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Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #60 on: February 16, 2011, 21:29:23 PM
I also use JANET in the day, that's been fine tbh  :-\

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Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #61 on: February 16, 2011, 22:48:03 PM
If anyone still having trouble would be kind enough to drop in a traceroute and what ISP/service they are using that would be appreciated, I'll have a portfolio of awful results to compare then.

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #62 on: February 16, 2011, 23:00:52 PM
Running fine for me at the moment, but here is mine, I'll post again when it goes slow again, but seems that it is basically Virgin and expect escalating anything to them will get you nowhere!
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Tracing route to tekforums.net [188.121.54.128]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    11 ms    10 ms     5 ms  DD-WRT [192.168.1.1]
  2   245 ms   233 ms   174 ms  10.15.176.1
  3    25 ms    57 ms    19 ms  aztw-geam-1a-ge216.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.243.13]
  4   204 ms   224 ms   226 ms  aztw-core-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.241.9]
  5   223 ms   226 ms   231 ms  winn-bb-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.157]
  6   231 ms     *        *     glfd-bb-1b-so-100-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.172.130]
  7     *      236 ms   232 ms  manc-bb-1a-ae3-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.145]
  8   228 ms     *      283 ms  manc-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.187.178]
  9    34 ms    38 ms    49 ms  know-core-1b-pc200.network.virginmedia.net [195.182.178.150]
 10   174 ms    83 ms   329 ms  wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
 11   194 ms   263 ms   255 ms  brhm-bb-1a-ge-720-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.46]
 12     *        *      224 ms  168.ge-1-3-3.mpr1.lhr2.uk.above.net [213.161.65.149]
 13   280 ms   270 ms     *     linx.ge1-0.cr01.lhr01.mzima.net [195.66.225.15]
 14     *      227 ms     *     te0-5.cr1.ams9.nl.packetexchange.net [69.174.120.94]
 15    52 ms    43 ms   121 ms  166-240-60-90.packetexchange.net [92.60.240.166]
 16    87 ms    39 ms    35 ms  ip-208-109-115-117.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.117]
 17    56 ms    76 ms    64 ms  ip-208-109-115-142.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.142]
 18    41 ms    41 ms    45 ms  ip-208-109-115-174.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.174]
 19   282 ms   280 ms     *     n1nlhg148c1148.shr.prod.ams1.secureserver.net [188.121.54.128]
 20   192 ms   203 ms   205 ms  n1nlhg148c1148.shr.prod.ams1.secureserver.net [188.121.54.128]
Last Edit: February 19, 2011, 17:42:53 PM by XEntity #187;

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #63 on: February 19, 2011, 17:40:55 PM
OK So I haven't even been able to access Tek for an hour!, Just tried wireless tethering via my mobile and no issues!

Ok maybe a coincidence, but it's working fine now?!?! Has the forum actually been down?

Code: [Select]
  1     1 ms     8 ms     1 ms  DD-WRT [192.168.1.1]
  2    10 ms    35 ms     8 ms  10.15.176.1
  3    16 ms    18 ms     9 ms  aztw-geam-1a-ge216.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.243.13]
  4    44 ms    10 ms    20 ms  aztw-core-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.241.9]
  5    14 ms    37 ms    14 ms  winn-bb-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.157]
  6    13 ms    11 ms    11 ms  glfd-bb-1b-so-100-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.172.130]
  7    44 ms    18 ms    25 ms  manc-bb-1a-ae3-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.145]
  8    17 ms    17 ms    17 ms  manc-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.187.178]
  9    18 ms    25 ms    46 ms  know-core-1b-pc200.network.virginmedia.net [195.182.178.150]
 10    19 ms    27 ms    48 ms  wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
 11    49 ms    22 ms    22 ms  brhm-bb-1a-ge-720-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.46]
 12    33 ms    30 ms    30 ms  168.ge-1-3-3.mpr1.lhr2.uk.above.net [213.161.65.149]
 13    30 ms    52 ms    34 ms  linx.ge1-0.cr01.lhr01.mzima.net [195.66.225.15]
 14    57 ms    48 ms    54 ms  te0-5.cr1.ams9.nl.packetexchange.net [69.174.120.94]
 15    37 ms    40 ms    35 ms  166-240-60-90.packetexchange.net [92.60.240.166]
 16    36 ms    34 ms    35 ms  ip-208-109-115-117.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.117]
 17    35 ms    35 ms    34 ms  ip-208-109-115-142.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.142]
 18    35 ms    41 ms    57 ms  ip-208-109-115-174.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.174]
 19    36 ms    64 ms    90 ms  n1nlhg148c1148.shr.prod.ams1.secureserver.net [188.121.54.128]

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Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #64 on: February 19, 2011, 19:25:52 PM
i had the same too and im on voigin...

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #65 on: February 21, 2011, 00:15:45 AM
Mine went out briefly for about 10 minutes earlier, and the tracert picked up nothing! It's really starting to annoy me now! As now when it stops working it's not just slow but doesn't work what so ever, but fine on non virgin!

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  1     1 ms     9 ms     1 ms  DD-WRT [192.168.1.1]
  2    11 ms     9 ms    27 ms  10.15.176.1
  3     9 ms    18 ms     8 ms  aztw-geam-1a-ge216.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.243.13]
  4     9 ms     9 ms     9 ms  aztw-core-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.241.9]
  5    11 ms    11 ms    12 ms  winn-bb-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.157]
  6    14 ms    19 ms    11 ms  glfd-bb-1b-so-100-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.172.130]
  7    20 ms    35 ms    16 ms  manc-bb-1a-ae3-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.145]
  8    16 ms    17 ms    17 ms  manc-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.187.178]
  9    27 ms    25 ms    17 ms  know-core-1b-pc200.network.virginmedia.net [195.182.178.150]
 10    32 ms    19 ms    17 ms  wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
 11    21 ms    20 ms    21 ms  brhm-bb-1a-ge-720-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.46]
 12    32 ms    30 ms    53 ms  168.ge-1-3-3.mpr1.lhr2.uk.above.net [213.161.65.149]
 13    27 ms    35 ms    35 ms  linx.ge1-0.cr01.lhr01.mzima.net [195.66.225.15]
 14    33 ms    33 ms    36 ms  te0-5.cr1.ams9.nl.packetexchange.net [69.174.120.94]
 15    34 ms    41 ms    33 ms  166-240-60-90.packetexchange.net [92.60.240.166]
 16    34 ms    33 ms    34 ms  ip-208-109-115-117.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.117]
 17    36 ms    33 ms    34 ms  ip-208-109-115-142.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.142]
 18    34 ms    68 ms    34 ms  ip-208-109-115-174.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.115.174]
 19    34 ms    47 ms    34 ms  n1nlhg148c1148.shr.prod.ams1.secureserver.net [188.121.54.128]

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Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #66 on: February 21, 2011, 12:53:17 PM
It seems very reliable other than on Virgin, I've not noticed any downtime. I imagine phoning Virgin tech support for their take on this would be as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #67 on: February 21, 2011, 13:11:24 PM
Yep I thought about that, and assumed it would get me nowhere, especially speaking to first line support!
 
If I get any more significant problems, I might give them a call as the call is free, it will only be wasting my own time!

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #68 on: February 21, 2011, 13:18:18 PM
I've been experiencing slowness and downtimes today on O2

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #69 on: February 21, 2011, 16:39:21 PM
It seems very reliable other than on Virgin, I've not noticed any downtime. I imagine phoning Virgin tech support for their take on this would be as useful as a chocolate teapot.

have you ever spoke to virgin? reboot your modem -no dont work - ok we send engineer.

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #70 on: February 21, 2011, 17:01:51 PM
It seems very reliable other than on Virgin, I've not noticed any downtime. I imagine phoning Virgin tech support for their take on this would be as useful as a chocolate teapot.

have you ever spoke to virgin? reboot your modem -no dont work - ok we send engineer.

That's exactly what it's like most of the time, although once, a year or two ago now, I managed to get patched through to a woman that knew her stuff, remotely logged in to my box and sorted out the issue, think it was to do with TV on demand at the time. I expect there are the rare people there who actually know stuff!
 
I expect getting through to someone who actually knows about the routing for webpages is non existant though

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Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #71 on: February 21, 2011, 18:26:10 PM
Still slow for me.

Tracing route to tekforums.net [188.121.54.128]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    25 ms    38 ms    19 ms  10.158.72.1
  2     7 ms     7 ms    15 ms  bmly-core-1a-ae1-684.network.virginmedia.net [80
.1.225.57]
  3    10 ms   123 ms    32 ms  popl-bb-1a-as6-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43
.162.57]
  4    67 ms    36 ms     8 ms  popl-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.174.230]
  5    43 ms    22 ms    17 ms  glfd-bb-1a-ae4-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.159.61]
  6     9 ms    12 ms    23 ms  glfd-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.172.6]
  7    39 ms    36 ms     9 ms  glfd-tmr-1-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.159.46]
  8    11 ms    11 ms    17 ms  redb-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.
185.78]
  9   131 ms   143 ms   125 ms  75-126-245-83.packetexchange.net [83.245.126.75]

 10    22 ms    89 ms    21 ms  te0-5.cr1.ams9.nl.packetexchange.net [69.174.120
.94]
 11    17 ms    17 ms    38 ms  166-240-60-90.packetexchange.net [92.60.240.166]

 12   133 ms   112 ms   112 ms  ip-208-109-115-113.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.
115.113]
 13   152 ms   114 ms   115 ms  ip-208-109-115-134.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.
115.134]
 14    52 ms    18 ms    34 ms  ip-208-109-115-174.ip.secureserver.net [208.109.
115.174]
 15    19 ms    17 ms    30 ms  n1nlhg148c1148.shr.prod.ams1.secureserver.net [1
88.121.54.128]

Trace complete.

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #72 on: February 21, 2011, 18:39:46 PM
Even right now? It's running fine here :S

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Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #73 on: February 21, 2011, 18:41:48 PM
yes just clicked on reply and took about 5 seconds before the reply box appeared.

Re: Is it me or is Tek running quite slow
Reply #74 on: February 21, 2011, 18:43:50 PM
yes just clicked on reply and took about 5 seconds before the reply box appeared.

Hmm almost immediate here! There's only one thing for it... register tekforum.net and register it on another server :P

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