I know this question is entirely too standard but...

[gabemcg]

I use iGoogle as my homepage, and the past few evenings, there have been intermittent periods where I can't access Google, iGoogle, or any searching. Gmail works, as do docs, maps, and other services...

I've tried clearing cookies, and using ie 7 as well as firefox... both with the same result.

is this it possible that the site has been going down for periodic mainanence? Seems unlikely to me.

I'm pretty sure the problem doesn't exist between the keyboard and the chair, but if I'm wrong, please inform me!

can anyone else get on google right now?

 

[coldmeat]

i use google.ca as my homepage and its been working all day

 

[gabemcg]

its working now, but this is the third or fourth night it's done that... only for 10-20 min each time... strange

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Just remember, Google can never crash or disappear, or not work, ever. When the machines take over, Google will be one of the very few sites that are still on the human side.

 

[spidey07]

It's their classic load balancer/content switch problems. They need to fix their crap.

 

[eakers]

I had an issue with my google reader a couple of days ago, its all fixed now

 

[SleepWalkerX]

traceroute google.com and make sure its that hop that has latency issues

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
traceroute google.com and make sure its that hop that has latency issues

That's kind of useless. You'll be redirected to somewhere else anyway so using layer3 tools doesn't do much.

 

[pstylesss]

change you dns server to 4.2.2.1 <----- speakeasy.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: spidey07
It's their classic load balancer/content switch problems. They need to fix their crap.

Its always worked for me, never a hiccup. Ever think that it could be your isp?

 

[gabemcg]

Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
change you dns server to 4.2.2.1 <----- speakeasy.

that worked great, thanks!