dslx_gm
Premium,VIP
join:2002-12-26
Winnetka, CA
| New News Server Farm
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.  |
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Okman
join:2001-10-01
92714
| 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! |
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engineercarl
Premium
join:2003-02-24
Santa Clarita, CA
| reply to dslx_gm
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!  |
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@dslextreme.com
1 edit | reply to dslx_gm
Re: New News Server Farm
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. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
3 edits | 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. ) |
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trand300
@icgpc.com | reply to dslx_gm
Does anyone know is the retetion time for binaries on this new news server? |
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dslx_gm
Premium,VIP
join:2002-12-26
Winnetka, CA | 75+ days |
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Goryl
join:2008-06-16
San Diego, CA
1 edit | reply to djrobx
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 |
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AirJames
@dslextreme.com
| reply to dslx_gm
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. |
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AirJames
@dslextreme.com
| 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. |
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kmcmurtrie
join:2006-04-18
Sunnyvale, CA
 ·SONIC.NET
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to dslx_gm
Constant stalling
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. |
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tufur
join:2008-03-10
·DSL EXTREME
2 edits | reply to dslx_gm
Re: New News Server Farm
Not a sticky any more and nodes still being blocked...see »new4, »Re: New News Server Farm
»Re: New News Server Farm
»Re: New News Server Farm
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? |
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Okman
join:2001-10-01
92714 | reply to dslx_gm
Re: New News Server Farm
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 |
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dslx_gm
Premium,VIP
join:2002-12-26
Winnetka, CA
| said by Okman  :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. |
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