5 minute downloads ain't f***** funny!

[Aunty Em]

I don't know what has happened to the forum or if anyone else is experiencing the same problems I'm having, but it is taking 5 or 6 minutes for me me to be able to access a post just read it, never mind write a reply...

My email notifications are also only taking me to the index page and not to the post. It's driving me insane. By the time this gets posted it will probably have taken at least 10 minutes so don't expect me to reply to anything in a hurry, if at all.

 

[Squiggy]

Try clearing your cookies and log in again....

 

[PT]

No shit, if you're reading this, the site hasn't been faster for me. Or did we finally get a block put on those pesky Europeans?

 

[Aunty Em]

I did that

 

[PT]

Are you able to go to other sites ok? This is really weird, I think it has something to do with the connections in between, cause like I said, it's really fast for me here.

 

[Squiggy]

Try coming in through this link...It worked for Inky....

http://www.otcentral.com/forum/index.php?styleid=13

 

[fury]

The board URL changed...

Use http://64.235.243.33/~otc/forum until the domain changes to the new IP

Aunty, could I get you to run a tracert on that IP addy, 64.235.243.33

 

[Aunty Em]

Thanks fury that last link seems to have helped.

what's a tracert? ?(

 

[Nixy]

Auntie: It will tell you the route that the information is taking between your computer and the servers

Sometimes it decides to run all ovee hell and back before going to the server and that slows it down.

I have tried it with some things in Toronto before (40min from me) and it has shown me that the info is going to the west coast and back before I get it

 

[Aunty Em]

so what program does it use?

 

[fury]

Open up 'cmd' in Windows 2000 or XP, or 'command' in Windows 9x

Type 'tracert 64.235.243.33'

Copy the output by dragging your mouse over it and right clicking. Then paste it in a reply.

 

[Aunty Em]

Open up 'cmd' in Windows 2000 or XP, or 'command' in Windows 9x

Type 'tracert 64.235.243.33'

Copy the output by dragging your mouse over it and right clicking. Then paste it in a reply.

C:\>tracert 64.235.243.33
Tracing route to 64.235.243.33 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <10 ms 15 ms <10 ms 172.26.39.254
2 <10 ms 16 ms 31 ms colc-t2cam1-a-v100.inet.ntl.com [81.103.8.1]
3 78 ms 235 ms <10 ms col-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [213.107.225.
17]
4 <10 ms 16 ms <10 ms pop-bb-a-so-220-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.201]
5 <10 ms 16 ms <10 ms POS7-0.hsipaccess2.London1.Level3.net [212.113.1
4.129]
6 <10 ms 15 ms 16 ms gigabitethernet6-0.core1.London1.Level3.net [212
.187.131.45]
7 16 ms <10 ms 16 ms ge-5-0-0.ar2.LON3.gblx.net [208.51.239.161]
8 <10 ms 16 ms 62 ms pos8-0-2488M.cr1.LON3.gblx.net [67.17.66.1]
9 172 ms 156 ms 141 ms pos0-0-2488M.cr1.LAX1.gblx.net [206.132.112.82]
10 141 ms 156 ms 141 ms pos0-0-0-155M.ar1.LAX1.gblx.net [206.132.112.110
]
11 141 ms 156 ms 156 ms Mzima.fa1-1-0.103.ar1.LAX1.gblx.net [207.218.80.
174]
12 140 ms 157 ms 140 ms ge6-0.cr02.lax01.mzima.net [64.235.224.198]
13 141 ms 156 ms 141 ms ge1-2-0.cr01.lax01.mzima.net [64.235.224.134]
14 141 ms 156 ms 172 ms ge2-3.ar03.lax01.mzima.net [64.235.224.226]
15 141 ms 156 ms 140 ms 64.235.243.33
Trace complete.

But as I said it now seems to be working ok. I should have tested it when it wasn't.

 

[Dave]

thats readable?? ?( ?(

 

[Aunty Em]

Yes, it's 15 hops from here to there... #9 is over there somewhere...

I've got a program called "visual Route" which does the same thing, plus it tells you if there is a problem and where it is, but I can't find it at the moment... it's installed on the TBird but that's not connected to the modem at the moment... I really must get a router.