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on 10-22-2023 03:21 PM
Is anyone else occasionally getting a 'connection down' error from Chrome (or 'Secure Connection Failed' from Firefox) when changing page - if I hit refresh it works fine. At first I wondered if it was the site I was using but have noticed it on multiple different major websites over the past couple of months and not noticed it from other locations where I don't use Three Broadband so does seem to be related to the router/connection (this is via wired Ethernet too, so not a WiFi problem). I've tried changing DNS server in case that helps but no difference.
It mainly seems to happen when trying to first load a site or (annoyingly) at checkout when a different site is being loaded as part of the checkout process. It certainly doesn't happen everytime but does happen with reasonable frequency. I've also noticed I often get it when trying to pull/push from/to Github too and have to do so a number of times for it to work (browsing the Github website works fine).
on 06-25-2024 09:25 PM
Three does not allow you to use your own DNS provider as far as I can tell but VPNs and WARP do allow you to use a different DNS provider
on 06-24-2024 06:44 PM
Debugging call?? Does that mean some progress is being made.. or at least the issue is being looked into?
on 06-24-2024 10:58 PM
Yes I was contacted and volunteered but because I also work when the call was scheduled I was second preference. I really hope something good comes of it.
on 06-25-2024 09:49 PM
Let us all hope so
I will not place any bets on it but I am at least hopeful
on 06-26-2024 01:31 PM
Do we think that running a VPN at router level and then passing using IP passthrough to said router would mitigate the CONSTANT linux.oi and give.io pull errors?
on 06-26-2024 02:38 PM
If your clients connect to that router with the VPN connection then I don't see why not. I considered similar but I don't have a router that can do VPN and the available machine to run such software is over a crappy power line adapter which would hurt performance even more than currently
on 06-26-2024 05:46 PM
This would work in theory as VPNs and WARP are not blocked by Three
Not to be an annoying paper clip but do you mean https://www.linux.io/ and https://giv.io/? Both of those work for myself when using WARP
on 06-27-2024 12:43 AM
I'm unfamiliar with WARP
on 06-27-2024 05:44 PM
You can find out more about it here:
https://one.one.one.one/
on 06-27-2024 12:39 AM
The sites themselves work, I.e. browsing . My specific issues arises when I try to pull docker images. So I have this issue where I cannot update my software reliably as the connection is made and drops out before completing. I often have to sit and click "retry" several hundred times before I luck out and get a stable transfer. It's maddening. I've had three for approx 9 months and this has arisen in the past 4-6 weeks.