to make sure that site is not listed in it.

3.If you have a router you may have to fool with your settings for the new ISP. This is what happened to me. I had to lower the MTU number in the router settings. Also I'm not sure but I think that if you don't have a router theres a MTU number somewhere in the internet settings.

ive got a router.

why would it block certain servers? i should be allowed to view what i want... its only a damn psp site aswell

* M73A checks host file
EDIT: its not in the host file... GRRR

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Originally posted by M73A
ive got a router.

why would it block certain servers? i should be allowed to view what i want... its only a damn psp site aswell

* M73A checks host file

EDIT: its not in the host file... GRRR

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whats that? how do i find it? what is it? what will changing it do?

it wont load on either pc, so im guessing its to do with my router or isp...

MTU is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTU_(networking)

Im not sure what router you have so I'm not sure how to set the MTU. What router do you have?

you can change MTU setting with DrTCP

i have a netgear DG834GT (i think, its the one i got from sky)

is it a bit dodgy changing the mtu? or is there nothing to worry about

A non-optimal MTU setting will give non-optimal network performance, but you won't break anything by changing it, and it can easily be changed over and over again. I found a nice guide to check your optimal MTU setting, I'll try and find it. My MTU is best at its default of 1500, so I didn't need it. I can't even remember if the MTU should be set on the PC or on the router.

MTU is maximum transmission unit, the amount of data that will be send in one frame. If your MTU is higher than the MTU of your internet connection, the frames will have to be opened, and resend to match the lower MTU, and will take more frames than if MTU was set to the lowest common denominator to begin with.

btw its not just my computer... so its something to do with either sky or the router...

digital spy forums have a section on sky broadband, ive been posting there too....

cnn.com is another site which wont load not that im interested in that one...

GR

Thanks for any help, stupid sky...

Well did you try and change the MTU? Because I know with my ISP I used to get Page Cannot Be Displayed when the MTU was not changed to the right value.

how do i find the right value? and where do i find the place to change the settings? id rather not change it using a program, i will if i have to though

I tried to find a value on the Sky Brodband website but no luck. So some Google searching said to try 1460 or 1450. You can find this value in the router control panel by either going to 192.168.0.1 or what ever IP your router is.

Bam, here's your MTU instructions. No guarantees that you problem is actually caused by improper MTU though.

In Command Prompt, enter this:

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ping -f -l 1472 www.dslreports.com

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mtu set to 1472.... still dont load

this was on digital spy:

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There's a thread about this on uk.telecom.broadband. What appears to be happening is that certain sites inadvertently have the Sky BB address block (90.192.0.0/12) in their bogon filters (filters for blocking bogus or 'spoofed' IP addresses). Easynet are working to contact the sites involved and rectify the situation.

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MTU is not likely to be the problem here.  It will be one of the two: intentional filtering (which some ISPs offer as an option) or routing issues at your ISP or its upstream providers.  The latter would include the potential problem mentioned in the quote in your last post.

There are tests we could go through to pinpoint which it is (and, for the routing issue, where), but neither will be repairable by doing things to your computer; it will take contacting the ISP anyway, so you might just want to start with that.

I doubt it is filtering, because you are also having problems with CNN.  While I could see a "safe surfing" filter give a bad rating to some forum, it is not likely they'd blacklist a major news site.  However, you can ask if they offer any filtering and if it is enabled for your account when you call. 

So, call and complain that you can't access www.cnn.com and some other sites.  Focus on CNN rather than your forums, as that is something other people are likely to complain about as well.

they don't have filtering... lol

i've posted on the forum and asked about getting the ip's unblacklisted or whatever