Forum lagging

I have problems tonight, multi posting, unable to go back to forums have to close and re open
No wifi, desktop PC 158mb broadband connection
Only GC doing this tonight,
If click back button it shuts gc down

Jack McH

 

To be brutally fair, FC - if this issue only occurs for members when they use GC, but not when they use the plethora of other web sites out there ... the question begs to be asked: why should we "invest" in other apps/software/gadgets/routers/et al just to get a "normal" service?
Equally, money spent on gizmo's just to get an acceptable performance for GC means (in real terms) the less finance users have to donate to the on-going needs of running GC!
And, by that same token: where is the lure for a member to "donate" to the running of GC if, as a user, they are continually encountering server issues with the site?
Equally: where is the advantage to making a donation at all when, even if you do not, you have full access to anything anyway! There is no advantage, no special members only arena ... and ...



... the forum still lags!

 

it's fine for me as well,
Jenny

 

I'm not a techie by any stretch of the imagination. But, does "request timed out" mean the same as a run-time error?
Which brings me back to: software updates.
What if: individual user PC's are getting software updates/upgrades from the biggie, global, techie machine. What if: the software GC uses to run the forums is a day, maybe two, *behind* the individuals update notifications?
Could that be causing a lag for some users?
The assumption will always be that the GC server is running the most up-to-date software .. but, what if it might be a day (or three) behind? Could that be causing issues? If it is behind, then unless all users have cleared their cache, could it cause a conflict?

 

You are blessed

PS: in my instance, the issue only became apparent when I logged in this evening (at a similar time to Jack Mc! - not sure about Sheal ... but then she is a law unto herself )

 

My service elsewhere is fine,
GC is just as exceptionally fast (158Mb connection) just this evening GC and only GC is slow or timing out SOME of the time

Jack McH

 

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\User>ping gardenerscorner.com

Pinging gardenerscorner.com [174.36.107.130] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 174.36.107.130: bytes=32 time=137ms TTL=52
Reply from 174.36.107.130: bytes=32 time=135ms TTL=52
Reply from 174.36.107.130: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=52
Reply from 174.36.107.130: bytes=32 time=137ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 174.36.107.130:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 135ms, Maximum = 137ms, Average = 136ms

C:\Users\User>

Working version

Jack McH

 

FC. I'll work through your post bit by bit as my quote's not working again.

The fan staying on only happens on Firefox, it rarely cuts in on IE.

Wi-Fi issue.....The only thing I can think of here is that my router may be past it's best. Last year I had to change channels on it which helped. However, my husband doesn't have any problems when using his laptop. But as I said in my last post these problems seem to become worse each time GC has a server change.

The list you provided, CCleaner etc. has all been tried and makes no difference. I back up regularly to an external drive.

ISP.... sorry FC I'm no techie do you mean my broadband supplier?

I've just had a complete breakdown here. I'd gone off to a link via GC and the whole thing scrambled. I was looking partly at GC and partly the website link and then my computer crashed and I had nothing but a completely white screen, I couldn't raise an internet connection for a while either! 'Scuse the language but what the hell is going on?! Help me please before I disappear into the ether!