Ok now since last night the speed is normal (no slowdown).

 

Henri

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\916863>tracert avsim.com

Tracing route to avsim.com [205.252.249.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     3 ms     1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     9 ms    11 ms    13 ms  10.90.128.1
  3    15 ms    15 ms    11 ms  d226-12-173.home.cgocable.net [24.226.12.173]
  4    14 ms    16 ms    17 ms  xe-2-2-0.tor10.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.69.237]
  5    39 ms    35 ms    33 ms  xe-10-3-0.was14.ip4.tinet.net [141.136.110.10]
  6    30 ms    33 ms    31 ms  tenge13-4.br03.ash01.pccwbtn.net [63.218.92.89]

  7    34 ms    33 ms    35 ms  www.avsim.com [205.252.249.58]

 

Is this good or bad?

 

I ask because Avsim is still slower than most sites i visit. I also conclude with the comments that this only happened recently.

The other day when something was being changed, all the adverts plastered everywhere on every page was gone. Load times for me at that time were extreamly fast.

 

Not that i give a rats &amp;@(&#036;* how long it takes to load...but the adds could be less intrusive and in your face on every page, and just remain on front pages.

 

And anyway...What the adds advertise is a long way a way from anything new...seen the same adds since i became a member here.

 

#Tedeiuse Slightly.

Tom,

It took 25 sec's for AVSIM to come up.

WV USA

Hi Folks

For a first-time visitor, or a full refresh,
this page is taking up to 60 seconds

from request to being fully rendered.

 

Its taking > 30 seconds just to deliver the html.

 

Thats consistent across multiple independent website testing services

tested across various requestor countries.

 

Example - Pingdom Tools - Test for this AVSIM page.

 

Additionally,

all have indicated avsim's host-server is sometimes dropping connections.

 

HTH

ATB
Paul

 

Speed seems ok, but in Fiddler I'm getting 404 /. not found on:

 

http://forum.avsim.net/forum/avsim_pro/std_images/facebook.png
 

 

http://forum.avsim.net/forum/avsim_pro/std_images/Twitter.png
 

 

These are taking 773 and 844 ms each...

 

but in Fiddler I'm getting 404 /. not found

 

"If I were a rich man... Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum..."

I find AVSIM to be one of the slower loading websites I visit, but it is consistent. I haven't noticed it faster or slower in any distinguishable matter of time (I try not to dwell on microseconds).

 

I'm anything but tech savvy, so in my ignorance, I attribute it to the call-up time over the internet from the moment I click in the browser, to the time the page opens. I consider it normal, and just accept it for what it is.

 

And really, who the heck am I to complain about a free site on the internet, that offers free downloadable content for my enjoyment, along with a forum where I can ramble on to express my thoughts for the world to see?

 

Click, launch, enjoy...perhaps not as fast as other places in the web world, but whatever! It work's and I don't have a solution to make it any better. See you on the inside...some sooner than others!

I found the Avsim forum slow to pull up pages both yesterday morning and this morning. 20 secs to change pages after each click. Frustrating enough that I opened another tab and read another website while waiting for the Avsim pages to load. At 1:30 Mountain time I was reading the latest comments on this thread and just about to do a TRACERT per Tom's suggestion when the response time went back to normal. If this occurs again tomorrow morning I will do a TRACERT and post.

 

Ted

Frequently when trying to connect to AVSIM this is where it hangs for me:

 

ajax.googleapis.com

 

It will sometimes sit there forever if I don't cancel the connection attempt and restart it. Lately even that doesn't consistently get me connected.

 

In fairness to AVSIM, I've also seen another site occasionally bog down at that exact same place in the loading.

 

 

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Jevon>tracert ajax.googleapis.com

Tracing route to googleapis.l.google.com [173.194.75.95]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  CENTRALIS [192.168.XXX.XXX]
  2    30 ms    19 ms    19 ms  XX.XX.XXX.XX
  3    10 ms    10 ms     9 ms  xe-10-2-0-32767-sur01.lansdale.pa.panjde.comcast.net [68.85.78.93]
  4     9 ms    14 ms    10 ms  69.139.192.69
  5    12 ms    10 ms    11 ms  so-6-0-0-0-ar03.ivyland.pa.panjde.comcast.net [68.86.211.49]
  6    18 ms    16 ms    18 ms  pos-3-14-0-0-cr01.newyork.ny.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.95.169]
  7    16 ms    15 ms    15 ms  pos-1-0-0-0-pe01.111eighthave.ny.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.86.42]
  8    14 ms    13 ms    30 ms  as15169-3.111eighthave.ny.ibone.comcast.net [75.149.230.194]
  9    14 ms    14 ms    14 ms  209.85.255.68
 10    14 ms    21 ms    14 ms  209.85.252.242
 11    23 ms    20 ms    19 ms  72.14.239.93
 12    30 ms    28 ms    29 ms  209.85.241.222
 13    28 ms    29 ms    71 ms  216.239.48.157
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 15    29 ms    30 ms    31 ms  ve-in-f95.1e100.net [173.194.75.95]

Trace complete.
 

My hops don't use ajax.googleapis.com

I noticed the forum slow down after the last forum software update.  We're not talking about milliseconds, but seconds.  I'm now doing what Ted is doing.  I Keep the forum home page up, then open any new topics in a new tab and go read something else or wait 20+ seconds for the page to load.  In the lower left hand corner of Firefox you see "Waiting for forum.avsim.net".

I did a tracert on "forum.avsim.net" and no one time was higher then the mid 50's (ms).  Ping yielded about 145ms.
I did a tracert on "library.avsim.net" and the highest number I saw was in the mid 60's (ms).  Ping yielded the same, about 150ms.
The hops to the forum server and library server are exactly the same.
The library loads instantly and the forums take 20+ seconds to load (never used too).

I also tried this:
Opened up a command prompt and typed in:  ping forum.avsim.net -t
The minus -t switch will ping Avsim continuously until you stop it.
I then opened Firefox and tried to open the Avsim forums while watching the ping times.  Average times varied from 139ms to 156ms with zero timeouts yet it takes 20+ seconds to load the forum in Firefox or IE.

I'm glad the OP posted his concerns, because I thought it was just me.

RJ

 

My hops don't use ajax.googleapis.com

 

I didn't suggest a tracert to AVSIM goes through ajax.googleapis.com. When connecting to AVSIM with a browser (Firefox, Chrome) the stall occurs at that point. Try a tracert to ajax.googleapis.com and see if you get the same timeout.

Hello

Perhaps Tom needs to pull the sliders to the left a bit

 

Perhaps Tom needs to pull the sliders to the left a bit

:lol: buy the man a beer..

I just went from page 3 of this thread to page 2 and back to page 3. It took 45 and 43 seconds respectively. My tracert and ping reports are below.

Tracing route to avsim.net [205.252.249.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    35 ms    13 ms    27 ms  c-71-237-124-1.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.237.124.1]
  3    10 ms    11 ms     9 ms  te-5-3-ur01.wheatridge.co.denver.comcast.net [68.85.107.29]
  4    10 ms    11 ms     9 ms  te-7-2-ur02.wheatridge.co.denver.comcast.net [68.86.179.94]
  5    15 ms    47 ms    11 ms  te-0-10-0-7-ar02.aurora.co.denver.comcast.net [68.86.128.125]
  6    16 ms    11 ms    11 ms  he-3-4-0-0-cr01.denver.co.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.90.149]
  7    44 ms    28 ms    27 ms  pos-2-8-0-0-cr01.dallas.tx.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.85.218]
  8    43 ms    43 ms    27 ms  pos-0-6-0-0-pe01.1950stemmons.tx.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.85.34]
  9    27 ms    26 ms    26 ms  173.167.57.166
 10    62 ms    62 ms    60 ms  www.avsim.com [205.252.249.58]

Trace complete.



Pinging avsim.net [205.252.249.58] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.252.249.58: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=54
Reply from 205.252.249.58: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=54
Reply from 205.252.249.58: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=54
Reply from 205.252.249.58: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 205.252.249.58:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 58ms, Maximum = 90ms, Average = 67ms

I also tried the pingdom test Paul linked to. It reported 60 seconds to load the page.

I don't know what the problems is doctors, just reporting the symtoms.  Firefox, XP SP3, Comcast cable. Not having any problems with any of my other regular websites.

Ted

Hi Guys,

 

Sometimes I am having a similar problem with loading from 10 to 60 seconds, which is far too wide a spread. We are pursuing a number of ideas and talking to members who understand this more than I do. Please bear with us as we try to get to the bottom of this and correct it.

 

Kind regards,