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[Sim]

but SS loading unusually slow.

Any chance of a traceroute?

I can confirm that there is no problem with the server - it is running at its usual very fast speed.

 

[The Fence]

Any chance of a traceroute?

I can confirm that there is no problem with the server - it is running at its usual very fast speed.

Im no tech head, but how do on a mac?

 

[Sim]

Im no tech head, but how do on a mac?

I don't run Mac OS, but I found this on Google:

http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/3366/performing-a-traceroute-in-mac-os-x?pc_split_value=2

If you are running Mac® OS X, you can use the Network Utility application, which is included with Mac OS X, to run the trace route.

To Perform a Traceroute in Mac OS X

1. Open the Utilities folder on your hard drive.
2. Launch the Network Utility.
3. Click Traceroute.
4. Enter the domain name for which you want to perform a traceroute, and then click Trace.
5. Select the results, and then right-click and select Copy or press COMMAND+C to copy the text.
6. Paste the text into a text editor (TextEdit, etc.)

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[The Fence]

Yep found out how...see copy below.

It's up and down though, sometimes fast sometimes slow as.....


traceroute to somersoft.com (106.187.43.73), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 BigPond.BigPond (10.0.0.138) 0.976 ms 0.558 ms 0.419 ms
2 172.18.209.11 (172.18.209.11) 42.833 ms 40.517 ms 41.132 ms
3 172.18.65.206 (172.18.65.206) 42.580 ms 41.633 ms 41.242 ms
4 172.18.239.105 (172.18.239.105) 41.369 ms 47.838 ms 48.676 ms
5 TenGigE0-5-0-0.chw-edge902.sydney.telstra.net (139.130.207.81) 41.241 ms 41.568 ms 42.840 ms
6 bundle-ether14.chw-core2.sydney.telstra.net (203.50.11.100) 40.058 ms 42.862 ms 43.688 ms
7 bundle-ether8.exi-core1.melbourne.telstra.net (203.50.11.75) 56.315 ms 56.617 ms 54.510 ms
8 bundle-ether5.way-core4.adelaide.telstra.net (203.50.11.92) 66.315 ms 67.892 ms 68.682 ms
9 bundle-ether5.pie-core1.perth.telstra.net (203.50.11.17) 98.807 ms 99.146 ms 101.211 ms
10 gigabitethernet0-7-0-0.pthp-core01.perth.net.reach.com (203.50.13.246) 99.205 ms 97.842 ms 97.428 ms
11 i-1-1-0.6ntp-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net (202.84.141.45) 147.501 ms 145.224 ms 145.769 ms
12 i-0-3-0-0.6ntp02.bi.telstraglobal.net (202.84.243.82) 146.267 ms 148.964 ms 148.614 ms
13 106.187.1.13 (106.187.1.13) 285.182 ms * 305.248 ms
14 * sggjbb001.int-gw.kddi.ne.jp (111.87.6.21) 286.236 ms *
15 otejbb205.int-gw.kddi.ne.jp (59.128.4.61) 302.755 ms 287.715 ms 289.961 ms
16 cm-fcu203.kddnet.ad.jp (124.215.194.164) 297.542 ms 302.972 ms 289.934 ms
17 124.215.199.122 (124.215.199.122) 293.747 ms 287.747 ms *
18 * * prod1.hampelgroup.net (106.187.43.73) 282.318 ms

 

[Sim]

Yep found out how...see copy below.

It's up and down though, sometimes fast sometimes slow as.....

It is transiting via Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Hong Kong before reaching Japan. There seems to be some network congestion in Hong Kong and in Japan.

It's quite interesting to see how iiNet/Internode route their network - to get to the router in Hong Kong, we get connected directly to Hong Kong on iiNet's network and then link in to Telstra Global via the Hong Kong Internet Exchange. Once upon a time, we would have connected to Telstra's network here in Australia and then relied on that to get us overseas - and had to put up with all of the congestion they allow to happen on their network.

Anyway - hopefully it will come good for you in the next day or two ... provided there isn't a more serious underlying problem in the networks between your place and my servers.

Please report back again some time with an update on how performance is. There's nothing I can do from my end - the server is performing well.

 

[depreciator]

Very slow where I am right now - sitting in a restaurant by myself in Hobart reading the newspaper. But maybe Tassie is always slow. Seems to just be SS, too. The SMH site and others are fine.

Great city, this one.

 

[AlmostBob]

I have trouble getting the traceroute program sam-spade to copy n paste
so this is a screendump
when it hits japan hop times double

 

[Sim]

when it hits japan hop times double

That is to be expected - there is a significant delay introduced when transiting large distances. I'm assuming there is a submarine cable between San Jose and Japan, those kinds of distances will typically add 100ms or more to the ping times.

Are you experiencing any slowdowns on Somersoft from Canada?

 

[AlmostBob]

Flying here, sub-second load times

 

[Sim]

Flying here, sub-second load times

Good to hear - thanks.

 

[DEC]

Still appallingly slow with Bigpond
OK as a guest but logged in I get

Tracing route to somersoft.com [106.187.43.73]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.221.176.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
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.

A bigpond issue? so they say here http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2041402

using ftrace gui I get

Tracing route to 106.187.43.73 with TTL of 32:

1 10ms 10ms 7ms 10.221.176.1
2 7ms 6ms 6ms 58.160.20.97
3 8ms 10ms 6ms 58.160.23.242
4 11ms 11ms 11ms 172.18.241.229
5 10ms 12ms 12ms 203.45.53.229
6 9ms 7ms 11ms 203.50.44.9
7 21ms 23ms 23ms 203.50.11.70
8 35ms 39ms 35ms 203.50.11.75
9 56ms 47ms 51ms 203.50.11.92
10 81ms 79ms 82ms 203.50.11.17
11 77ms 78ms 78ms 203.50.13.246
12 125ms 128ms 126ms 202.84.141.45
13 126ms 128ms 128ms 202.84.243.82
14 270ms 273ms 269ms 106.187.1.13
15 266ms 267ms 269ms 111.87.6.21
16 270ms 286ms 269ms 59.128.4.61
17 272ms 273ms 273ms 124.215.194.164
18 272ms 277ms * 124.215.199.122
19 271ms 274ms 282ms 106.187.43.73

Traceroute complete.

add: It does seem a lot faster now, when I first logged in the page chugged down the screen very slowly.

 

[depreciator]

Fine in Hobart now. My theory is that when the sun goes down in Tassie everything slows down.

 

[Sim]

My theory is that when the sun goes down in Tassie everything slows down.

Probably not far off the mark actually - some networks suffer from major congestion in the evening when all the kids (and adults!) get home and start surfing the net / playing games / downloading movies / etc.

 

[jim1964]

The later it gets,the slower it loads.What has changed from the norm?This is getting quite frustrating.

 

[DaveM]

Currently tethered to my iphone (no dsl after moving house) and SS is so slow its proably running at 10-15 secs per page render. Other AU sites are running quick smart.

 

[The Fence]

Currently tethered to my iphone (no dsl after moving house) and SS is so slow its proably running at 10-15 secs per page render. Other AU sites are running quick smart.

Same here, SS slow, all other sites fast as usual.

Frustrating when Sim says all is ok yet SS is the only one slow....?????

 

[DaveM]

Its a typical IT thing.. server guys blame the network, network guys blame the server

 

[The Fence]

Yeah, always get the..."have you switched it off then on again?"

TV show The IT Crowd, funny.

 

[DaveM]

Maybe thats it,... we need to reboot the internet

 

[depreciator]

Very slow right now in Launceston. But that bears out my theory of last night that stuff in Tasmania slows down when the sun sets.