Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 64004 2005-11-29 22:56:00 Xtra + .com websites Greg (193) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
408665 2005-11-29 22:56:00 Since I've been on Xtra's 2Mb/128K plan and using their freebie D-Link modem, about 1 in 5 . com websites will not load at the first attempt . I can't force re-try either - the sites are unavailable until the attempt times out . The weirdest thing is that the second attempt always works straight away! :confused:

It's damn hard to figure out because a few changes happened at the same time . . .

* I started using Firefox
* I changed from Orcon to Xtra
* I changed my adsl plan
* I started using this external modem

Any ideas anyone please?

Thanks .
Greg (193)
408666 2005-11-29 23:34:00 Tried different DNS servers? stu161204 (123)
408667 2005-11-29 23:51:00 * I started using Firefox
This will not make a difference . In my oppinion .

* I changed from Orcon to Xtra
This is the mort likely cause of your problem, As I have found, Xtra's nameserver look-up is slightly different than most other ISP's and if the . com domain names you are looking up, have thier nameserver settings pointing to anything other than the domineant nameserver of the server it is hosted on, than Xtra has problems .

* I changed my adsl plan
Will not matter . in my opinion .

* I started using this external modem
also will not matter . In my opinion .

Some websites regardless of whether they know it or not have their nameservers settings pointing to web hosting reseller's custom nameservers or similar . which mean that the nameservers are not dominant on the server the site is on .
I am sure someone will correct me if i am wrong, but as long as you stay with Xtra, you are most likely going to experience this problem . :badpc:

If i am wrong, please correct me!
MikeHP (8910)
408668 2005-11-30 02:42:00 I had a problem similar....i just left it, and now its fixed...duno how, but yea dwnz (5333)
1