- OT: Is NIN server OK?
- Posted by Terry Pinnell on April 9th, 2007
Apologies for the OT post but I cannot reach my usual server,
new.individual.net (NIN). So I've turned to my rarely-used 'binary
instance' of Agent, which accesses the Forte APN server, and added
this newsgroup temporarily, to allow me to post.
I'm getting "Unable to find address of server News.Individual.NET."
when I try to get my news download. I strongly suspect that this is an
authentication issue. Wouldn't it just have to happen on a Bank
Holiday ;-(
But to rule out any genuine problem with the NIN server itself I would
appreciate some feedback please. Are other NIN users getting access
OK?
I renewed my NIN subscription 5 days ago (it didn't happen
automatically because my credit card was renewed meanwhile), and had
confirmation from Clickandbuy. They again confirmed on the phone ths
morning that all was OK. So I have no idea why this is happening.
I had no reply to my emails some days ago to NIN, at
news@uni-berlin.de Anyone know of an alternative email address, or
better still a phone number please?
--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
- Posted by Invalid on April 9th, 2007
In message <082k13lb7tsn13bno7i81vqi3detit3nep@4ax.com>, Terry Pinnell
<terrypin@dial.pipex.com> writes
I have had a problem today. I have been connected to the Plusnet
"experimental" RIN network for about a week, with no problems. However
this morning I had a problem connecting to News.Individual.NET.
Swapping back to the normal Plusnet realm allowed me to connect fine.
It is fully repeatable. Switch back to the RIN (Plusdsl2) realm and
again the news server times out.
Tracert on the RIN network gets as far as
t2a7-ge7-0.de-fra.eu.bt.net then fails
Tracert on the normal realm gets all the way there (as expected)
In my case its not the DNS because both realms resolve to 130.133.1.4
It looks as if one of the routes to News.Individual.NET (the one that
goes via de-fra.eu.bt.net is failing.
Regards
--
Peter R Cook
- Posted by Bob Eager on April 9th, 2007
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 09:37:40 UTC, Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com>
wrote:
Unlikely to be an authentication issue at NIN; you are getting what
looks like a DNS lookup failure. However, no problems here, and in fact
I'm posting this via NIN.
Yes.
No point. Nothing wrong with them. It's very likely a DNS issue, so your
ISP is just as likely to be at fault. Good luck trying to get Pipex to
help, though...although at least it isn't the accounts department!
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- Posted by Terry Pinnell on April 9th, 2007
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
Thanks both. Also had another reply to similar query in the Agent
newsgroup: "I can't get in either. Their entire site seems to be
down. I can't get to their website."
--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
- Posted by Dave Fawthrop on April 9th, 2007
On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:37:40 +0100, Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com>
wrote:
|!Apologies for the OT post but I cannot reach my usual server,
|!new.individual.net (NIN). So I've turned to my rarely-used 'binary
|!instance' of Agent, which accesses the Forte APN server, and added
|!this newsgroup temporarily, to allow me to post.
My connection to NIN failed this morning until about 11:30. :-(
Working OK now. :-) Patience is a virtue
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- Posted by Ivor Jones on April 9th, 2007
"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:6c7k13t4m2mtf0217qs4d35geld79382bc@4ax.com
[snip]
I hate to say it, but it's all ok here. Website fine and no problems
posting.
Ivor
- Posted by Bob Eager on April 9th, 2007
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:12:37 UTC, Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com>
wrote:
But their site isn't down. The website is fine. And I've been pulling
news all morning....!
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- Posted by Simon Finnigan on April 9th, 2007
"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:082k13lb7tsn13bno7i81vqi3detit3nep@4ax.com...
NIN`s working fine for me at the moment, although I`ve noticed quite a few
missing posts over the last month or so. Anyone else having this problem?
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- Posted by Terry Pinnell on April 9th, 2007
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
Your mornings must be much shorter than mine! Came back up for me
sometime soon after 12 noon.
--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
- Posted by Colin Wilson on April 9th, 2007
I had a problem with it _yesterday_ that sounded similar to yours, but
it seemed to resolve itself within an hour or two.
I can't remember the exact response - it was something along the lines
of "the server address is correct, but getting an invalid response"
Perhaps they're carrying out some general maintenance of the servers
over the bank holiday :-}
- Posted by Invalid on April 9th, 2007
In message <MPG.208465c6485ae5ff989f45@news.individual.net> , Colin
Wilson <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.uk> writes
Looks more likely todays problem was a failure in BT's peering link to
the German National Research and Education Network rather than
individual.net.
The failed link seems to have been between
t2a7-ge7-0.de-fra.eu.bt.net (166.49.172.102): and
ir-frankfurt1.g-win.dfn.de (80.81.192.222):
I suspect users whose ISP's use BT's backbone peering were seeing
problems, while those using other backbone providers (e.g. Tiscali)
so-6-1-0.fra10.ip.tiscali.net (213.200.82.14) to
ir-frankfurt2.g-win.dfn.de (213.200.64.90)
were OK.
Regards
--
Peter R Cook
- Posted by Jeremy C B Nicoll on April 9th, 2007
Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
I've emailed them a couple of times recently (because I've been seeing quite
a few 'connection refused' problems, dunno why, but I'm on a VirginMedia
cable broadband connection) on news curlya individual.net
--
Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
- Posted by George Weston on April 9th, 2007
"Jeremy C B Nicoll" <jeremy@omba.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:gemini.jg8qop000w4bl00m8@omba.demon.invalid.. .
See contact details at http://news.individual.net/index.php
George
- Posted by Jeremy C B Nicoll on April 9th, 2007
"George Weston" <geoweston@googlemail.com> wrote:
Which gives the same address as I just gave, so why bother 'replying' to my
post?
--
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- Posted by George Weston on April 9th, 2007
"Jeremy C B Nicoll" <jeremy@omba.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:gemini.jg92ks00a2fo500m8@omba.demon.invalid.. .
The email address that you gave in your original post was:
news@uni-berlin.de
When I checked the website, the address displayed to me was:
news@individual.net
You will see that they are different addresses, which is why I tried to help
you by displaying the weblink, so that you would not only find the email
address but also might want to read FAQ etc..
Howe, in light of your response to me, I do not think I'll bother responding
to you again.
George
- Posted by Bob Eager on April 9th, 2007
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:32:20 UTC, "George Weston"
<geoweston@googlemail.com> wrote:
No, Terry Pinnell gave that, not "Jeremy C B Nicoll" (who posts using
all those initials???).
Which is the address that Jeremy gave in his post...see the line
immediately above the one above where you give contact details.
Well, he'd clearly found the email address already.
I agree that's Jeremy's attitude leaves something to be desired - not
sure I'd reply to someone who posts with all his initials anyway! :-)
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- Posted by Terry Pinnell on April 10th, 2007
"George Weston" <geoweston@googlemail.com> wrote:
Thanks both, I'd missed that. They must have changed their address
from news@uni-berlin.de to news@individual.net since our last
correspondence. Could explain why I've not been getting any replies
;-)
--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
- Posted by George Weston on April 10th, 2007
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-9TGnwU1r5L9U@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
Oh yes - just found it, after searching through this thread - "news curlya
individual.net".
Why not just put a link rather than an unnecessarily - and obscurely -
munged address?
George
- Posted by Bob Eager on April 10th, 2007
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:51:53 UTC, "George Weston"
<geoweston@googlemail.com> wrote:
It wasn't that hard to find. You haven't mentioned the fact that you
attributed the other email address to him, in error, though.
--
[ 7'ism - a condition by which the sufferer experiences an inability
to give concise answers, express reasoned argument or opinion.
Usually accompanied by silly noises and gestures - incurable, early
euthanasia recommended. ]
- Posted by George Weston on April 10th, 2007
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-IRydsXcBl9w2@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
OK I will - put it down to age and Alzheimer's.
:-)
Are we all happy now?
George
