[Gllug] PIPEX DSL connection problems (PSN-37-10001-5926)

[Russell Howe]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 01:13:17PM +0100, Simon Perry wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have had problems with my Pipex ADSL connection all morning.

PIPEX have been having problems with their DNS servers as far as I can
tell, which they refuse to acknowledge. There was slow-to-no response
from one of their DNS servers last Saturday night, and again just now.

I just fired up mutt to send them another email about it when I saw
yours :)

This is what I'm sending them (Bcc'ing their support address on this
email):

[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.google.com 158.43.240.4
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

real    0m10.049s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m0.010s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.google.com 158.43.240.3
Using domain server:
Name: 158.43.240.3
Address: 158.43.240.3#53
Aliases: 

www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.249.87.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.249.87.99

real    0m0.053s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m0.010s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.google.com 158.43.240.4
Using domain server:
Name: 158.43.240.4
Address: 158.43.240.4#53
Aliases: 

www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 66.249.87.104
www.l.google.com has address 66.249.87.99

real    0m7.763s
user    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.000s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.google.com 158.43.240.4
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

real    0m10.048s
user    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.000s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.google.com 158.43.240.4
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

real    0m10.046s
user    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.000s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.bbc.co.uk 158.43.240.4
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

real    0m10.053s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m0.010s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ time host www.bbc.co.uk 158.43.240.3 
Using domain server:
Name: 158.43.240.3
Address: 158.43.240.3#53
Aliases: 

www.bbc.co.uk is an alias for www.bbc.net.uk.
www.bbc.net.uk has address 212.58.224.82

real    0m0.084s
user    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.010s
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ ping -c3 158.43.240.4
PING 158.43.240.4 (158.43.240.4): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 158.43.240.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=18.3 ms
64 bytes from 158.43.240.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=27.2 ms
64 bytes from 158.43.240.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=18.1 ms

--- 158.43.240.4 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 18.1/21.2/27.2 ms
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ ping -c3 158.43.240.3
PING 158.43.240.3 (158.43.240.3): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 158.43.240.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=15.8 ms
64 bytes from 158.43.240.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=15.7 ms
64 bytes from 158.43.240.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=17.5 ms

--- 158.43.240.3 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 15.7/16.3/17.5 ms
[rhowe at stfw] ~ $ date
Thu Apr 14 14:22:19 BST 2005

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