Can't access NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE

[Jackeline D]

I am in the UK and I have recently installed cable broadband using
NTL.

I use Xnews as my newsreader and I find that I can access any of my
usual news servers but for some reason I can not access
NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE (or its recent new name of NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET).

(1) If I dial up to another ISP (Freeserve) then I *can* read and
write to NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE.

(2) However if I drop the dialup line and then re-connect my cable
modem and allo wit to work then I find I can *not* access
NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE.

(3) If I then dial up using Virgin (which uses NTL's networks) then
I find I can *not* access it.

NTL may be the problem. How can I access the NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE
newsserver when connected via NTL?

For my firewall I use Sygate Personal Pro 5. I get these same
results above if I disable Sygate. Am I disabling it fully? I
rightclick the small icon and select "exit". Other times I just
rightclick and select "allow all". Is this sufficient to disable it?

Can anyone advise please.

 

[leslie]

Jackeline D ([email protected]) wrote:
: I am in the UK and I have recently installed cable broadband using
: NTL.
:
: I use Xnews as my newsreader and I find that I can access any of my
: usual news servers but for some reason I can not access
: NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE (or its recent new name of NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET).
:
: (1) If I dial up to another ISP (Freeserve) then I *can* read and
: write to NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE.
:
: (2) However if I drop the dialup line and then re-connect my cable
: modem and allo wit to work then I find I can *not* access
: NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE.
:
: (3) If I then dial up using Virgin (which uses NTL's networks) then
: I find I can *not* access it.
:
: NTL may be the problem. How can I access the NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE
: newsserver when connected via NTL?
:
: For my firewall I use Sygate Personal Pro 5. I get these same
: results above if I disable Sygate. Am I disabling it fully? I
: rightclick the small icon and select "exit". Other times I just
: rightclick and select "allow all". Is this sufficient to disable it?
:
: Can anyone advise please.
:

While connected to NTL, open a DOS command window and ping
NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET. The results should look like this:

C:\>ping NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET

Pinging NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET [130.133.1.4] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=233
Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=193ms TTL=233
Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=233
Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=233

Ping statistics for 130.133.1.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 192ms, Maximum = 194ms, Average = 192ms

C:\>

If the ping command comes back with an "Unknown host" error, then
the problem is with NTL's DNS servers.

You can use public DNS servers instead, from one of these sites:

http://dns.widge.net/
Free DNS, Managed DNS, Backup DNS, web-based zone manager at dns.widge.net

http://www.opennic.unrated.net/public_servers.html
OpenNIC: Public Name Servers

http://www.granitecanyon.com/
The Public DNS Service

http://support.open-rsc.org/.servers/
ORSC Public Access DNS Nameservers


--Jerry Leslie
Note: (e-mail address removed) is invalid for email

 

[Jackeline D]

: I am in the UK and I have recently installed cable broadband
: using NTL.
:
: I use Xnews as my newsreader and I find that I can access any
: of my usual news servers but for some reason I can not access
: NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE (or its recent new name of
: NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET).
:
: (1) If I dial up to another ISP (Freeserve) then I *can* read
: and write to NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE.
:
: (2) However if I drop the dialup line and then re-connect my
: cable modem and allo wit to work then I find I can *not* access
: NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE.
:
: (3) If I then dial up using Virgin (which uses NTL's networks)
: then I find I can *not* access it.
:
: NTL may be the problem. How can I access the NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE
: newsserver when connected via NTL?
:
: For my firewall I use Sygate Personal Pro 5. I get these same
: results above if I disable Sygate. Am I disabling it fully? I
: rightclick the small icon and select "exit". Other times I
: just rightclick and select "allow all". Is this sufficient to
: disable it?
:
: Can anyone advise please.
:

While connected to NTL, open a DOS command window and ping
NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET. The results should look like this:

C:\>ping NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET

Pinging NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET [130.133.1.4] with 32 bytes of
data:

Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=233
Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=193ms TTL=233
Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=233
Reply from 130.133.1.4: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=233

Ping statistics for 130.133.1.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 192ms, Maximum = 194ms, Average = 192ms

C:\>

If the ping command comes back with an "Unknown host" error,
then the problem is with NTL's DNS servers.

You can use public DNS servers instead, from one of these sites:

http://dns.widge.net/
Free DNS, Managed DNS, Backup DNS, web-based zone manager at
dns.widge.net

http://www.opennic.unrated.net/public_servers.html
OpenNIC: Public Name Servers

http://www.granitecanyon.com/
The Public DNS Service

http://support.open-rsc.org/.servers/
ORSC Public Access DNS Nameservers

Thanks for the info. Can someone suggest which name of a public DNS
server to use and where to place it in WinXP.