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Slow browsing through the forum. Need some special settings?

FlotulFlotul Posts: 24
edited 2006-04-04 05:41 in General Discussion
Hi there,

I'm new to this forum.

Unfortunately, when I browse through it or edit/reply to posts or else, the refresh of the screens is extremely slow. Sometimes it takes up to one minute (eyes on the watch!) until I get to the next window. Pressing F5 (refresh) helps from time to time.

I·have this problem at home where I'm connected to the internet via ADSL (600/200) and also .... at work where I have an excellent network and very high capacity connexion.

I don't have this problem with other specialized forum (i.e. MODACO and CUBASE).

Do I have to configure something special?

Thank you for your advice(s).

NB: sorry if this topics already exists; I can't find any since the "search" function just stucks everytime...

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Roger

Savigny, SWITZERLAND (french speaking part)

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  • steve_bsteve_b Posts: 1,563
    edited 2006-03-15 13:23
    Hi Flotul,

    I am on various versions of highspeed (T3 at work and ADSL at home) and don't have any problems myself.
    Could it be a firewall setting?

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    Steve

    "Inside each and every one of us is our one, true authentic swing. Something we was born with. Something that's ours and ours alone. Something that can't be learned... something that's got to be remembered."
  • Bruce BatesBruce Bates Posts: 3,045
    edited 2006-03-15 14:21
    Roger -

    Which browser are you using?

    I continue to experience a similar problem with Internet Explorer 6.0.028 on Windows 98SE, but it's only real bad in the CONTROL PANEL section. It can take me up to 10 minutes to get in and out of there, depending on what I need to do. It's bearable elsewhere, but slow.

    If I switch to the Opera browser, the problem seems to go away. I'd use Opera all the time, if it supported a scrolling mouse <argh>.

    Welcome to the Snail Club <sigh>.

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates

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    Post Edited (Bruce Bates) : 3/15/2006 2:33:14 PM GMT
  • FlotulFlotul Posts: 24
    edited 2006-03-15 14:48
    I don't have any firewall at home and it is slow.

    I also tried to use different browsers. No difference.

    Strange...


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    Roger

    Savigny, SWITZERLAND (french speaking part)
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2006-03-15 15:18
    If you are on a Windows system, you can try running a utility called tracert.

    tracert forums.parallax.com

    This utility will ping each router between your system and the web server. Typically, you will see response times start off in the 15 - 30 ms range and slowly increase until you reach our firewall. The response time along the route should never exceed 120 ms. You might the a line that has one or more asterisks '*' along the route, which indicates a problem with that particular router.

    As a side note, we monitor the response time on our web sites. The IT team is alerted if the performance falls below acceptable levels.

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    Jim

    Parallax IT Dept.
  • Bruce BatesBruce Bates Posts: 3,045
    edited 2006-03-15 15:33
    Jim -

    I just ran a tracert from New Jersey, and everything is sub-100 ms right up until the end. At your end, two of the last three significant entries are as follows, with times for three different run:

    65.106.0.38 San Jose 110, 92, 93
    207.88.80.50 Roseville 120, 100, 99

    All other times throughout are in the range 8-36 ms, and seem to be consistantly so.

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates

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    Post Edited (Bruce Bates) : 3/16/2006 6:01:35 AM GMT
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2006-03-15 17:09
    Certainly an interesting way to find out the path the connects you from Point A to Point B...

    ·Atlanta(30mS)<-->WashingtonDC(75mS)-->SanJose(86mS)<-->Roseville(89mS)

    Not sure why I'm being routed to WashingtonDC, perhaps I should be alarmed?· Hmmmm











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    IC Layout Engineer
    Parallax, Inc.

    Post Edited (Beau Schwabe (Parallax)) : 3/15/2006 5:15:33 PM GMT
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2006-03-15 23:25
    Tracert is a nifty tool to help identify where traffic is getting tanked. Usually, one will observe that the round trip times are consistent until the traffic leaves their ISPs network and hops onto a backbone trunk. For example, RT times from my home through the SBC network are under 30ms. When the traffic hops onto Verizons network, the RT times jump to about 72 ms. I've seen RT times in the 200 - 300 ms range for some overseas sites. That's when you start seeing dial-up like response from the web server at the other end. The thing we're looking for is when the RT time increases significantly or something along the way is dropping packets, which is indicated with an asterik '*'.

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    Jim

    Parallax IT Dept.
  • Bruce BatesBruce Bates Posts: 3,045
    edited 2006-03-16 06:00
    Jim -

    The last six entries on my tracert were nothing BUT asterisks!

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates

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  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2006-03-16 14:07
    Bruce, that result is what you should see when tracert hits our firewall.

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    Jim

    Parallax IT Dept.
  • Tom86951Tom86951 Posts: 14
    edited 2006-04-04 05:41
    I have the same problem running Explorer from Windows XP at home. Works fine for me at work using Windows 2000 and Explorer and works fine at home using AOL's browser.
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