Comments on: Google down, Gmail down, and Adsense down http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:17:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hans http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-22076 Hans Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:10:29 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-22076 It was down for only Comcast/RCN users for a certain period of time. :) It was down for only Comcast/RCN users for a certain period of time. :)

]]> By: acenima http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-22074 acenima Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:50:38 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-22074 i was on google all day today and yesterday and it hasnt been down. i was on google all day today and yesterday and it hasnt been down.

]]> By: pooch http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21904 pooch Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:08:09 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21904 Call RCN and they will walk you through how to connect to a different DNS by changing the IP address. It worked. Call RCN and they will walk you through how to connect to a different DNS by changing the IP address. It worked.

]]> By: Hoo Mi http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21882 Hoo Mi Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:25:15 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21882 While you're at it replace one of RCN's servers with one from OpenDND for redundancy: 208.67.222.222 or 208.67.220.220 http://www.opendns.com/ While you’re at it replace one of RCN’s servers with one from OpenDND for redundancy:
208.67.222.222 or
208.67.220.220
http://www.opendns.com/

]]> By: Terrence Murray http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21881 Terrence Murray Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21881 As of 7:18 AM central time Google and all of its aps are still down for RCN users, at least here in Chicago. Am now also having some trouble accessing my WordPress platform. As of 7:18 AM central time Google and all of its aps are still down for RCN users, at least here in Chicago. Am now also having some trouble accessing my WordPress platform.

]]> By: Ganesh http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21879 Ganesh Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:02:11 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21879 The fix works like a charm. Thanks. The fix works like a charm. Thanks.

]]> By: Ganesh http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21876 Ganesh Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:52:40 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21876 I too am on RCN and it has not worked since yesterday 8/20 5 p.m. I am trying the DNS settings change now. I too am on RCN and it has not worked since yesterday 8/20 5 p.m. I am trying the DNS settings change now.

]]> By: RCN-Blows http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21856 RCN-Blows Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:15:07 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21856 Changing the settings worked for me. I can't stand RCN. It's one thing after another with them. Changing the settings worked for me. I can’t stand RCN. It’s one thing after another with them.

]]> By: BetaBuster http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21845 BetaBuster Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21845 It may be a peering link down. All of the big ISP's have peering with Google. Saves $$$ on bandwidth, and makes it faster. It may be a peering link down. All of the big ISP’s have peering with Google. Saves $$$ on bandwidth, and makes it faster.

]]> By: benpstewart http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/10/google-down-gmail-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-21836 benpstewart Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:04:09 +0000 http://www.quickpwn.com/?p=1902#comment-21836 The QuickPWN admin says he's going to post this solution from my Twitter on here shortly - but for now (and for this thread), this is the solution RCN tech support gave me: http://tinyurl.com/yfjm3fd It seems like a DNS problem of some sort on their end, probably with some of their servers, since they're hardwiring people into other servers. I heard a report that someone else got different manual DNS server IPs, so who knows. Anyway, I hope they fix this so I can go back to automatic DNS, but for now... hey, I have email again! (FYI, I am a RCN user in Chicago) The QuickPWN admin says he’s going to post this solution from my Twitter on here shortly – but for now (and for this thread), this is the solution RCN tech support gave me:

http://tinyurl.com/yfjm3fd

It seems like a DNS problem of some sort on their end, probably with some of their servers, since they’re hardwiring people into other servers. I heard a report that someone else got different manual DNS server IPs, so who knows. Anyway, I hope they fix this so I can go back to automatic DNS, but for now… hey, I have email again!

(FYI, I am a RCN user in Chicago)

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