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| | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 204 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 204 | Have any of you guys experienced this site loading very very slow! It started a few days ago with me. When I link to this site's home page it takes several minutes to load and then when I click on General truck talk or anywhere on the site I get the same thing. It has become super slow! I have a DSL connection and do not have a problem with any other site I go to. I thought it might be something with my PC so I tried on several PC's at work and the same thing happens. At work we have a lightning fast LAN with connection speeds of 3 Meg and higher on our PC's. All other sites on the net fom work are quick as lightning but this site. I have to go take a coffee break while it loads. It never used to be this slow. What gives?
Mike | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 | :confused: I know what you mean, I just noticed it this morning, and like you say it's only this site. I have DSL also and all other sites are fine.
Keith
If it were easy they'd have grade schoolers doing it!
| | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 328 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 328 | Iiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt hhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssss bbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnn ssssssssssuuuuuuuuuupppppppppppeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr ssssssssssssslllllllllllloooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww for me too. Hopefully they will get it fixed soon.
Phil
Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine and into your brain...that is where crappy ideas come from.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,986 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,986 | It's been happening here, too, for the last couple days. Almost gave up on it just now. Thought it was our computer. | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 204 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 204 | Glad I'm not the only one. It just took me almost 5 min. to get here and post this reply. NOT GOOD!!
Mike | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 | It appears that whatever the problem was has been corrected. (I hope.) The speed seems to be back. Not as fast as my truck, but still fast.  | | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 | Having the same trouble here as well. But I am experiencing this on one other bulletin board I frequent also. Everyplace else is fine. So I suspect it is something amiss in the virtual world. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 146 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 146 | No its still running slow. I bet we've been hi-jacked by spamers. :mad:
if it dosen't need fixed, break it
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 | Yay, mines finally back up to speed. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 | This is the first time I've been able to access this site in over three days. And I've only had a problem with this one. Some nasty virus in the forum, maybe?
Pessimist - Sees glass as half-empty. Optimist - Sees glass as half-full. Gov't- Sees glass and takes it from you because you have a glass.
Political Correctness: A philosophical belief system bereft of common sense and logic, that supports and rewards ignorance and stupidity.
| | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 204 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 204 | Mine was still creeping last night then it got back to normal speed. I took a TV break and came back and it was back to a snails pace. It's running real quick this morning from work. I think there's still some bugs to be worked out. Thanks to all who are working on the problem.
Mike | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 | Paul Schmehl, our Stovebolt Geek, has been working on this. Had it fixed once and it bonked again. Made a trip to the server location (about an hour or so away) after his day job and fixed it. Tested it. Bonk again. So, he did some other mumbo-jumbo stuff to make it work. So we are running again now.
I wouldn't be surprised if he makes a trip down again this weekend to double-check everything.
We had something similar happen a few years ago. Paul spent a lot of time at it, wrote a few scripts to keep it in-line and that did the trick.
So ... I have faith he'll do all that again. We'd be hosed without him.
Thanks Paul!!!
Peg
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 142 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 142 | Thanks Paul !!! You do a great job maintaining this site! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 37 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 37 | Just want to say thanks for a great site | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | THANKS A WHOLE LOT PAUL, AND ALL WHO MAKE THIS SITE POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RON
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 102 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 102 | I never gave much thought to how these sites stay the way they do, but apparently there is a real person out there that puts some serious time into it. Thanks Paul!! Youve got a great talent, and we're all lucky your on the ball!
1948 3600 thriftmaster
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,177 Red dot, center of chest ... | | Red dot, center of chest ... Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,177 | Just so you guys know, the source of the problem was the firewall. It's been working perfectly for the last three years, and all of a sudden it lost it's mind. So I turned it off.  (Don't worry. I have plenty of other protections in place to keep us from getting hacked.) | | |
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