TOTV Access

[Paper1]

Are people still having trouble logging on to this site? Again I'm on CL, not that I think that is the problem as this is the only website I have difficulty getting on. Yesterday evening I could not get on. After 2 or 3 attempts I was able to log in using data on my cell phone. This morning I logged on first try with my Ipad.

[jimnc]

We have Century Link. I am now able to access TOTV but often need to hit the "Reload" button in order for the postings to come up.
For quite some time I wasn't able to access at all.

[tomwed]

I think only CL customers have the problem. I had that problem twice and it fixed itself. TOTV was the only site I could not reach. DNS error

"Domain Name Servers (DNS) are the Internet's equivalent of a phone book. They maintain a directory of domain names and translate them to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

This is necessary because, although domain names are easy for people to remember, computers or machines, access websites based on IP addresses.

Information from all the domain name servers across the Internet are gathered together and housed at the Central Registry. Host companies and Internet Service Providers interact with the Central Registry on a regular schedule to get updated DNS information.

When you type in a web address, e.g., www.jimsbikes.com, your Internet Service Provider views the DNS associated with the domain name, translates it into a machine friendly IP address (for example 216.168.224.70 is the IP for jimsbikes.com) and directs your Internet connection to the correct website.

After you register a new domain name or when you update the DNS servers on your domain name, it usually takes about 12-36 hours for the domain name servers world-wide to be updated and able to access the information. This 36-hour period is referred to as propagation."


If you and I could connect using phone data plan but not connect through ournetwork it seems to me it's a CL problem.

[Nucky]

There is a site called...Down for everyone or just me. WWW.DOWNFOREVERYONEORJUSTME.COM. Go to this site and type in WWW.TALKOFTHEVILLAGES.COM.....It will report who has the problem, either TOTV'S or my connection with my internet provider.

It has not been anyone's problem but Centurylink. The tech I spoke with yesterday was perplexed for sure. Other than this snafu CL has been flawless.

I don't have any special computer skill's, probably less than most only that I am relentless with Tech Support. I actually tired myself out yesterday with them and surrendered after about 3 hours.

[fw102807]

There is a site called...Down for everyone or just me. WWW.DOWNFOREVERYONEORJUSTME.COM. Go to this site and type in WWW.TALKOFTHEVILLAGES.COM.....It will report who has the problem, either TOTV'S or my connection with my internet provider.

It has not been anyone's problem but Centurylink. The tech I spoke with yesterday was perplexed for sure. Other than this snafu CL has been flawless.

From time to time a DNS server will become corrupt and lose the route to some sites. That is why it affects some ISPs and not others. This is something that is monitored continually and gets resolved pretty quickly.

[tomwed]

There is a site called...Down for everyone or just me. WWW.DOWNFOREVERYONEORJUSTME.COM. Go to this site and type in WWW.TALKOFTHEVILLAGES.COM.....It will report who has the problem, either TOTV'S or my connection with my internet provider.

It has not been anyone's problem but Centurylink. The tech I spoke with yesterday was perplexed for sure. Other than this snafu CL has been flawless.
great job,,,thank-you Nucky----we were both writing at the same time----

[tomwed]

From time to time a DNS server will become corrupt and lose the route to some sites. That is why it affects some ISPs and not others. This is something that is monitored continually and gets resolved pretty quickly.
thank-you too---we were all writing at the same time,,,team work

[Nucky]

I think only CL customers have the problem. I had that problem twice and it fixed itself. TOTV was the only site I could not reach. DNS error

"Domain Name Servers (DNS) are the Internet's equivalent of a phone book. They maintain a directory of domain names and translate them to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

This is necessary because, although domain names are easy for people to remember, computers or machines, access websites based on IP addresses.

Information from all the domain name servers across the Internet are gathered together and housed at the Central Registry. Host companies and Internet Service Providers interact with the Central Registry on a regular schedule to get updated DNS information.

When you type in a web address, e.g., www.jimsbikes.com, your Internet Service Provider views the DNS associated with the domain name, translates it into a machine friendly IP address (for example 216.168.224.70 is the IP for jimsbikes.com) and directs your Internet connection to the correct website.

After you register a new domain name or when you update the DNS servers on your domain name, it usually takes about 12-36 hours for the domain name servers world-wide to be updated and able to access the information. This 36-hour period is referred to as propagation."


If you and I could connect using phone data plan but not connect through ournetwork it seems to me it's a CL problem.

I asked for the time and you build me a Grandfather Clock! Touche. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: Just working together. I actually understand what you typed. Maybe my tech skills are getting better. Must be the Pickle Juice.

[fw102807]

thank-you too---we were all writing at the same time,,,team work

Yes, yay team

[tomwed]

Now that I'm part of a team that get's things done. Does anyone know where I left my car keys?

[fw102807]

I asked for the time and you build me a Grandfather Clock! Touche. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Mine was just a pocketwatch

[NoMoSno]

There is a site called...Down for everyone or just me. WWW.DOWNFOREVERYONEORJUSTME.COM. Go to this site and type in WWW.TALKOFTHEVILLAGES.COM.....It will report who has the problem, either TOTV'S or my connection with my internet provider.

It has not been anyone's problem but Centurylink. The tech I spoke with yesterday was perplexed for sure. Other than this snafu CL has been flawless.

I don't have any special computer skill's, probably less than most only that I am relentless with Tech Support. I actually tired myself out yesterday with them and surrendered after about 3 hours.
This is what I see when trying to access that site:

Your connection is not secure

The owner of www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

[Nucky]

This is what I see when trying to access that site:

Your connection is not secure

The owner of www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

I got that website from the Bosses at TOTV'S. It has worked well for me on Google Chrome on a Mac & Windows 10.

As of today, I've connected again but intermittently it keeps going off then back on. I'm starting to not even care anymore. :boxing2: I surrender.

[Paper1]

Thanks for all the informative dialog, I think if I understood correctly there is nothing I can do other than wait it out. I couldn’t get on again last night but this morning I did although I lost connection while I was on the site.

[fw102807]

Thanks for all the informative dialog, I think if I understood correctly there is nothing I can do other than wait it out. I couldn’t get on again last night but this morning I did although I lost connection while I was on the site.

If you lost the connection while you were already on the site then it was not a DNS issue. It only happens on TOTV? We have Comcast and we have been losing our connection intermittenty but everything goes down and then comes back We have already had the tech here once but it is still happening.

[tomwed]

If you lost the connection while you were already on the site then it was not a DNS issue. It only happens on TOTV? We have Comcast and we have been losing our connection intermittenty but everything goes down and then comes back We have already had the tech here once but it is still happening.Is this correct?
1] CL users can't get on TOTV from time to time but they can get on every other site.
2] You use comcast and loose connectivity to everything.
If so the two problems are not related.

Think of it as a phone call. CL users can call any phone in the world except the TOTV phone number.

Comcast users phone, stops working altogether.

[villagetinker]

I think (MHO) that Comcast is having their own internal server problems. I few months ago this was very bad, to the point that we lost everything for 2.5 days, then magically 2 hours before the tech was to arrive, everything (phone, internet, TV) all started working.

At the time and during a prior service disruption reference was made to the conversion of the internet to IpV6 from IpV4. All of your equipment in your house and existing equipment is IpV4 when you connect to the "Internet" it uses the new IpV6 protocol. There were some problems with the conversions of our internet address requests (IpV4) to the servers to convert to the new IpV6. Not sure if CL is having the same or similar problems that Comcast was having.

I will defer to others on this site with a lot more experience in this area, I know just enough to be dangerous.........:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[tomwed]

I know just enough to be dangerous.........:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:me too----
Look up ultrasurf.com in wikipedia.

It might be a temporary work around.

[fw102807]

Is this correct?
1] CL users can't get on TOTV from time to time but they can get on every other site.
2] You use comcast and loose connectivity to everything.
If so the two problems are not related.

Think of it as a phone call. CL users can call any phone in the world except the TOTV phone number.

Comcast users phone, stops working altogether.

Correct they are not at all connected. I was simply babbling about my own problem.

[fw102807]

I think (MHO) that Comcast is having their own internal server problems. I few months ago this was very bad, to the point that we lost everything for 2.5 days, then magically 2 hours before the tech was to arrive, everything (phone, internet, TV) all started working.

At the time and during a prior service disruption reference was made to the conversion of the internet to IpV6 from IpV4. All of your equipment in your house and existing equipment is IpV4 when you connect to the "Internet" it uses the new IpV6 protocol. There were some problems with the conversions of our internet address requests (IpV4) to the servers to convert to the new IpV6. Not sure if CL is having the same or similar problems that Comcast was having.

I will defer to others on this site with a lot more experience in this area, I know just enough to be dangerous.........:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

The IpV4 and IpV6 protocols can be listened on simultaneously. However any REALLY old equipment that does not support IpV6 would have a problem.

[Nucky]

I think (MHO) that Comcast is having their own internal server problems. I few months ago this was very bad, to the point that we lost everything for 2.5 days, then magically 2 hours before the tech was to arrive, everything (phone, internet, TV) all started working.

At the time and during a prior service disruption reference was made to the conversion of the internet to IpV6 from IpV4. All of your equipment in your house and existing equipment is IpV4 when you connect to the "Internet" it uses the new IpV6 protocol. There were some problems with the conversions of our internet address requests (IpV4) to the servers to convert to the new IpV6. Not sure if CL is having the same or similar problems that Comcast was having.

I will defer to others on this site with a lot more experience in this area, I know just enough to be dangerous.........:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I stand with you. I know just enough to get in trouble. I have more confidence now than ever before but don't want to mess up our computers needlessly. :angel:

[tomwed]

[feel free to cut and paste like i did and add more explanations]

Here is what happens:
I log onto my Internet Service Provider (ISP) to use the Web.
[comcast, CL]

I open my web browsing software (i.e. Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and type Talk of The Villages - The Villages, Florida (https://www.talkofthevillages.com) into the location bar.

My computer asks my ISP's DNS server(s) for the IP address of Hosting * Web Applications * (https://www.talkofthevillages.com). [that's like a phone number]

My ISP’s equipment first checks its memory cache
[this might be the problem-- they have the wrong number]

to find out if it has fulfilled a request for this same address recently.
[because if that is a "wrong number" you get blocked and you can't get in until the memory get's cleared]

If it has not, my ISP’s equipment will communicate with InterNIC’s conglomeration of root servers that make up the Domain Name System to find out which DNS server holds the IP address of the domain name. [it calls the operator for the right number]

My ISP’s equipment takes the address provided and sends a query to the authoritative DNS server for that domain.

The authoritative DNS server responds with the IP address of the desired server.

My ISP's equipment updates its memory cache with the address so that it respond to future requests without all the steps above.

My ISP's equipment responds to my computer with the IP address of the server for which I am looking.

My computer updates its memory cache so that it doesn't have to look up the address for a while.
[that might be the problem too. that's why IT asks you to clear your cache before they try other fixes]

My computer hands the address to my browser, which opens a connection to the server (using the specified IP address) and retrieves the first page from the site I requested.

My browser displays the requested page on my screen.

[that it even works at all is amazing--and it does all this in the blink of an eye] i may delete this----i don't want to loose it for now

[fw102807]

[feel free to cut and paste like i did and add more explanations]

Here is what happens:
I log onto my Internet Service Provider (ISP) to use the Web.
[comcast, CL]

I open my web browsing software (i.e. Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and type Talk of The Villages - The Villages, Florida (https://www.talkofthevillages.com) into the location bar.

My computer asks my ISP's DNS server(s) for the IP address of Hosting * Web Applications * (https://www.talkofthevillages.com). [that's like a phone number]

My ISP’s equipment first checks its memory cache
[this might be the problem-- they have the wrong number]

to find out if it has fulfilled a request for this same address recently.
[because if that is a "wrong number" you get blocked and you can't get in until the memory get's cleared]

If it has not, my ISP’s equipment will communicate with InterNIC’s conglomeration of root servers that make up the Domain Name System to find out which DNS server holds the IP address of the domain name. [it calls the operator for the right number]

My ISP’s equipment takes the address provided and sends a query to the authoritative DNS server for that domain.

The authoritative DNS server responds with the IP address of the desired server.

My ISP's equipment updates its memory cache with the address so that it respond to future requests without all the steps above.

My ISP's equipment responds to my computer with the IP address of the server for which I am looking.

My computer updates its memory cache so that it doesn't have to look up the address for a while.
[that might be the problem too. that's why IT asks you to clear your cache before they try other fixes]

My computer hands the address to my browser, which opens a connection to the server (using the specified IP address) and retrieves the first page from the site I requested.

My browser displays the requested page on my screen.

[that it even works at all is amazing--and it does all this in the blink of an eye] i may delete this----i don't want to loose it for now

Nicely done.

[tomwed]

Has anyone not connecting tried this solution like we use to use in the good old days?

at a C: prompt enter all of the following commands one at a time

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /registerdns

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

Batch File To Renew IP Address - Networking - Spiceworks (https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/58-batch-file-to-renew-ip-address) If you want to make a batch file youi could click on to do all of the above automatically.

[CFrance]

[feel free to cut and paste like i did and add more explanations]

Here is what happens:
I log onto my Internet Service Provider (ISP) to use the Web.
[comcast, CL]

I open my web browsing software (i.e. Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and type Talk of The Villages - The Villages, Florida (https://www.talkofthevillages.com) into the location bar.

My computer asks my ISP's DNS server(s) for the IP address of Hosting * Web Applications * (https://www.talkofthevillages.com). [that's like a phone number]

My ISP’s equipment first checks its memory cache
[this might be the problem-- they have the wrong number]

to find out if it has fulfilled a request for this same address recently.
[because if that is a "wrong number" you get blocked and you can't get in until the memory get's cleared]

If it has not, my ISP’s equipment will communicate with InterNIC’s conglomeration of root servers that make up the Domain Name System to find out which DNS server holds the IP address of the domain name. [it calls the operator for the right number]

My ISP’s equipment takes the address provided and sends a query to the authoritative DNS server for that domain.

The authoritative DNS server responds with the IP address of the desired server.

My ISP's equipment updates its memory cache with the address so that it respond to future requests without all the steps above.

My ISP's equipment responds to my computer with the IP address of the server for which I am looking.

My computer updates its memory cache so that it doesn't have to look up the address for a while.
[that might be the problem too. that's why IT asks you to clear your cache before they try other fixes]

My computer hands the address to my browser, which opens a connection to the server (using the specified IP address) and retrieves the first page from the site I requested.

My browser displays the requested page on my screen.

[that it even works at all is amazing--and it does all this in the blink of an eye] i may delete this----i don't want to loose it for now
I have to go off topic here. I LOVED NETSCAPE!!!!!! Our son told me that I and three other people in the world used Netscape. Now I know who one of the other two is!:icon_wink: I was shamed into dropping it and took up Firefox.

I loved Netscape's email-managing system as well. Is Netscape still a thing? I just had to buy a new laptop and will be installing Firefox. But if you say Netscape is still viable, well... I'm in!

Sorry... carry on.