Discussion regarding new forum

Hiya Marley.

No, that was my D/L speed, at least it was. I've just done another test, and I'm getting 3mb.

 

If I've understood RR correctly that issue is addressed in the forthcoming 1.2 version rollout

Woo that's a problem with your browser, rather than GC (I expect you know that though )

The Flash Plugin for Chrome Browser is frequently mentioned in Chrome support forums, so perhaps it is not a happy marriage with a variety of browsers :(

 

I think Woo has blagged the MAC Address of the International Space Station

 

This is what I have at the moment, I'll try it again this evening when it's at it's worst.

Ping......29 MS.........Download Speed.......11.69Mbps........Upload Speed.....0.69Mbps

 

Good idea. Would be worth doing a PING to gardenerscorner.co.uk too (both now and when slow) to see if the "latency" is slower this evening.

Dunno if the server is in Italy? but PING from Italy seems to be the fastest

Also dunno how you do PING from your machine (which is the comparative test that you need) in a user friendly way :( My method would be to open a Command Line Prompt and then just type

PING gardenerscorner.co.uk

right now that gives me:

Pinging gardenerscorner.co.uk [193.183.98.17] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=50
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=50
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=50
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 193.183.98.17:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 84ms, Average = 83ms

 

Now you've blinded me with science Kristen, I have no idea what any of that means, and I have no idea how to set up the ping test for GC, sorry.

 

For Windows select Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt

or for Windows 10 Search Apps for "Command Prompt" and select it.

Then, when the little black window appears immediately after C:\Users\Sheal>
type ping gardenerscorner.co.uk

so it looks like this C:\Users\Sheal>ping gardenerscorner.co.uk

then hit the Return key

Something like this:

 

Thanks Scrungee, I'll see if I can get myself in a mess trying that.

 

Followed your Windows instructions Scrungee which gives me :
min 39ms max 42ms av.41ms.
What does this mean please?
Jenny
techie thicko

 

Test done at approximately 5.15pm for GC ping.

Pinging gardenerscorner.co.uk [193.183.98.17] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32: time=62ms: TTL=50
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32: time=61ms: TTL=50
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32: time=61ms: TTL=50
Reply from 193.183.98.17: bytes=32: time=63ms: TTL=50

Ping statistics for 193.183.98.17
Packets: Sent=4, Received=4, Lost=0 (0% lost)

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum=61ms: Maximum:=63ms: Average=61ms

 

The "time" (around 40 - 60ms in your and Sheal's samples) is how long it took to get a response from the GC server to a "hello" type message. A "ping" test is pretty much the skinniest message that can be sent, so it is basically a measure of how long it takes to say "Hello" and to get a "Hello yourself" message back. It is worth repeating the test when you detect that the site is slow - if PING then takes the same amount of time then it is definitely the server that has slowed down.