Is the site slow today?

[Brian]

Is it just me or is the site really slow today for you too?

- Drew

[darkeyes]

Tis... deadly... sea snails x the Atlantic quicker..:tong:;)

[**Peg**]

3.5 minutes from attempted log in to the homepage....hell YES it's slow !
cache is empty btw.

[Yoyome100]

Everything seems slow today. Maybe it's me. Nice site Bi the way Drew!

[**Peg**]

wow something just got tweaked....I'm down from 3.5 minutes to load to something less than 7 seconds to change pages ! :bigrin:

odd though: get a "page cannot be displayed" on Chrome, but it loaded fine on Firefox.

[Realist]

Same think happened to me! I just finished responding to a post and was gonna comment about how slow it was.......then, BAM! my response went immediately!

I timed that one...took 11 seconds to post.

[Brian]

I think we got it fixed - some strange robot visiting the site and overloading everything.

- Drew

[**Peg**]

but but Hallowe'en was monday night hehe:tong:

thanks Drew, keep up the good work.

[Annika L]

I think we got it fixed - some strange robot visiting the site and overloading everything.

- Drew

I'm not so sure. Took me ages to reload the main page. Then it took me 30 seconds to get to the reply page. Maybe it's just me, but it's still slow.

[Brian]

Maybe I spoke too soon and not all fixed yet. :(

- Drew

[Darkside2009]

Yes, it's like rigor mortis on this side of the Pond. lol The ghost of Tenni haunting the machine perhaps.lol

[keefer201]

Not you, Drew. It is slow. I read the other day that Netflix sucks up 34% of the total bandwidth. Maybe you should host your site on an X-Box. LOL

[darkeyes]

Think maybe yas done it Drew babes. less than a second.. gud goin..:tong: ta babes...;)

[Brian]

Yeah I think we got 'er now. I am happy again! :bigrin:

- Drew :paw:

[Annika L]

Agreed...much better now! Thanks, Drew!!

[12voltman59]

Actually---I found that when I was on this morning---it was very slow to navigate the internet at nearly any site--it took forever it seemed for Mozilla Firefox browser to load--silly me--I hit it like ten times and when the program finally responded--I had however many windows open to relate to how many times I had clicked on the Firefox icon on my desktop.

It seemed that every site I went to was slow--but in fact--this one was one of the faster sites to respond and navigate through.

[bullhead69]

actually it seems to have been slow the last week or so. Today when I tried to get here I got a message that this site didn't exist. thought it was puter.

[void()]

Good helpful tool.

www.isup.me/

[lizard-lix]

Good helpful tool.

www.isup.me/

Oh sweet, that is a goodie, thanks!

Oh, and the site was normal speed then just ran into cold molasses

[mikey3000]

Yeah, still very slow for me.

[mikey3000]

Yeah, still very slow for me.

[purpleheaded]

Yes it is, it seems that all is slow today

[**Peg**]

terrible right now 823 pm ET

[tenni]

yes very slow in Ontario

[goldenfinger]

Slow down under too.

[void()]

Oh sweet, that is a goodie, thanks!

Oh, and the site was normal speed then just ran into cold molasses

May also like DOJ (javascript:void(location.href='http://doj.me/?url='+encodeURI(window.location.host));) which is a toolbar link, 'smart' bookmark for the Down Or Just Me (http://doj.me/) site.

Found these a while back during some gaming sessions. The game servers often go down for various reasons. *shrugs* Technology for you. Don't game so much now, lost interest in the games.


Drew, I did use ftp to see the site's operating system. ProFTPD said you're running Unix. I can tell you a user handle if you ask. All I did was look at your server's welcome mat. "Hi I'm Drew's server, running Unix and ProFTPD, got a password?"

I had no password. Only did an ls to see if it would list a directory. "Got a password?" So, I left.

At any given you can use netstat (http://tldp.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-iface.netstat.html) to get more accurate readings. Figure you probably already know that as well as a few other things. Your server has a few different ports open aside from ftp and http. Figure you've those secured as well.

Apologies for looking up your skirt so to speak. Darn wind caught it, human nature to look. And yes, look is all I did. Anything else and I would not be so public.

[**Peg**]

...Your server has a few different ports open aside from ftp and http. Figure you've those secured as well...

open ports u say? https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

click 'proceed' on page one, then run the 3 diagnostics on the subsequent page: file sharing, common ports and all service ports... hover over an open port and they'll tell you all about it... well, the first 1056 that is :)

[12voltman59]

Anyone know much about Mozilla Firefox?? for years I had used IE and about a year or so back went with Mozilla and have never had any issues--but now since I loaded the latest edition--it takes nearly a minute for the browser to come up when I am starting up the computer-----does anyone else who uses the latest edition of Firefox have that issue???

I had tried using Safari for a time but was only so so satisfied---I do have Google Chrome loaded and it works good--but have not made it my default browser----any recommendations for going over to Chrome---it is the latest edition of that one too.

[neveen]

whats slow is the featured article being updated or changed :(

[void()]

open ports u say? https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

click 'proceed' on page one, then run the 3 diagnostics on the subsequent page: file sharing, common ports and all service ports... hover over an open port and they'll tell you all about it... well, the first 1056 that is :)

*chuckles* GRC always tells me I live in California. That's probably where the ISP's data hub resides. Computer here is running stealth. I've got it pretty well hardened, and the network presently is based on a CentOS server which is locked down even more paranoid than this computer.

Love my Root Kit hunter and Gnu Sudo, Account. Debian also uses FAM ( file alteration monitor) by default, have it disabled currently. FAM can slow things down, Account does much the same as FAM with less overhead. Of course, a person can look at atimes on files too but touch can fool you. *sighs feeling rather void*

[void()]

Anyone know much about Mozilla Firefox?? for years I had used IE and about a year or so back went with Mozilla and have never had any issues--but now since I loaded the latest edition--it takes nearly a minute for the browser to come up when I am starting up the computer-----does anyone else who uses the latest edition of Firefox have that issue???

I had tried using Safari for a time but was only so so satisfied---I do have Google Chrome loaded and it works good--but have not made it my default browser----any recommendations for going over to Chrome---it is the latest edition of that one too.

Not sure about making it load up quicker. I use Firefox, version 7.01 currently. I also use a hosts (http://hostsfile.mine.nu/) file to block nearly all online adverts. Further, use some extensions:

AdBlock (http://tinyurl.com/3qtgneg) Plus - Block adds based on filter subscriptions.
Element (http://tinyurl.com/3nt8f6b) Hiding for Adblock Plus - hide noisy flashing gifs, flash.
Browser (http://tinyurl.com/3dgqcru) Protect - Don't let someone hijack your homepage.
Click&Clean (http://tinyurl.com/3torlmy)- clear your cache, history, cookies in one click.
Ghostery (http://tinyurl.com/3torlmy) - block trackers like Google analytics, RealAds, SpamTrack etc.
ODP (http://tinyurl.com/3ugn9lp) Bookmarks - Use Open directory categories for your bookmarks.
OverbiteFF (http://tinyurl.com/42erlvs) - Gopher is still pretty cool.
TinyUrl (http://tinyurl.com/5rz67ow) Generator - make short links easier.
Trashmail (http://tinyurl.com/3bf9jfn).net - Use throw away email addresses.
DownThemAll (http://tinyurl.com/3h38zdp)- handy download manager.
Unplug (http://tinyurl.com/6f4r9jf) - Media downloader.
Downloadhelper (http://tinyurl.com/3cq2qa8) - good for youtube.

I use a couple others as well. These ought to get a person started in having a fairly safe, ad free surfing with Firefox time. A good guide (http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_1.html) to making Firefox quick. I like FireFox because it is stable, secure and continues the tradition of Mosaic.

[**Peg**]

understatement of the year, hell yes.....314 pm today took me over 3 minutes to get to the homepage and my ISP (Bell) is NOT throttling me.....all others load virtually immediately.....what's goin on, Drew?

thanks
Peg

[**Peg**]

....I had tried using Safari for a time but was only so so satisfied---I do have Google Chrome loaded and it works good--but have not made it my default browser----any recommendations for going over to Chrome---it is the latest edition of that one too.

Volty, I dumped FFox, IE and even Safari....Chrome is awesome. You won't regret it if you switch over to Chrome. Keep it updated.

[12voltman59]

Thanks Peg--I am thinking about it---I just hate to have to go and get all the passwords reset in the various places I regularly visit on the web loaded in the sign in boxes for them--many I forget what the passwords are.

I am glad that someone brought this thread up---I was thinking of doing that and posting---it is very slow today---taking all kinds of time just to load each page--its been that way for me the past few days. Don't know if it was me or not.

Kinda glad to see that someone else is having the same problem.

[purpleheaded]

Extremely slow today again, server error msg here and three pillows as well.

[darkeyes]

Its inconsistent but 2/3 a the time its like ploughin through treacle.. quick is 5 or 6 secs.. slow 40 secs and more... c'mon droosie woosie.. fix it babes.. pwease????

[keefer201]

It was miserably slow yesterday but seems okay today. You definately have an ongoing issue with your servers. I was beginning to wonder if it was also possible that you're connected through a 28K modem. LOL

[slipnslide]

the tubes are probably clogged with jizz

[mariersa]

a snail is faster but, that's ok not into speed in certain circumstance:bigrin: but slow from here

[othercat]

november 15, 2011. i dont know if its the site. every year around this time, oct nov dec even int jan my phone service if often iffy. i have Sprint, when all this began about three years ago i called sprint. each time i was told a different reason why serice was poor. i have no idea what the reasons are, the weather, the sun, maintanance, i just dont know. i do know that it sucks. who knows what going on on the internet. its wild territory. any way around the end of jan things go back to normal, every thing is fine.

[12voltman59]

I don't know if its related or not--but in the past few days when I have gone to the store and made any purchases on a debit or credit card---things are moving very slowly and the clerks always make mention of it----I guess it could be both the internet and other information networks are seeing more traffic with the coming of the holidays----just throwing out the possibility of this being the case

[welickit]

Nov. 16, The site timed out three or four times this morning. Other sites were fine. I checked cookies because until they are set the site won't load. No cookies were present. I finally kept an eye on the status bar and the transfers were stopping before the cookie was set. Last try ten cookies loaded and the log in screen was available. After going through the user name and password routine it took longer to arrive at the home page. Other sites were responding normally so I assumed it was this site having issues.

[bullhead69]

yup...

[Doggie_Wood]

Santa is routing all I-Net data streaming though the "Sun-Spots Valley" and checking it twice to see who's been naughty or nice. :cool:

:eek:Well!!! It "Tis The Season" (almost) ;)

[**Peg**]

6:30 pm Ottawa time.....took 5 minutes to get in...authentication was messed up, it said I was on site, on the list of who's online; said I was in chat (I was none of the above: I had cleaned my cache)....yet there was no option to 'log out', it wouldn't display the 'who's online' LIST either (as opposed to who's online on the homepage).

log in from the home page succeeded where (what I refer to as) the secondary login failed http://main.bisexual.com/forum/memberlist.php?
'
sheesh

[**Peg**]

:(

goodgrief Drew what IS going on......this lag is unbelievable

[keefer201]

I am not having many issues with the site, but it is obvious that something is horribly wrong. I haven't seen many people here since Friday afternoon and I know some can't even log on. Anyone else having issues?

[jimdawg]

Can not access site from my wifi but can from 3g. You blocking Verizon fios or something?

[Brian]

For those of you who can view this, and are able to reach those who can't, or those of you who can only view the site from a certain ISP or proxy, can you do me a favour... can you run a traceroute to the site (when logged on the ISP that can't access the site)?

This is how you do that:
1. go here: http://www.dnsstuff.com/ (or google "traceroute" to find alternative sites)

2. Enter "bisexual.com" into the box that says "Traceroute" and hit enter.

3. Then cut and paste the report it gives ("the traceroute") to here or to drew22@bisexual.com

Thanks for the help.

- Drew

[keefer201]

Traceroute to bisexual.com
Hop T1 T2 T3 Best Graph IP Hostname Dist TTL Ctry Time
1 2 1 * 0.8 ms 70.86.70.33 AS21844THEPLANET-AS 21.46.5646.static.theplanet.com. 255 US Unix: 3:14:58.863
2 1 1 * 0.8 ms [+0ms] 70.87.254.5 AS21844THEPLANET-AS po101.dsr02.dllstx5.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 254 US Unix: 3:14:58.897
3 6 0 * 0.8 ms [+0ms] 70.85.127.109 AS21844THEPLANET-AS po52.dsr02.dllstx3.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 US Unix: 3:14:58.935
4 0 21 * 0.8 ms [+0ms] 173.192.18.230 AS36351SOFTLAYER ae17.bbr02.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 252 US Unix: 3:14:58.949
5 1 0 * 0.9 ms [+0ms] 157.238.224.229 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-11.r01.dllstx04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 251 US [Router did not respond]
6 1 3 * 1.3 ms [+0ms] 129.250.2.198 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 US Unix: 3:14:59. 21
7 * * * 20 ms [+19ms] [Unknown] [Unknown - Firewall did not respond] 0 miles [+0]
8 22 22 * 20 ms [+0ms] 129.250.5.189 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 249 US [Router did not respond]
9 32 21 * 20 ms [+0ms] 204.2.241.30 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-4-0-1.r04.atlnga05.us.ce.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 248 US Unix: 3:14:59.210
10 36 21 * 20 ms [+0ms] 64.94.0.83 AS14745INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 border2.tge-4-1-bbnet2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 247 US Unix: 3:14:59.253
11 30 22 * 20 ms [+0ms] 64.94.3.122 AS14745INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 246 US Unix: 3:14:59.297
12 26 20 * 20 ms [+0ms] 69.61.14.141 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 244 US Unix: 3:15:02.293
13 62 29 * 22 ms [+1ms] 69.61.31.62 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-cust5.ethe-2-1.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 52 US [Router did not respond]
14 23 22 * 22 ms [+0ms] 66.154.38.215 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS [Reached Destination]bisexual.com. -1 miles [+0] 51 US Unix: 3:14:59.397
15

[Long Duck Dong]

my partner mailed you, her traceroute report, but I will post it here too.....

Hop T1 T2 T3 Best Graph IP Hostname Dist TTL Ctry Time
1 0 0 * 0.4 ms 174.133.202.225 AS21844THEPLANET-AS e1.ca.85ae.static.theplanet.com. 255 US Unix: 2:49:28. 44
2 0 0 * 0.4 ms [+0ms] 74.55.252.89 AS21844THEPLANET-AS te1-8.dsr01.hstntx2.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 254 US Unix: 2:49:28. 64
3 0 0 * 0.4 ms [+0ms] 173.192.18.236 AS36351SOFTLAYER ae16.bbr02.sr02.hou02.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 US Unix: 2:49:28. 96
4 0 0 * 0.4 ms [+0ms] 50.97.18.240 AS237MERIT-AS-14 ae7.bbr01.sr02.hou02.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 US Unix: 2:49:28.124
5 1 1 * 1.3 ms [+0ms] 128.241.1.49 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-0-0-0.r05.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 252 US [Router did not respond]
6 46 32 * 6.4 ms [+5ms] 129.250.2.176 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 245 US [Router did not respond]
7 15 6 * 6.4 ms [+0ms] 129.250.5.225 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-9.r20.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 US Unix: 2:49:28.268
8 7 * * 7.1 ms [+0ms] 129.250.2.59 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-0.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 US Unix: 2:49:28.288
9 * * * 34 ms [+27ms] [Unknown] [Unknown - Firewall did not respond] 0 miles [+0]
10 46 39 * 34 ms [+0ms] 129.250.5.189 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 249 US [Router did not respond]
11 36 39 * 34 ms [+0ms] 204.2.241.30 AS2914NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-4-0-1.r04.atlnga05.us.ce.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 248 US Unix: 2:49:28.492
12 106 35 * 34 ms [+0ms] 64.94.3.122 AS14745INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 247 US Unix: 2:49:28.524
13 124 48 * 34 ms [+0ms] 69.61.14.141 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 245 US Unix: 2:49:31.559
14 60 36 * 34 ms [+0ms] 69.61.14.141 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 245 US Unix: 2:49:31.622
15 34 38 * 34 ms [+0ms] 69.61.31.58 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-cust5.ethe-1-1.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 53 US [Router did not respond] 16 40 38 * 38 ms [+4ms] 66.154.38.215 AS22653GLOBALCOMPASS [Reached Destination]bisexual.com. -1 miles [+0] 52 US Unix: 2:49:28.716 17 18 19 20

[Brian]

Both of those traceroute's seem to show successful arrival at bisexual.com. Maybe they were done from connections that are working? (such as a proxy?)

- Drew

[DuckiesDarling]

Hop T1 T2 T3 Best Graph IP Hostname Dist TTL Ctry Time
1 6 7 * 0.8 ms

70.86.70.33 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS 21.46.5646.static.theplanet.com. 255 US Unix: 3:29:38.151
2 1 1 * 0.8 ms [+0ms]

70.87.254.5 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS po101.dsr02.dllstx5.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 254 US Unix: 3:29:38.170
3 0 1 * 0.8 ms [+0ms]

70.85.127.109 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS po52.dsr02.dllstx3.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 US Unix: 3:29:38.202
4 5 1 * 1.0 ms [+0ms]

173.192.18.230 AS36351
SOFTLAYER ae17.bbr02.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 252 US Unix: 3:29:38.225
5 1 1 * 1.0 ms [+0ms]

157.238.224.229 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-11.r01.dllstx04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 251 US [Router did not respond]
6 1 1 * 1.0 ms [+0ms]

129.250.2.198 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 US Unix: 3:29:38.291
7 * * * 20 ms [+19ms]

[Unknown] [Unknown - Firewall did not respond] 0 miles [+0]
8 22 25 * 20 ms [+0ms]

129.250.5.189 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 249 US [Router did not respond]
9 31 20 * 20 ms [+0ms]

204.2.241.30 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-4-0-1.r04.atlnga05.us.ce.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 248 US Unix: 3:29:38.476
10 26 20 * 20 ms [+0ms]

64.94.0.83 AS14745
INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 border2.tge-4-1-bbnet2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 247 US Unix: 3:29:38.510
11 30 21 * 21 ms [+1ms]

64.94.3.122 AS14745
INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 246 US Unix: 3:29:38.553
12 27 24 * 23 ms [+1ms]

69.61.14.141 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 244 US Unix: 3:29:41.552
13 31 25 * 23 ms [+0ms]

69.61.31.62 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-cust5.ethe-2-1.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 52 US [Router did not respond]
14 23 25 * 23 ms [+0ms]

66.154.38.215 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS
[Reached Destination]bisexual.com. -1 miles [+0] 51 US Unix: 3:29:38.652
15



Analysis:
Number of hops: 14

Last hop responding to ICMP: 14, UDP: 14, TCP: 0.

There appears to be a firewall at 70.86.70.33 (hop 1) that blocks unwanted TCP packets.



On Firefox no proxy involved for the trace only for the post, Drew.

[keefer201]

In my case that is true; I don't have an issue getting to the site.

[DuckiesDarling]

On Chrome get this error without a proxy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/KitRawlings/cantconnect.png

[Brian]

That site I referenced for a traceroute might not be doing the trick... for any of you on Windows, here is a better way (but a bit more complicated).

1. Open the command prompt:

a) Windows 7 or Vista: From the Start menu, in the search field, type cmd , and then press Enter.
b) Previous versions of Windows: From the Start menu, select Run... . In the "Open:" box, type cmd , and then press Enter.

2. At the command prompt, enter: tracert bisexual.com And send me the report to drew22@bisexual.com or post it here.

This would be from a connection/computer that cannot currently visit the site.

Thanks for the help.

- Drew

[Long Duck Dong]

drew this is from my partners computer, running windows 7

she can get into the site, using a proxy only

Tracing route to bisexual.com [66.154.38.215] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 39 ms 19 ms 58 ms ###########
2 9 ms 42 ms 8 ms te-1-4-sr02.elizabethtwn.ky.nash.comcast.net [68.85.50.185]
3 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms xe-4-0-2-0-ar03.nashville.tn.nash.comcast.net [68.86.176.85]
4 27 ms 25 ms 25 ms pos-3-9-0-0-cr01.chicago.il.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.95.209]
5 28 ms 26 ms 31 ms pos-1-5-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.88.38]
6 27 ms 26 ms 26 ms pos-1-4-0-0-pe01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.86.162]
7 26 ms 27 ms 27 ms 208.178.58.73
8 48 ms 44 ms 49 ms Internap-Atlanta.TenGigabitEthernet3-4.ar5.ATL1.gblx.net [207.218.80.218]
9 64 ms 51 ms 47 ms border2.tge-4-1-bbnet2.acs002.pnap.net [64.94.0.83]
10 45 ms 44 ms 45 ms cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net [64.94.3.122]
11 45 ms 44 ms 44 ms atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com [69.61.14.141]
12 46 ms 45 ms 46 ms atl2-cust5.ethe-1-1.cyberwurx.com [69.61.31.58]
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out. Trace complete.

[darkeyes]

That site I referenced for a traceroute might not be doing the trick... for any of you on Windows, here is a better way (but a bit more complicated).

1. Open the command prompt:

a) Windows 7 or Vista: From the Start menu, in the search field, type cmd , and then press Enter.
b) Previous versions of Windows: From the Start menu, select Run... . In the "Open:" box, type cmd , and then press Enter.

2. At the command prompt, enter: tracert bisexual.com And send me the report to drew22@bisexual.com or post it here.

This would be from a connection/computer that cannot currently visit the site.

Thanks for the help.

- Drew

Occasionally I have had difficulty getting into one or two websites. This one twice. Pingin' dont work.... Me brother gave me a tip.. unplug ya router or hub and leave it a minute or two. The rest resets ya own web addie an hey presto ther ya r...

If that doesnt work.. well I'll shut me face an go out on the town an suffer horribly on Friday an Sat nites...

[keefer201]

Not even five thirthy in the morning and I see what she writes and I piss myself. Oye!!! You suffering at your own hand is not fair to the rest of us, Fran.

[darkeyes]

Not even five thirthy in the morning and I see what she writes and I piss myself. Oye!!! You suffering at your own hand is not fair to the rest of us, Fran.

Dontcha worry ya pretty lil face Keefer babes.. howeva much me suffers on Fri an Sat nite..wich wont b much if truth b told... its Sat an Sun mornin' that is invariably the great leveller..:(

[DuckiesDarling]

Occasionally I have had difficulty getting into one or two websites. This one twice. Pingin' dont work.... Me brother gave me a tip.. unplug ya router or hub and leave it a minute or two. The rest resets ya own web addie an hey presto ther ya r...

If that doesnt work.. well I'll shut me face an go out on the town an suffer horribly on Friday an Sat nites...

Fran, that won't work for this issue. It's the only site that won't load without a proxy, the tracert shows there is a connection that is timing out badly somewhere along the line. It's not the site, it's not my computer or the cable company but somewhere in between in cyberspace. I've flushed my DNS, I've rebooted, I've shut down, I've reset modem, I've done everything there is to do and it still is an issue. It may correct itself eventually but for now it just isn't working.

[Brian]

Thanks LDD and all. I've sent that traceroute to the server guys.

- Drew

[Yoyome100]

Nice to see the site again.;)

[Realist]

The slowness seems to come and go. Yesterday it was very slow, today, it seems to be fine.

[DuckiesDarling]

Thanks LDD and all. I've sent that traceroute to the server guys.

- Drew

It's fixed for me now, Drew, they work fast :)

[Brian]

The server guy made some changes, but I am not completely convinced we are out of the woods. If anyone hears of a friend who can't get in please send them the traceroute instructions and have them email me the report.

As for the slowness of the site... That is another problem. I recognize that the site has been slow the last month or two or more. We are going to get the new site up and going and then going to take a closer look at that. It may be time for a new server. So the periodic slowness will continue at least until we switch to the new site.

Thanks again to everyone who helped us troubleshoot this! I am always touched by how amazing our members can be - no longer surprised but always touched and in awe of the support.

- Drew :paw:

[void()]

wow, using Chrome I can see the site again! Firefox still won't bring it up, keeps going to "timed out" error.

[æonpax]

`
...to make a long story short, after I did a few techno things when I couldn't log-on (like using proxies, trace, etc), I figured I was banned via my IP#. It wouldn't be the first time, I dare say, but the last was seven years ago.

*whew*

[void()]

Traceroute to bisexual.com

Hop T1 T2 T3 Best Graph IP Hostname Dist TTL Ctry Time
1 11 2 * 0.9 ms

70.86.70.33 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS 21.46.5646.static.theplanet.com. 255 US Unix: 17:38:14.264
2 2 1 * 0.9 ms [+0ms]

70.87.254.5 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS po101.dsr02.dllstx5.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 254 US Unix: 17:38:14.301
3 0 1 * 0.9 ms [+0ms]

70.85.127.109 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS po52.dsr02.dllstx3.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 US Unix: 17:38:14.331
4 0 1 * 0.9 ms [+0ms]

173.192.18.230 AS36351
SOFTLAYER ae17.bbr02.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 252 US Unix: 17:38:14.359
5 1 2 * 1.3 ms [+0ms]

157.238.224.229 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-11.r01.dllstx04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 251 US [Router did not respond]
6 33 21 * 20 ms [+19ms]

129.250.2.198 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 US Unix: 17:38:14.455
7 * * * 20 ms [+0ms]

[Unknown] [Unknown - Firewall did not respond] 0 miles [+0]
8 21 25 * 20 ms [+0ms]

129.250.5.189 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 249 US [Router did not respond]
9 30 20 * 20 ms [+0ms]

204.2.241.30 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-4-0-1.r04.atlnga05.us.ce.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 248 US Unix: 17:38:14.631
10 21 20 * 20 ms [+0ms]

64.94.0.83 AS14745
INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 border2.tge-4-1-bbnet2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 247 US Unix: 17:38:14.667
11 50 22 * 22 ms [+2ms]

64.94.3.122 AS14745
INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 246 US Unix: 17:38:14.742
12 28 24 * 24 ms [+1ms]

69.61.14.141 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 244 US Unix: 17:38:17.806
13 37 25 * 25 ms [+0ms]

69.61.31.62 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-cust5.ethe-2-1.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 52 US [Router did not respond]
14 38 25 * 25 ms [+0ms]

66.154.38.215 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS
[Reached Destination]bisexual.com. -1 miles [+0] 51 US Unix: 17:38:14.947
15

[**Peg**]

The server guy made some changes, but I am not completely convinced we are out of the woods. If anyone hears of a friend who can't get in please send them the traceroute instructions and have them email me the report.

I had 5-6 people email me directly to ask me if I knew what was going on - I did not. I will now use the tracert (and keep your email addy) if it happens again.


As for the slowness of the site... the periodic slowness will continue at least until we switch to the new site.

dunno about anyone else, but I'd settle for slow over GONE, any day. The chatroom I used to frequent before I came here, just disappeared without warning (just like last Sunday) never to be seen since....lost a lot of friends when that happened. Now I keep email addys.


Thanks again to everyone who helped us troubleshoot this! I am always touched by how amazing our members can be - no longer surprised but always touched and in awe of the support.

awww shucks hehe.... I think I speak for most of the oldtimers here when I say we think you're doing an amazing job with this site.... keep up the good work ! I've chatted in a LOT of chat abominations (e-share/flashchat)... they can't even begin to touch the quality of this site....especially technically; not to mention the wonderful people here :bigrin:

[void()]

Yay. Now it is back in Firefox, too.

[jimdawg]

We're now working from Verizon FIOS again

[clyde terwilliger]

relatively OK here--allthough--the site could not dispay a page on hotmail, google or mozilla for the last 24 hrs

[Darkside2009]

Hop T1 T2 T3 Best Graph IP Hostname Dist TTL Ctry Time
1 8 8 * 0.7 ms

174.133.202.225 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS e1.ca.85ae.static.theplanet.com. 255 *U Unix: 21:51:18.646
2 * 0 * 0.7 ms [+0ms]

74.55.252.89 AS21844
THEPLANET-AS te1-8.dsr01.hstntx2.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 254 *U Unix: 21:51:18.714
3 3 0 * 0.7 ms [+0ms]

173.192.18.236 AS36351
SOFTLAYER ae16.bbr02.sr02.hou02.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 *U Unix: 21:51:18.734
4 1 1 * 1.4 ms [+0ms]

50.97.18.240 AS237
MERIT-AS-14 ae7.bbr01.sr02.hou02.networklayer.com. 0 miles [+0] 253 *R Unix: 21:51:18.737
5 1 1 * 1.4 ms [+0ms]

128.241.1.49 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-0-0-0.r05.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 252 *U [Router did not respond]
6 46 33 * 6.2 ms [+4ms]

129.250.2.176 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 245 *U [Router did not respond]
7 15 6 * 6.2 ms [+0ms]

129.250.5.225 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-9.r20.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 *U Unix: 21:51:18.903
8 7 6 * 6.4 ms [+0ms]

129.250.2.59 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-0.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. 0 miles [+0] 250 *U Unix: 21:51:18.930
9 * * * 30 ms [+23ms]

[Unknown] [Unknown - Firewall did not respond] 0 miles [+0]
10 46 32 * 30 ms [+0ms]

129.250.5.189 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 ae-1.r04.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 249 *U [Router did not respond]
11 30 121 * 30 ms [+0ms]

204.2.241.30 AS2914
NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2914 xe-0-4-0-1.r04.atlnga05.us.ce.gin.ntt.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 248 *A Unix: 21:51:19.114
12 90 30 * 30 ms [+0ms]

64.94.3.122 AS14745
INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 246 *A Unix: 21:51:19.181
13 65 32 * 30 ms [+0ms]

64.94.3.122 AS14745
INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 246 *A Unix: 21:51:19.249
14 30 30 * 30 ms [+0ms]

69.61.14.141 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 244 *A Unix: 21:51:22.302
15 40 33 * 30 ms [+0ms]

69.61.31.58 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS atl2-cust5.ethe-1-1.cyberwurx.com. -1 miles [+0] 0 miles [+0] 52 *A [Router did not respond]
16 62 30 * 30 ms [+0ms]

66.154.38.215 AS22653
GLOBALCOMPASS
[Reached Destination]bisexual.com. -1 miles [+0] 51 *A Unix: 21:51:19.370
17
18
19
20



Analysis:
Number of hops: 16

Last hop responding to ICMP: 16, UDP: 16, TCP: 0.

There appears to be a firewall at 174.133.202.225 (hop 1) that blocks unwanted TCP packets.


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T1/T2/T3 are the round-trip times in milliseconds (1/1000ths of a second).
T1 uses a proper ICMP-based tracert (Microsoft style). T2 uses a UDP-based traceroute (Unix-style). T3 uses a TCP-based traceroute (port 80).
Since many ISPs now block ICMP and/or packets to unknown ports, T3 (rarely used by traceroute programs) typically shows the best results.
Best times may be theoretical (if it takes 80ms to hop 10, and 50ms to hop 11, we say the best time for hop 10 is 50ms).
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[elian]

I was trying to diagnose with void yesterday and doing a traceroute I saw that there seemed to be a bit of a lag in the hops when it left Verizon's border router. Sometimes it would go from Verizon through xo.net and on to pnap.net and sometimes it would go straight from Verizon to pnap.net...hops were taking between 36 and 40ms.. one time it looked like it went from pnap.net to xo.net and back again..kinda weird routing..

I just ran again and it hopped thusly:

3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 te2-3.ar6.DCA3.gblx.net (64.215.195.113) 195.571 ms * *
7 * * *
8 border2.tge3-1-bbnet1.acs002.pnap.net (64.94.0.19) 35.157 ms * 35.286 ms
9 cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net (64.94.3.122) 147.052 ms * 207.88.188.18.ptr.us.xo.net (207.88.188.18) 35.840 ms
10 atl2-br3.vlan8.cyberwurx.com (69.61.14.141) 39.146 ms 40.087 ms 40.158 ms
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 * * *
16 bisexual.com (66.154.38.215) 37.199 ms 37.954 ms 38.604 ms


again..

3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 border2.tge-4-1-bbnet2.acs002.pnap.net (64.94.0.83) 38.072 ms border2.tge3-1-bbnet1.acs002.pnap.net (64.94.0.19) 35.004 ms 36.537 ms
9 207.88.188.18.ptr.us.xo.net (207.88.188.18) 35.830 ms * 37.181 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 bisexual.com (66.154.38.215) 35.918 ms * *

and again..

3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 * te4-0-0.cvr1.atlanta6-ga.us.xo.net (207.88.14.114) 37.292 ms 37.411 ms
9 207.88.188.18.ptr.us.xo.net (207.88.188.18) 36.241 ms 37.316 ms 37.585 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 bisexual.com (66.154.38.215) 37.198 ms 37.330 ms 37.181 ms

traceroute is supposed to show EVERY hop right?..so is the difference some sort of fallover or load balancing?

..but searches such as "find all posts by X" also take longer (or is that just longer to get the response from HTTP?) - lots of new people signing up? I would hate to think someone is DoS'ing the site..although I'm sure it gets plenty of probes being that it is published on search indexes.

[Brian]

traceroute is supposed to show EVERY hop right?..so is the difference some sort of fallover or load balancing?
I've never seen that many stars on a traceroute before - I'm not sure what it means.

The "adjustments" that the server guy did, and which i mentioned before, was to tweak the threshold/algorythm at which a connection is viewed as an "attack". It seems to have solved the problem for now. Something is different out there with some of the big ISPs lately.

[void()]

I've never seen that many stars on a traceroute before - I'm not sure what it means.

The "adjustments" that the server guy did, and which i mentioned before, was to tweak the threshold/algorythm at which a connection is viewed as an "attack". It seems to have solved the problem for now. Something is different out there with some of the big ISPs lately.

Probably a lot more government types having a look see. Would not put it by any of them.

[elian]

Well I was curious about that too, according to the man page every five seconds it waits and doesn't hear a response it prints one of those lines with the stars..so you could maybe say it is cheap visual representation of how long it took for the diagnostic response to bounce back from each router?

I would pay more attention to the "ping" times in ms - the one of 147ms is kinda long..but that only happened once.

For some reason it seems to like to go through VA/GA, probably because big Verizon (my ISP) hub there - ends up in Missouri..either direct to cyberwurx or through xo.net and then cyberwurx..

Based on what I am seeing and what gets returned through whois I'm not sure there is a problem..other than a little bit of lag..unless it is on the host end which seems to be what your server guy confirms.

Some TCP/IP implementations have built in support against DoS attack that will actively close ports and deny service instead of leaving infinite number of TCP ports open and exhausting all resources enough to crash the server. Some networks have a separate physical hardware IDS performing the same type of network policing function.

It could also be that your timeouts just needed a bit of a tweak to make more efficient.

Here in the US there are big debate over "net neutrality" - whether or not a site can pay more money to ISP to get "preferred" throughput on the network while other traffic is throttled back. Of course, they are probably ALREADY doing this with QoS, deep packet inspection and data caps on "unlimited" plans but this legislation would make it Federally permissible for them to create a tiered network for "preferred" content.




I've never seen that many stars on a traceroute before - I'm not sure what it means.

The "adjustments" that the server guy did, and which i mentioned before, was to tweak the threshold/algorythm at which a connection is viewed as an "attack". It seems to have solved the problem for now. Something is different out there with some of the big ISPs lately.

[**Peg**]

hmmm...

I had one.....well take a look:

11 160 ms 202 ms 208 ms cyberwurx-3.border2.acs002.pnap.net [64.94.3.122]

just ran it again and it was down to 66 ms (3 days later)

mine goes from Ottawa>Toronto>GreenwoodVillage CO>CO>CO>CO>(4 hops) then on to Seattle and that's where it bogs down to 202-208 ms. I end up in St. Louis MO (I wish :tong: )

oddly, my count is 14 hops but the report said 30 ? what's up with that?

I'm with bell.ca and I'm throttled every afternoon GRRR (just about the time the kiddies get out of school)

fwiw

[bullhead69]

site seems very slow today Drew.12/13

[want2havefun]

site seems very slow today Drew.12/13

Yes, painfully so!!
Yesterday was the same.

[ErosUrge]

very painful....I trust things will function better in the future....

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

I havent been here for a couple of months, so I dont know, Sweetie. I know Yahoo was doing some weird shit with the groups I Mod for, but thats about it....Hope it picks up soon.:}
Cat

[Brian]

I think the site should be faster now! We discovered a problem that has been around since about the end of September and fixed it today. It seems faster to me!