Is AFF running slower than usual for anybody?

[david-au-2000]

My internet speed hasn't changed and all other sites like smh.com.au are as quick as usual but AFF seems to be chugging along, noticeably slower to load. Maybe the possums running on the treadmill had too much chocolate over easter?

Seriously though is anybody else finding this site is a bit slower to load pages than usual?

 

[zig]

Yes, I have noticed that the site has been considerably slower for the last 2 - 3 weeks. Likewise my speed hasn't slowed and I find other sites are loading at the usual speed.

 

[samh004]

A week or two ago it was awful, however it has improved for me lately, so I’m not complaining at the moment.

 

[admin]

We did make some changes to our DNS host about 2 weeks ago. We also implemented a CDS system about 4 weeks ago. Both should have actually improved things

Please keep an eye on site performance and drop me a PM if you continue to experience poor performance.

My internet speed hasn't changed and all other sites like smh.com.au are as quick as usual but AFF seems to be chugging along, noticeably slower to load. Maybe the possums running on the treadmill had too much chocolate over easter?

Seriously though is anybody else finding this site is a bit slower to load pages than usual?

 

[JohnK]

Everything appears to load OK today but AFF has been slower than usual the past week or so....

 

[david-au-2000]

If it's any help, I am finding the home page is as fast to load as usual but going to an individual thread seems to take longer, also moving back and forth in the thread, from one page to the next.

 

[nlagalle]

I've also noticed that some threads wouldn't load at all or take minutes to come up. last night especially.

 

[straitman]

I've also noticed that some threads wouldn't load at all or take minutes to come up. last night especially.

I have been having similar issues but I also have a very dodgy internet connection at the moment so I'm not really sure where the blame lies.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Running much slower for me the last few days...and it was down this afternoon for a chunk of time?

 

[Captain Paul]

I've just recently joined and I find the site very slow. On Thursday(18th May) I just gave up because it was too slow. Today seems better but it is a very slow site compared to other sites I visit.
Can someone from AFF enlighten us?

 

[straitman]

I've just recently joined and I find the site very slow. On Thursday(18th May) I just gave up because it was too slow. Today seems better but it is a very slow site compared to other sites I visit.
Can someone from AFF enlighten us?

admin does keep a fairly close eye on this and is quite responsive to peoples feedback. He has been away from home this weekend so may not be aware of peoples problems.

It is running OK for me (not fast or slow) but I am having other internet issues so I'm not in a position to comment about this.

 

[Peter D]

Yes it is painfully slow. Some days are better than others but always slow.
I only joined recently so I don't know what is normal.
Moving from page to page within a thread is very slow. All other internet pages including news video clips work fine for me but not AFF.
I perhaps do not use this potentially interesting web site as much because of this.
I often think twice about whether I really want to wait for the next page.

 

[notzac]

It's noticeably slower when going in to a thread for me as well.
EDIT: Also, it seems to be dependent on how many pages the thread has - as an example, the totally off topic thread is especially painfully slow, whereas this thread isn't so much.

 

[Ric]

Moving from page to page within a thread is very slow. All other internet pages including news video clips work fine for me but not AFF.
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Likewise for me

 

[russ]

Don't you all realise that this website is hosted on a laptop connected to the QP WiFi?
It's a wonder it works at all!

 

[admin]

I know that our Data Centre did have some issues on Thursday afternoon, which impacted performance.

But I'm not aware of anything else which could be effecting server performance. I have asked our server administrator to investigate and will keep you all posted.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused

 

[russ]

"affecting server performance"

 

[admin]

There doesn't seem to be anything obvious on the server which is impacting on performance. It could be a network issue.

If you are experiencing poor response times, could you please send me (admin) a PM with your "Trace Route". Windows users can get this by clicking on the Windows button (bottom left of screen), then in the "search programs and files" box enter "run", then "cmd", then "tracert australianfreqentflyer.com.au". Then please send the image of the resulting screen to me.

This will help us identify where any problem is. Apprecfiate your help!

 

[samh004]

On a mac go to /Applications/Utilities/Network Utility.app

And you’ll end up with something like this:

traceroute to www.australianfreqentflyer.com.au (199.101.28.130), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1)  1.294 ms  0.697 ms  0.525 ms
 2  10.218.128.1 (10.218.128.1)  8.241 ms  7.558 ms  8.238 ms
 3  vl400.sope-s-2.cha.bigpond.net.au (58.160.50.1)  9.374 ms  8.752 ms  8.266 ms
 4  gi4-2.agg2.woo.bigpond.net.au (58.160.51.246)  12.032 ms  9.277 ms  10.189 ms
 5  172.18.241.166 (172.18.241.166)  9.718 ms  9.988 ms  9.779 ms
 6  172.18.117.129 (172.18.117.129)  9.416 ms  9.176 ms  9.810 ms
 7  172.18.117.141 (172.18.117.141)  10.294 ms  13.320 ms  9.361 ms
 8  172.18.241.161 (172.18.241.161)  12.096 ms  10.852 ms  10.328 ms
 9  bundle-ether11.cha45.brisbane.telstra.net (203.45.53.233)  10.368 ms  9.853 ms  9.796 ms
10  bundle-ether2.cha-core4.brisbane.telstra.net (203.50.44.13)  9.808 ms  8.189 ms  10.077 ms
11  pos0-4-1-0.ken-core4.sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.205)  27.727 ms  31.440 ms  27.478 ms
12  bundle-ether1.pad-gw2.sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.29)  27.740 ms  29.488 ms  26.067 ms
13  tengigabitethernet11-0.sydp-core02.sydney.reach.com (203.50.13.86)  26.572 ms  26.643 ms  26.280 ms
14  i-0-0-2-0.tlot-core01.bx.reach.com (202.84.140.78)  173.871 ms  175.339 ms  174.384 ms
15  i-1-1.eqla01.bi.reach.com (202.84.251.194)  171.934 ms  212.410 ms  199.731 ms
16  gblx-peer.eqla01.pr.reach.com (134.159.63.202)  176.115 ms  174.079 ms  179.678 ms
17  nominum.gigabitethernet9-10.ar3.sjc2.gblx.net (64.215.27.74)  181.053 ms  181.609 ms  181.361 ms
18  199.101.29.253 (199.101.29.253)  180.150 ms  180.967 ms  183.139 ms
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I’m not having any problems at the moment by the way.

 

[tuppaware]

Been very slow from the US , but then that might be in a maintenance period overnight in the US.

This morning I couldn't browse it at all.