Re: The server at forums.malwarebytes.org is taking too long to respond

[goodwin]

On 08/11/2012 07:22 AM, Ken1943 wrote:
> I get this on other forums also, usually when trying to read another
> thread.
> The time out seems to be about 4 seconds.
>
> Seems to be too short. Is there a setting for this ?
>

a setting for what?

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Ken1943 wrote:

> I get this on other forums also, usually when trying to read another
> thread. The time out seems to be about 4 seconds.
>
> Seems to be too short. Is there a setting for this ?

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/ comes up nearly instantaneously for me.
I'm on a 13Mbps cable connection. Moving between threads is quite snappy.
Have you tested your internet connection for speed lately? Cleared your
browser history and cache? How is it now, a couple of hours later?

There is no "setting."

--
-bts
-This space for rent, but the price is high

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Ken1943 wrote:

> I do a cleanup quite often so that's not it. Could be this crappy
> Toshiba net book, but I was looking for a why.

Do you have any other computers with which to test? How much free RAM does
this netbook have? Previously asked: How is it now, a couple of hours
later?

I've tested with several browsers, and all display the site with no
problems.

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Ken1943 wrote:

> I have other computers to test with. I just tested with another net
> book, and the same thing although not as bad. I am beginning to think it
> is something with my isp. I am using dsl and this apartment complex has
> 217 units. There have been times when a dns lookup has been slow and
> other slow downs. I think that here in Colorado it has been so hot that
> the kids are staying inside and going on the net. They go back to school
> in a few days and I will wait and see if anything changes.

What is the speed of your DSL line?

> Another thing could be the wireless channel I am on, but Inssider shows
> the channel I am using is not too bad. There are 20+ wireless around me.
> LOL

Does it get better if you go direct Ethernet to your router?

So far, you haven't shown any details that would indicate this is a
Firefox problem (hint: test other browsers).

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Ken1943 wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

>> What is the speed of your DSL line?
>>

>> Does it get better if you go direct Ethernet to your router?

How about answers to these two questions?

>> So far, you haven't shown any details that would indicate this is a
>> Firefox problem (hint: test other browsers).
>

> I have had the same problem with IE9, just tested. This thing is not
> steady so that would leave FF in the clear.

I see we've arrived at the same conclusion regarding our browser.

> The main thing in my
> original post was the amount of time before I get the time out message.
> I thought is was too fast. Since there is no setting for it, I will just
> live with the time.

Have a look at about:config (filter on 'timeout'); have you changed any of
the default settings there?

Are there any other websites where you experience this situation?

[Swifty]

On 11/08/2012 22:30, Ken1943 wrote:
> There is only one website that may be a problem. Fox Sports where I watch
> NY Yankee baseball and it updates every 60 seconds or not. Most of their
> games are at 7pm East coast time, which is at 5pm here in Colorado.

I was wondering where you are. I'm in the UK, just outside London, and
my ISP is based in London and connects to the Internet there.

I've been getting poor performance all over the network for the past
couple of weeks. It's not my connection to my ISP, that is monitored
around the clock and showing no abnormalities.

Perhaps the network in London is getting congested for some reason?

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

[Ron Hunter]

On 8/12/2012 1:10 AM, Swifty wrote:
> On 11/08/2012 22:30, Ken1943 wrote:
>> There is only one website that may be a problem. Fox Sports where I watch
>> NY Yankee baseball and it updates every 60 seconds or not. Most of their
>> games are at 7pm East coast time, which is at 5pm here in Colorado.
>
> I was wondering where you are. I'm in the UK, just outside London, and
> my ISP is based in London and connects to the Internet there.
>
> I've been getting poor performance all over the network for the past
> couple of weeks. It's not my connection to my ISP, that is monitored
> around the clock and showing no abnormalities.
>
> Perhaps the network in London is getting congested for some reason?
>

It sounds like you service provider has inadequate bandwidth into the
'backbone' of the internet. Providers have to pay for their service,
based on the size of the 'pipe' they get, and sometimes don't get that
upgraded until customer complaints reach a high level, so the solution
is to complain, every time this seems to happen. The other alternative,
if it is available, is to switch to another ISP.

[Robert Miles]

On 8/12/2012 1:10 AM, Swifty wrote:

> On 11/08/2012 22:30, Ken1943 wrote:
>> There is only one website that may be a problem. Fox Sports where I watch
>> NY Yankee baseball and it updates every 60 seconds or not. Most of their
>> games are at 7pm East coast time, which is at 5pm here in Colorado.
>
> I was wondering where you are. I'm in the UK, just outside London, and
> my ISP is based in London and connects to the Internet there.
>
> I've been getting poor performance all over the network for the past
> couple of weeks. It's not my connection to my ISP, that is monitored
> around the clock and showing no abnormalities.
>
> Perhaps the network in London is getting congested for some reason?

The local Comcast ISP network is known for having adequate bandwidth to
their subscribers to the local office, but inadequate bandwidth from
that office to the rest of the internet. Therefore, response gets
slow during times when many of the subscribers are using it. Could
you be having the same problem, with visitors from the rest of the
world making it worse?

Robert Miles