"Guide" Fix Youtube Buffer issue On Virgin Media :)

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Now Try without Blocking any IPs, Virgin Media seems to have now fixed this buffering problem.

Hello I know a lot of us on here, who with VM been having buffer issue with HD YouTube videos. Well some guy over on the VM forums seems to have found a nice easy fix :)
I have just followed the guide and once I finished noticed Youtube was super fast like old day lol

Blocking 62.252.0.0/16 Range seems to be the better option.
What you need to do is Block this IP address 62.252.44.12 and that's it :D

Block an IP or IP Range in Windows Firewall
https://support.powerdnn.com/KB/a482/block-an-ip-or-ip-range-using-windows-firewall.aspx

Give it a try guys.
 
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And I thought I was coming in here to find an actual solution to the buffer issue... :rolleyes:

sigh... a quick type into the URL bar tells me the IP address is for google, dont bother....

Merry Christmas :o
 
pimper said:
And I thought I was coming in here to find an actual solution to the buffer issue... :rolleyes:

sigh... a quick type into the URL bar tells me the IP address is for google, dont bother....

Merry Christmas :o
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Wow you really didn't even try did you? So like 8 of us all lie about this?
 
Tried it - sort of worked, sort of didn't. A video I was watching is now loading at 720p fine, however any other video now has a 30 second timeout before it even tries to load and then only 50% of them will even buffer, the rest won't even load

- GP
 
GhostlyPea said:
Tried it - sort of worked, sort of didn't. A video I was watching is now loading at 720p fine, however any other video now has a 30 second timeout before it even tries to load and then only 50% of them will even buffer, the rest won't even load

- GP
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Have a link see if I can load it?
 
GhostlyPea said:
It's the Tekkit Videos from Yogscast, they're fine (For everybody but me on Virgin!!)

- GP
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Clicked couple of them, There buffering fine here. Will see how this go's on peak time tomorrow.
So far YouTube is using a lot more of my speed, When I right click show video info I can see its using much more than before.
 
Just tried the rule on the router as well as the windows firewall and clearly not working. I'm sure there's a possibility it is working for some people, however it is definitely not a true fix and won't work for everybody

- GP
 
Same did nothing for me at all

Edit: Did this as found on vm forum Block the range 62.252.0.0/16 and it worked for me so must be multiple cache addresses
 
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Blocking the entire /16 assignment seems to have done the trick. Good work OP + DAvE18.

Note: I blocked it using Windows Firewall and Virgin have replaced the ""SuperHub" with a (Just as bad) D-Link DIR-615 after my brother moaned about the terrible WIFI, so although I'm still testing and all looks good (using Google DNS)


- GP
 
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