Hi Terry.
>> One obvious reason would be to make it more attractive to people
>> using it, as many people give up on a site that regularly times
>> out on them. I've so far tried three times, and each time, you
>> time out on me!!! Since I don't get to set the timeout - that's
>> built into the proxy we are forced to use - you are effectively
>> closed to me...
> What sort of timeout are you experiencing? Your proxy is timing
> out?
Quick apology on my part - it's not you that's the problem...
I just did a traceroute to radio.linux.org.au and it shows horrible
transit times earlier in the route, and that's clearly where the
transit times are...
Here's a summary...
1. From me, across ja.net and through above.net to 202.61.200.62
(fe0-0.core0.paix.paradox.net.au) takes between 160 and 180 ms.
No problems there. That's 12 steps.
2. The next two steps are shown as "* * *" so I can't comment on
them.
3. Step 16 is hssi3-0.1.core0.per.paradox.net.au (202.61.225.234)
and is showing times in the 25000-27000 ms range (25-27 SECONDS)
so there's obviously problems by this stage.
I then get three more rows of "* * *" followed by 203.27.235.254
(per-border-gw1.wantree.com.au) then karatewa.wantree.com.au and
finally digital.linux.org.au at step 22...
> The page takes single digit seconds to generate. I doubt the
> timeouts have much to do with the page being generated
> dynamically.
> A complete, uncached refresh takes about 6 seconds from request
> to completion of rendering here, via a 33k6bps dialup and 10
> network hops.
> It's safe to assume that the dynamic building of the page is
> completed well within the 6 seconds. Do you think saving a
> couple of seconds is going to make much difference?
Not with that 25-27 second lag en route, no...
> What are your network latency times like to the server?
See above...
Best wishes from Riley.
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