• Transfer to fibre woes

    From Stuart@Spambin@argonet.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Tue Sep 8 16:45:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    HELP

    Since my transfer to fibre I am having difficulty with email and news.
    !Popstar is taking ages to get a connection, though Email does seem to be working once it has made connection. However !Newshound says "resolving"
    for ages and I have seen only a couple posts from uk.religion.christian,
    which is usually quite busy. I fetch news via newsauth.orpheusnet.co.uk

    I have tried sending a post to comp.sys.acorn.apps three times and it
    fails to appear, I hope this gets through, and I can see any replies.

    Richard Brown did ask me to check my settings but they remain unchanged.Is there something I need to change to get it all working properly?

    the computer I use for the internet these days is a Raspberry Pi 4 (Riscos
    Bits "Fourtress") so has not been around that long.
    I have checked the internet configuration, and this is what I see:

    Routing:
    Gateway 192.168.0.1
    Act as IP router unticked
    Run RouteD unticked
    Routes file All lines begin with#


    Host name RISCOSpi
    Local domain Blank
    Primary name server Blank
    Try name server to unticked
    Hosts file # in front of all lines except loopback 127.0.0.1 secondary name server Blank
    Tertiary name server Blank
    Resolver Acorn
    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/
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  • From Martin@News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Tue Sep 8 18:14:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5d152ff5fcSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
    Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
    HELP

    Since my transfer to fibre I am having difficulty with email and
    news. !Popstar is taking ages to get a connection, though Email
    does seem to be working once it has made connection. However
    !Newshound says "resolving" for ages and I have seen only a couple
    posts from uk.religion.christian, which is usually quite busy. I
    fetch news via newsauth.orpheusnet.co.uk

    I have tried sending a post to comp.sys.acorn.apps three times and
    it fails to appear, I hope this gets through, and I can see any
    replies.

    Richard Brown did ask me to check my settings but they remain
    unchanged.Is there something I need to change to get it all working
    properly?

    the computer I use for the internet these days is a Raspberry Pi 4
    (Riscos Bits "Fourtress") so has not been around that long. I have
    checked the internet configuration, and this is what I see:

    Routing:
    Gateway 192.168.0.1
    Act as IP router unticked
    Run RouteD unticked
    Routes file All lines begin with#


    Host name RISCOSpi
    Local domain Blank
    Primary name server Blank
    Try name server to unticked
    Hosts file # in front of all lines except loopback 127.0.0.1
    secondary name server Blank
    Tertiary name server Blank
    Resolver Acorn

    Open Configuration => Network => Internet => Interfaces.
    What does Configure say?
    What does Status show?

    Also, what upload and download speed does your router show?

    Was your router changed as part of the upgrade?
    If unchanged, presumably some changes were made to the router settings
    and connections?
    --
    Martin Avison
    Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
    without notice if (when) any spam is received.
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  • From Stuart@Spambin@argonet.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Tue Sep 8 20:45:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5d153358ccNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
    Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
    Routing:
    Gateway 192.168.0.1
    Act as IP router unticked
    Run RouteD unticked
    Routes file All lines begin with#


    Host name RISCOSpi
    Local domain Blank
    Primary name server Blank
    Try name server to unticked
    Hosts file # in front of all lines except loopback 127.0.0.1
    secondary name server Blank
    Tertiary name server Blank
    Resolver Acorn

    Open Configuration => Network => Internet => Interfaces.
    What does Configure say?

    Interface: Broadcom GENET
    Obtain IP address via DHCP
    (This is fixed in router by binding MAC address to IP address)

    What does Status show?

    IP address 192.168.0.12
    Netmask 255.255.255.0
    Hardware address E4:5F:01:58:30:21

    Gateway 192.168.0.1

    Transmit frames 58,448
    Transmit errors 0
    Recieve frames 735,306
    Receive errors 0

    Also, what upload and download speed does your router show?

    Not sure how to find that.

    Was your router changed as part of the upgrade?
    If unchanged, presumably some changes were made to the router settings
    and connections?

    Yes, router unchanged, router upgrade carried out along with some changes.
    I have emailed Richard about my situation but I've not had a reply. I
    think lots of people changing over is keeping him quite busy

    I am rather relieved that this post made it through, and I am able to see replies, I don't know why my posts to "apps" aren't getting through
    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/
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  • From Steve Fryatt@news@stevefryatt.org.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Tue Sep 8 22:31:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    On 8 Sept, Stuart wrote in message
    <5d1545e5f0Spambin@argonet.co.uk>:

    I am rather relieved that this post made it through, and I am able to see replies, I don't know why my posts to "apps" aren't getting through

    Your posts to apps *are* getting through. I've lost count of how many times you've asked for the Serenade manual.
    --
    Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

    http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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  • From Stuart@Spambin@argonet.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Sep 9 07:30:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5d153358ccNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
    Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
    In article <5d152ff5fcSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
    Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
    HELP

    Since my transfer to fibre I am having difficulty with email and
    news. !Popstar is taking ages to get a connection, though Email
    does seem to be working once it has made connection. However
    !Newshound says "resolving" for ages and I have seen only a couple
    posts from uk.religion.christian, which is usually quite busy. I
    fetch news via newsauth.orpheusnet.co.uk


    Was your router changed as part of the upgrade?
    If unchanged, presumably some changes were made to the router settings
    and connections?

    In my previous reply, I forgot to mention that the changes to the router
    were made in advance of the changeover, and all was well until after the
    C/O had happened
    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/
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  • From Stuart@Spambin@argonet.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Sep 9 07:30:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <mpro.tl2egr00d0rzw0uhi.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>,
    Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
    On 8 Sept, Stuart wrote in message
    <5d1545e5f0Spambin@argonet.co.uk>:

    I am rather relieved that this post made it through, and I am able to
    see replies, I don't know why my posts to "apps" aren't getting through

    Your posts to apps *are* getting through. I've lost count of how many
    times you've asked for the Serenade manual.

    Three, and that's interesting, because I've not seen them here, or any
    comments or replies, so I concluded they weren't getting through.
    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/
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  • From Jean-Michel@jmc.bruck@orange.fr to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Sep 9 17:39:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In message <mpro.tl2egr00d0rzw0uhi.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>
    Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:

    On 8 Sept, Stuart wrote in message
    <5d1545e5f0Spambin@argonet.co.uk>:

    I am rather relieved that this post made it through, and I am able to see
    replies, I don't know why my posts to "apps" aren't getting through

    Your posts to apps *are* getting through. I've lost count of how many times you've asked for the Serenade manual.


    I don't know if this has anything to do with it but I received a series of
    Re: Test posts!!!
    --

    Jean-Michel
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  • From druck@news@druck.org.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Thu Sep 10 09:17:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    On 08/09/2026 21:45, Stuart wrote:
    In article <5d153358ccNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
    Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
    Was your router changed as part of the upgrade?
    If unchanged, presumably some changes were made to the router settings
    and connections?

    Yes, router unchanged, router upgrade carried out along with some changes.
    This is less than clear.

    ---druck

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  • From J Peachey@john@jpeachey.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Thu Sep 10 20:00:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In message <5d152ff5fcSpambin@argonet.co.uk>
    Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

    HELP


    [snip]



    Routing:
    Gateway 192.168.0.1
    Act as IP router unticked
    Run RouteD unticked
    Routes file All lines begin with#


    Host name RISCOSpi
    Local domain Blank
    Primary name server Blank
    Try name server to unticked
    Hosts file # in front of all lines except loopback 127.0.0.1 secondary name server Blank
    Tertiary name server Blank
    Resolver Acorn

    In my host names window

    Both primary and secondary name server are filled in with details that
    came with my original set up instructions from Orpheus the server details start 212.

    After some initial problems with my router it all just worked.

    I've not made any changes to the internet settings since moving to
    broadband - way back when.

    John
    --
    _________________________________________
    | University of Glos. Blighting Longlevens.
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  • From Stuart@Spambin@argonet.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Thu Sep 17 20:45:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    People may be interested , and pleased, to know this problem has now been resolved, following the following conversation with Richard Brown

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Me: Quote

    The symptoms all seem to boil down to a DNS issue.I Know you made all
    sort of changes and up grades to the router, is it possible that these
    may have caused this issue.

    Richard: Quote

    Hi Stuart

    No is the short/long answer the router works in the same way. You are
    with a different provider so the DNS is different but is automatically
    picked up by the router which then directs the traffic as previously. I
    am unfamiliar in how RISC OS Bits sets up there computers and what mix
    of software that they include. Have you checked with them about this? I
    can't help you on your local machine as I have never worked with that manufacturer. I think you will find that somewhere some settings are not correct. Everything has worked correctly for my other customers using
    RISC OS with our new supplier.

    A second email from Richard

    Hi Stuart

    just a quick follow up for you I have re-checked through all the
    settings I changed when I prepared your router and everything for DNS is
    as it should be and was before. I really am scratching my head over what
    to suggest to you. Might be worth while just closing everything down and
    then powering up router followed by computers and see if that makes a difference. I almost wish you just couldn't fetch mail it would be
    quicker to fix I am sure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    So, all computers, printers, NAS boxes etc were powered down.
    The router was then turned off, and, then, following the obligatory count
    to 10, re-powered. all the other hardware was then re-powered and Email
    and News found to be working as expected.
    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/
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