Site running very slowly

[+aultk]

For the past several days this entire site seems to be running very slowly. It doesn't seem to be a problem with other sites for me - but I spend a lot of time waiting for this site to respond. Is anyone else having this problem? Does Groundspeak need a new ISP or a faster / better server?

[+Okiebryan]

For the past several days this entire site seems to be running very slowly. It doesn't seem to be a problem with other sites for me - but I spend a lot of time waiting for this site to respond. Is anyone else having this problem? Does Groundspeak need a new ISP or a faster / better server?

 

Yes, a new server would be nice. I'll tell Jeremy that you offered. Is there any limit on what can be spent for this new server you so graciously offered, or is this just an extra you happen to already have?

[+sbell111]

Is it this site or the GC.com site that you are having problems with? This one seems just as fast (or slow) as always.

[+iminwv]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

[Motorcycle_Mama]

Moving to the Geocaching.com web site forum.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Truly, really, for sure?

 

Seems a little extreme. Slow at times, but rarely has that happened to me but it has, so rarely it usually indicates the server(s) are totally down.

 

Perhaps your provider?

[+iminwv]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Truly, really, for sure?

 

Seems a little extreme. Slow at times, but rarely has that happened to me but it has, so rarely it usually indicates the server(s) are totally down.

 

Perhaps your provider?

I thought the site was still down from the fire untill I got email from someone finding one of my caches.

It might be something on this end but everything else I go to works.

[+Arrow42]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Truly, really, for sure?

 

Seems a little extreme. Slow at times, but rarely has that happened to me but it has, so rarely it usually indicates the server(s) are totally down.

 

Perhaps your provider?

I thought the site was still down from the fire untill I got email from someone finding one of my caches.

It might be something on this end but everything else I go to works.

 

It's absolutely (somewhere) on your end. Try clearing your cache. It could be your ISP's cache... but it would need to be horribly misconfigured to not have been flushed by now.

[+iminwv]

I'm running firefox,cleared my cache,flushed dns,ran spybot and adaware. any other suggestions?

[+Team Cotati]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Try a different computer, same location.

 

It works, then obviously something in your system or it's logical connection to the internet is at fault.

 

Am I understanding that you can access any other internet server at will at any time except for the ones located at goeocaching.com?

 

What happens if you go to a command prompt and type: ping geocaching.com?

[+iminwv]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Try a different computer, same location.

 

It works, then obviously something in your system or it's logical connection to the internet is at fault.

 

Am I understanding that you can access any other internet server at will at any time except for the ones located at goeocaching.com?

 

What happens if you go to a command prompt and type: ping geocaching.com?

sorry for the post hijacking,I really didn't expect all this help.I am appreciating it!

ping gc.com results,4 packets sent 305ms to 358ms, ttl=108

[+iminwv]

I've found that messing with my proxy lets me access the gc site,don't really know what I'm doing but here's what I did:

go to tools and click options

click on the advanced button and then click the network tab

then under connections click settings

click auto-detect proxy settings for this network.

[+Arrow42]

I've found that messing with my proxy lets me access the gc site,don't really know what I'm doing but here's what I did:

go to tools and click options

click on the advanced button and then click the network tab

then under connections click settings

click auto-detect proxy settings for this network.

 

Are you within a corporate network? In a country with weird censorship laws (Australia, Iran, China, etc)?

[+iminwv]

I've found that messing with my proxy lets me access the gc site,don't really know what I'm doing but here's what I did:

go to tools and click options

click on the advanced button and then click the network tab

then under connections click settings

click auto-detect proxy settings for this network.

 

Are you within a corporate network? In a country with weird censorship laws (Australia, Iran, China, etc)?

nothing out of the ordnary,I'm at home,in the usa,same internet provider etc...never used to have a problem,I accessed the site daily.

[+the_bell_dingers]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Try a different computer, same location.

 

It works, then obviously something in your system or it's logical connection to the internet is at fault.

 

Am I understanding that you can access any other internet server at will at any time except for the ones located at goeocaching.com?

 

What happens if you go to a command prompt and type: ping geocaching.com?

ping gc.com results,4 packets sent 305ms to 358ms, ttl=108

Mine only comes out at packets sent: 4 received: 108ms to 130ms

 

what type of connection is your internet? Broadband, DSL, Dialup?

 

also are you using xp, or vista?

[+Team Cotati]

I haven't been able to accesss gc website since july,server always times out.

 

Try a different computer, same location.

 

It works, then obviously something in your system or it's logical connection to the internet is at fault.

 

Am I understanding that you can access any other internet server at will at any time except for the ones located at goeocaching.com?

 

What happens if you go to a command prompt and type: ping geocaching.com?

sorry for the post hijacking,I really didn't expect all this help.I am appreciating it!

ping gc.com results,4 packets sent 305ms to 358ms, ttl=108

 

Are you literally pinging gc.com? That is a valid internet site. Try the full name, i.e. ping geocaching.com.

 

If you can ping it and are getting responses, then you are having one strange problem indeed. One that I cant help you with remotely.

 

BTW the ttl part of the reply is normal is stands for Time to Live, don't worry about that.

Edited October 18, 2009 by Team Cotati

[+Team Cotati]

Try going to Groundspeak.com and from there click the geocaching.com icon.

 

If that doesn't get you there, then I hope that you have a bud who knows something about troubleshooting network issues.

Edited October 18, 2009 by Team Cotati

[+iminwv]

Try going to Groundspeak.com and from there click the geocaching.com icon.

 

If that doesn't get you there, then I hope that you have a bud who knows something about troubleshooting network issues.

I am running windows vista,dialup and I was pinging geocaching.com. I tried to get to geocaching.com from the icon,that's why I posted here. kind of a last resort. thank you all for the help.

[+iminwv]

Try going to Groundspeak.com and from there click the geocaching.com icon.

 

If that doesn't get you there, then I hope that you have a bud who knows something about troubleshooting network issues.

I am running windows vista,dialup and I was pinging geocaching.com. I tried to get to geocaching.com from the icon,that's why I posted here. kind of a last resort. thank you all for the help.

I am able to access geocaching.com now,tweaked firefox to bypass proxy using: about:config

[+huffinpuffin2]

There is no doubt this site bogs down around/during weekends, just when you'd expect a lot of logging traffic......fast computer + fast internet access will still experience poor response times.