Is Google down?

spadival · 15th February 2008, 17:30

I seem to be able to access every other site now except Google (including Gmail). Does anyone else have the same problem or is my ISP playing up?

diabloo · 15th February 2008, 17:32

Its running as always....

simply_sunny001 · 15th February 2008, 17:37

Nopes,google went down for around 5 mins around 1 hour ago.

but it came up fine and its running right now

csentil · 15th February 2008, 17:38

Its up and running. Well with the number of mirrored sites and backup sites that they have across the globe it would be very tough for google to go down, unless someone launches a sustained DDOS attack. I'm sure Google would be ready for such eventualities too. :-)

spadival · 15th February 2008, 17:41

Well..its down for me.. cant access thru my ISP for the last 1 hour.

revved_up · 15th February 2008, 17:42

Nope its opening fine for me.

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Originally Posted by spadival

Well..its down for me.. cant access thru my ISP for the last 1 hour.

Maybe something to do with ISP then.

vikram_d · 15th February 2008, 17:43

Looks like Airtel user might be facing this problem. Airtel has shifted their mail servers to gmail. I am facing this problem also.

akroy · 15th February 2008, 17:43

I am accessing it !! It is working fine

Abhi

low_bass_makker · 15th February 2008, 17:54

There was a little problem in the morning but now it seems fine.

HappyWheels · 15th February 2008, 18:54

me using airtel connection; am able to access gmail / google. no issues!

Rehaan · 15th February 2008, 20:50

Doubt its an issue of google going down.... its probably some sort of DNS issue w.r.t your ISP.

cya
R

druva · 15th February 2008, 22:12

Its your ISP playing up. I had this problem and later found that BSNL had messed up the DNS servers. Check broadbandforum.in for any updates there.

hkanitkar · 15th February 2008, 22:38

@spadival - which ISP ?
I was facing a similar problem today. All other sites opened really quick but gmail/google/orkut were not opening up at all.
Am on YOU-Telecom.

moralfibre · 16th February 2008, 00:15

Just run a command from the dos prompt as - tracert google.com . You will know where the issue is. My guess is that you might be timing out on your ISP's or some other DNS server.

vivekiny2k · 16th February 2008, 01:31

if you still have a problem, try accessing it by IP. I just pinged and it's 72.14.207.99

better, store it as a favourite, and try it when u think it's not working.

if you can access it with IP, your DNS server is toying with you.

EDIT: and here is a list of public DNS servers. you can switch to these if BSNL keeps messing up.
Public Name server IP address:
a) 4.2.2.1
b) 4.2.2.2
c) 4.2.2.3
d) 4.2.2.4
e) 4.2.2.5
f) 4.2.2.6

15th February 2008, 17:30	#1
spadival Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,773 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Is Google down? I seem to be able to access every other site now except Google (including Gmail). Does anyone else have the same problem or is my ISP playing up?
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15th February 2008, 17:32	#2
diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	Its running as always....
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15th February 2008, 17:37	#3
simply_sunny001 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London & Rohtak Posts: 1,340 Thanked: 18 Times View My Garage	Nopes,google went down for around 5 mins around 1 hour ago. but it came up fine and its running right now
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15th February 2008, 17:38	#4
csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	Its up and running. Well with the number of mirrored sites and backup sites that they have across the globe it would be very tough for google to go down, unless someone launches a sustained DDOS attack. I'm sure Google would be ready for such eventualities too. :-)
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15th February 2008, 17:41	#5
spadival Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,773 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Well..its down for me.. cant access thru my ISP for the last 1 hour.
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15th February 2008, 17:43	#7
vikram_d Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,427 Thanked: 1,185 Times	Looks like Airtel user might be facing this problem. Airtel has shifted their mail servers to gmail. I am facing this problem also.
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15th February 2008, 17:43	#8
akroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 2,423 Thanked: 85 Times View My Garage	I am accessing it !! It is working fine Abhi
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15th February 2008, 17:54	#9
low_bass_makker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Faridabad Posts: 6,815 Thanked: 305 Times View My Garage	There was a little problem in the morning but now it seems fine.
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15th February 2008, 18:54	#10
HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,106 Thanked: 537 Times	me using airtel connection; am able to access gmail / google. no issues!
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15th February 2008, 20:50	#11
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,046 Thanked: 34,078 Times	Doubt its an issue of google going down.... its probably some sort of DNS issue w.r.t your ISP. cya R
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15th February 2008, 22:12	#12
druva BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 313 Thanked: 37 Times	BSNL had this Its your ISP playing up. I had this problem and later found that BSNL had messed up the DNS servers. Check broadbandforum.in for any updates there.
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15th February 2008, 22:38	#13
hkanitkar BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: pune Posts: 668 Thanked: 109 Times View My Garage	@spadival - which ISP ? I was facing a similar problem today. All other sites opened really quick but gmail/google/orkut were not opening up at all. Am on YOU-Telecom. Last edited by hkanitkar : 15th February 2008 at 22:39.
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16th February 2008, 00:15	#14
moralfibre Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: MH-12 Posts: 8,451 Thanked: 13,973 Times	Just run a command from the dos prompt as - tracert google.com . You will know where the issue is. My guess is that you might be timing out on your ISP's or some other DNS server.
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16th February 2008, 01:31	#15
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 209 Times View My Garage	if you still have a problem, try accessing it by IP. I just pinged and it's 72.14.207.99 better, store it as a favourite, and try it when u think it's not working. if you can access it with IP, your DNS server is toying with you. EDIT: and here is a list of public DNS servers. you can switch to these if BSNL keeps messing up. Public Name server IP address: a) 4.2.2.1 b) 4.2.2.2 c) 4.2.2.3 d) 4.2.2.4 e) 4.2.2.5 f) 4.2.2.6 Last edited by vivekiny2k : 16th February 2008 at 01:35.
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