Problems with the site?

[AndyM]

had the DNS prob myself earlier.

 

RE. the back button prob, have a look at your browers settings and cache options.

 

For IE users goto Tools>>Internet Options>>Temp Internet files>>settings, and select either automatic or every visit to page. The other two options will just load the page as it was the last time it was downloaded onto the PC (used to speed up navigating around websites, but not much good in forums!)

 

For Netscape browsers goto Edit>>Preferences>>Advanced>>Cache>> then under the Compare document in cache to doc on network (or something very similar depending on Version) select >>Every time

 

You might want to change the setting back for speed purposes afterwards for general browsing, especially on a dial up connection.

 

HTH's

 

[ 21. August 2003, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: AndyM ]

[*Ant*]

Thanks Andy

[billy5000]

Hi all

 

i had a problem the other day with a page not found thing even though i had been on AN two seconds before so i gave it afew minutes and i was back in(at least this site remembers my login details unlike msi forums )

as for speed my 56k kicks out pretty well in regards to changing threads etc guess im lucky

 

billy

 

[ 21. August 2003, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: billy5000 ]

[littlefeathers]

Hi All, yes we too had problems trying to log on earlier, Paul and I have seperate machines and neither one of us could enter the site, so its not a computer problem it must be a server problem.

[billy5000]

Hi all

 

chesters is frantically trying to access this site and cannot get past the forum summary with page errors :mad: (dns thing i think)

 

and i had a page error a few mins ago too but all seems ok again now(for me anyway)

 

 

billy

 

[ 21. August 2003, 07:29 PM: Message edited by: billy5000 ]

[MrWiggly]

I often get hang-ups and "cannot find server" messages. I just keep plugging away until the damn thing does as it's told ! :mad:

[chesters1]

i`m in , kept getting (from main page) "anglersnet.co.uk cannot be found " strange though i was on it looking but couldnt click anything without that error message :confused:

reloading the page was fine ,i could see the posts changing

 

[ 21. August 2003, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[Newt]

For any of you running W2K or XP - here is a possible source of a problem for you and an easy try for a fix.

 

Your PC only does numbers. So when you try to connect to anglersnet.co.uk, your PC looks for a translation of that name to a number it can use. The fancy name is DNS (domain name system) and the usual place for it to look is to a Domain Name Server.

 

In an effort to make internet browsing faster, Microsoft started with 2K and has continued to use a local (on your PC) database thing to store the translations for any site you've visited since your last reboot. Your PC will check it's local information first and if it finds a listing, will use that address.

 

Problem is, the database will store bad info as easily as good info so if you try for AN when there is a problem, you may have crap stored rather than a good address. After that happens, your PC just won't find the site.

 

A reboot will clear the database and give you a fresh start but is a pain in the hindparts to do so here's an easier way.

 

Click on start~run, type in ipconfig /flushdns and press ENTER. Presto, your local DNS cache is now a virgin again and ready to start storing good information.

 

The only effect, other than getting rid of errors, will be a delay of maybe ½ second to connect to a site the first time you try it after flushing the cache.

[Davy Holt]

Thanks newt.. that solved me problem

[Norrie]

When I tried to get on from the shortcut on my screen, all I get is a Gateway timeout error.I had to type the site name on my homepage and get in that way.