Slow Again Today

[Anonymous Poster]

Roy,

Quit Laughing, quit reading this board and get out and get working with that BX. (Hey it's GOT headlights...) /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

del

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>My old internet provider people were trained to go into a long spiel about looking at my settings etc when I was having problems or that it was my modem, my computer etc</font color=blue>

/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gifAre you using the same ISP I am?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif They have the standard spiel: check the settings, it's your modem, your computer, or your phone lines (in my case the phone lines go through at least 3 different phone companies, and maybe more, just to get to my ISP).

Of course, there are other businesses or professions who also have standard speils, too. My wife has fussed at me for not going to a doctor for a complete physical in 9 years, but I already know the spiel; quit smoking, get more exercise (I'd like to see him follow me around), don't eat anything that tastes good, and if it hurts, take an aspirin. And 9 years ago, that profound diagnoses and advice only cost $1,800./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Bird

 

[Muhammad]

Could you guys do me a favor and see how the TractorByNet.com Home Page loads right now? I know that the forum is still slow. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

(Workin' on it...)

 

[Roy]

Del; Here's my problem. I got some spare time (obviously [some]) and those lights, but…. I don't have anything to do right now with the tractor. Weather is nice and sunny, but the grass hasn't started growing yet. I think I'm going to have to find some more property /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

Muhammad; Just took me probably about 5 seconds at 28.8. Looking good (But… I was obviously lucky yesterday, just after I posted my last response, I too went into a time warp. Guess I just happened to issue request at the right time).


Roy

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Muhammad, right now everything is running like the backhoe on my L35 th first day I used it, lightning fast. (at least for my 56K life!)

True lightning is when you are a 56K person and you sit down with an Ethernet connection, but I'll be happy with it as it is today! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

del

 

[Bird]

Muhammad, this morning the forum seemed to be working fine (about 7:30 a.m. EST), but a few minutes ago it was very slow again. However, I've gone to the home page twice and it was very quick to load.

Oops, maybe I spoke too soon. Right after I said the forum was slow, I got disconnected and when I dialed in again, for the forum seems to be working just fine.
Bird<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Bird on 03/28/01 04:43 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Muhammad]

Just to let you know, the probelm is being worked on... I'm hoping to know exactly what is wrong and for a solution tomorrow.

 

[Bird]

I appreciate the updates, Muhammad. Fortunately, it seems to be working pretty normally for me this evening.

Bird

 

[Muhammad]

Yeah, it's been a fast one minute, slow the next type of thing, for me anyway. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Roy]

Time to reorg the db?

Roy

 

[BobT]

The speed has been up and down for me most of the past few days (I'm on a T-1). The total posts are nearing 40,000 and the number of people accessing goes up to 75 or more simultaneous users. Muhammad redid the forum about a year ago, and it solved huge growth (and spped) problems back then. This thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Unfortunately, the "solutions" at this juncture are not likely in the vein of "tweaks" but more likely require substantial (and quite expensive) server and memory upgrades. Muhammad probably could have bought a new tractor (or two) from what this site costs him to operate.

BobT.
A Indiana Boy

 

[cowboydoc]

Bob,
Totally agree on the cost to operate the site and the way that Muhammad responds immediately to our requests on a FREE site. That's why everyone that uses this site should support him by buying his book. Least we can do for all that this site provides us with.

 

[Robert]

Still very slow loading home page today here in MD on T1 line but not as slow as 3/28 when I gave up trying. Am not having problems with other sites I have checked today.

 

[GlueGuy]

Muhammed,

I ran a tracerout from my office, on the 28th, and got this:

<pre>tracert tractorbynet.com

Tracing route to tractorbynet.com [216.122.89.144] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 155.186.88.1
2 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms rtr-rtr.tandem.com [155.186.200.1]
3 <10 ms * <10 ms styx.tandem.com [204.160.3.2]
4 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 204.160.1.18
5 <10 ms 16 ms <10 ms Serial3-1.GW3.PAO1.ALTER.NET [157.130.192.1]
6 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 506.ATM2-0.XR1.PAO1.ALTER.NET [152.63.53.90]
7 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 189.at-2-0-0.TR3.SCL1.ALTER.NET [152.63.48.222]
8 31 ms 31 ms 32 ms 207.at-1-1-0.TR1.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.3.173]
9 16 ms 31 ms 31 ms 199.ATM6-0.XR1.SEA1.ALTER.NET [146.188.200.97]
10 31 ms 31 ms 31 ms 195.ATM7-0.GW1.SEA1.ALTER.NET [146.188.200.41]
11 32 ms 31 ms 31 ms lightrealm-gw.customer.ALTER.NET [157.130.176.50]
12 32 ms 31 ms 31 ms tuk-core-2-6509r-v22.nameserve.net [207.159.159.180]
13 31 ms 32 ms 31 ms tractorbynet.com [216.122.89.144]
</pre>


Running it again today I get this:

<pre>tracert tractorbynet.com

Tracing route to tractorbynet.com [216.122.89.144] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 155.186.88.1
2 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms rtr-rtr.tandem.com [155.186.200.1]
3 <10 ms * <10 ms styx.tandem.com [204.160.3.2]
4 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 204.160.1.18
5 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms Serial3-1.GW3.PAO1.ALTER.NET [157.130.192.1]
6 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 506.ATM2-0.XR1.PAO1.ALTER.NET [152.63.53.90]
7 <10 ms <10 ms 16 ms 189.at-1-0-0.TR1.SAC1.ALTER.NET [152.63.50.90]
8 16 ms 16 ms 31 ms 127.at-6-1-0.TR1.POR3.ALTER.NET [152.63.6.113]
9 16 ms 31 ms 31 ms 197.ATM6-0.XR1.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.104.249]
10 15 ms 31 ms 32 ms 195.ATM7-0.GW1.SEA1.ALTER.NET [146.188.200.41]
11 16 ms 31 ms 32 ms lightrealm-gw.customer.ALTER.NET [157.130.176.50]
12 16 ms 32 ms 31 ms tuk-core-2-6509r-v213.nameserve.net [207.159.159.148]
13 15 ms 16 ms 32 ms tractorbynet.com [216.122.89.144]
</pre>



Notice the out/back times going through alternet are better today....

The GlueGuy

 

[Muhammad]

Yeah, the problem is not with the connection... those times are very fast, on both days. The problems are once you (or me, or anybody /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif) connect to the server.

 

[Roy]

Thanks, GlueGuy... Now that I have some IP address, let me probe to find out what service ports have been left open /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

Roy