New News Server Farm in DSL Extreme http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20597400 en Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:46:57 EDT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:46:57 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20840102 dslx_gm :
said by Okman See Profile :

However, between the "news" and "news4", I've had much more success with news4, only 2 times did i get the 502 error
Thanks for the feedback. I think am going to change the primary news.dslextreme.com to use the server farm that is currently tied to news4.dslextreme.com. This may require that people reload their groups though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20840102 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:51:50 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20839917 Okman : I'm getting some 502 errors too. Hmm I think this news provider is getting flakey.

However, between the "news" and "news4", I've had much more success with news4, only 2 times did i get the 502 error]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20839917 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:52:05 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20819436 tufur : Not a sticky any more and nodes still being blocked...see »new4, »Re: New News Server Farm
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I like the fact news4 had all the posts in any of the groups I live in where posts were missing or a day late. And after news4 went online and I was using it, I get a node banned error. With any news client......What gives?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20819436 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:57:43 EDT Constant stalling http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20819329 kmcmurtrie : I tried news4 and it stalls for long periods of time, just the same as news does. Ping is fine. Sometimes one connection stalls for minutes but another connection works fine. As usual, canceling the stalled request causes me to get "Too many connections" errors for a while.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20819329 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:42:42 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20783062 anon : I am editing my above post(Sorry)
I thought I'd jump in and let you know the speed I am getting from 4 connections. I have a 1.5MB/384K speed and actually am getting under 2 MB on speed tests. Using Grabit 1.7.1 Beta and connecting to the news4.dslextreme.com account I am getting ~94KB/s. I still have Road Runner connected so I hooked up that computer to the news.dslextreme.com server and downloaded at ~90KB/s. I enabled the other 4 DHCP IP addresses and tried accessing another wireless network that my neighbor has but I got the 400 error message saying my per user connection limit has been reached. How are you guys getting more than 4 connections? Could someone thoroughly explain how 5 DHCP IPs can get split amongst computers? Can we simply enable the IPS and connect the DSL modem into the switch and other computers into different ports on the switch? Does anyone know if DSLExtreme is getting worse and is going to make any changes to improve? This limit on speed has got me concerned about my decision to switch. I'm hearing Giganews but the pricing is a bit high. Anyone recommend a cheaper news server? I signed up to DSL Extreme just because they have free news servers but I'm not so sure how good free is at the speed we are allowed to download at.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20783062 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:37:58 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20783033 anon : I thought I'd jump in and let you know the speed I am getting from 2 connections. I have a 1.5MB/384K speed and actually am getting 2 MB on speed tests. Using Grabit 1.7.1 Beta and connecting to the news4.dslextreme.com account I am getting ~94KB/s I still have Road Runner connected so I hooked up that computer to the news.dslextreme.com server and downloaded at ~680KB/s. I enabled the other 4 DHCP IP addresses and tried accessing another wireless network that my neighbor has but I got the 400 error message saying my per user connection limit has been reached. How are you guys getting more than 2 connections? Does anyone know if DSLExtreme is getting worse and is going to make any changes to improve? This limit on speed has got me concerned about my decision to switch. I'm hearing Giganews but the pricing is a bit high. Anyone recommend a cheaper news server? I signed up to DSL Extreme just because they have free news servers but I'm not so sure how good free is at the speed we are allowed to download at.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20783033 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:30:52 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699322 Goryl : Hmmm...

news.dslextreme.com works fine

but...
news4.dslextreme.com gives me the following "Access denied to your node" message:

Using Newsbin Pro 5.42
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699322 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:49:06 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20695265 dslx_gm : 75+ days]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20695265 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:42:31 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20693330 anon : Does anyone know is the retetion time for binaries on this new news server?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20693330 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:00:31 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20653643 djrobx : I was getting 502 node blocked errors on Road Runner today as well. Never seen that one before.

(TW and DSLX are using the same news service provider, which is why that's relevant. ;) )]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20653643 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:18:07 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20651120 anon : Why are certain nodes being blocked from news4? I get 502 node blocked error.

2nd question. [Removed - discussing moderation is not allowed. See »Site FAQ »What are the Rules on Posting?. sash]

Time for dslextreme to have its own forum on its webpage. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20651120 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:57:23 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20623785 engineercarl : George:

So far I can see a distinct difference between news and news 4. More groups (although not as many as advertised with Newsguy, my other provider), and a better throughput for headers.

We're making progress! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20623785 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:07:13 EDT Re: New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20608214 Okman : Nice! after adding news4.dslextreme.com to my Newsbin Pro, I now can open 6 connections total (by using 3 dslx accounts!) and just download 700 MB of data to test... and all I gotta say is... sweet!

Guys, do yourself a favor and give Newsbin Pro a spin!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20608214 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:30:01 EDT New News Server Farm http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20597400 dslx_gm : We launched a new news server farm for testing yesterday. Thus far we have gotten positive responses from the clients I tested with. I would therefore like to open it up to everyone for testing purposes. If you would like to try out the new server farm you can do so by changing your server settings to news4.dslextreme.com. Your authentication will remain the same. You will of course need to reset and update your groups.

Thanks
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George
General Manager
DSL Extreme
Will work for reviews. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20597400 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:44:32 EDT