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DSLRUsers connection problem?

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:42 pm
by fenger
Quite often when I browse this forum, I get connection error as shown below. Sometimes it lasts half a minute, sometimes a few minutes. It's annoying when I am trying to read the next page. Is this problem common to others?


ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved

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While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=26032

The following error was encountered:

Connection Failed
The system returned:

(113) No route to hostThe site you are trying to connect to may be down. This could be a network issue which will be resolved shortly. This could also mean that there is no webserver at the location you are trying to access. Please try the request again if you are sure you have the correct address and the remote webserver is up.

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:48 pm
by gstark
I'm currently in Melbourne, and am having no issues accessing the site. Likewise, I have few issues from home, nor from the office. Certainly none that report the error that you're seeing.

Who is your ISP? Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? What browser are you using?

The "no route to host" message seems like a problem with your ISP, or at least upstream from them, in theat the routing is failing.

Try a tracert when you see that message; it should show a failure at some point. Send that to your ISP's support people.

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:38 pm
by Nnnnsic
I think Dreamhost might be having random issues. I'm getting timeouts on at least one site I'm working on hosted on Dreamhost at random times.

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:54 pm
by fenger
gstark wrote:Who is your ISP? Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? What browser are you using?


TPG. No. IE.

Try a tracert when you see that message; it should show a failure at some point. Send that to your ISP's support people.


When this happened, I did not have problem with other sites so I did not bother to do tracert. Next time I'll have a look.

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:53 pm
by aswcheng
Nnnnsic wrote:I think Dreamhost might be having random issues. I'm getting timeouts on at least one site I'm working on hosted on Dreamhost at random times.

Yes, I've noticed Dreamhost being slow at times as well, mostly at night (presumably due to the daytime loads in the US) here. I'm currently using them to host some files, and the response times are not as good as some other hosting sites. I guess that's the downside of shared hosting.


Cheers,
Andy

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2007 1:00 am
by Mr Darcy
My connection seems to be increasingly erratic. It forgets who I am, Server errors, slow, Blocked IP etc

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2007 7:40 am
by gstark
fenger wrote:
gstark wrote:Who is your ISP? Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? What browser are you using?


TPG. No. IE.


TPG should be fine.

Try that please.

And Firefox is definitely the preferred browser here.


Try a tracert when you see that message; it should show a failure at some point. Send that to your ISP's support people.


When this happened, I did not have problem with other sites so I did not bother to do tracert. Next time I'll have a look.


Please do. WHile other sites may be fine, the question of where they are may come into play. You could be looking at three Au hosted sites as well as two in EU and another in San Francisco, and they're all fine, but the routing to LA may still be stufed. :)