Posted on 07/09/2017 11:44:30 AM PDT by ealgeone
Is anyone else seeing a very slow response from Free Republic?
Very slow.
Spot on.
I’m sorry if it irritates you but when I say that I’ve had problems with other websites in the same time frame as the problems here on FR it’s a fact not an opinion. It hasn’t just been FR and Yahoo mail either but they have been the slowest.
If it helps FR has been the worst by far.
Well, I’ve violated a long standing rule....never argue with an idiot...they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience very time.
Even with comments & pages set to 20 on each, pages load slow or not at all.
Slow but Steady as She goes!
The whiners can visit CNN.
I haven’t “whined” at all, in fact, this is the first time I’ve even mentioned it.
I just answered this thread to inform those who run this site that there is a problem, so no, I will not be visiting CNN.
Not you specifically. It is indeed possible that some people have issues with the Internet, and FR is just one of all of theirs.
That is clearly not the case for the majority of people, and my consistent experience lends weight to that.
Two Hughs and a Series where seen heading in that direction. :)
There's an even older rule about what not to do with your sister.
I know you didn’t name me specifically but two other FReepers named specific problems with the internet in general which has me curious as to what that’s about. I don’t know why information like that should be discounted.
If there are problems with the general infrastructure of the internet I would think that could have an influence on FR servers and compound any internal flaws in them.
When someone says that “14 of 37 routers for North America are off line” and another, who appears to be in Britain, says “The problem appears to be the link between Colorado and LA.
My pings are crossing the CONUS 4 times before they reach HQ” it makes me wonder.
slow
no, to do that, you would have to turn off “drunken a$$hat”.
Needless to say, I wasn’t specifically irritated with you, but with people who say posters with complaints like this are whiners and should go somewhere else. I support Free Republic with a monthly amount, so I don’t feel that is an appropriate response:
In my line of work,I have to diagnose issues exactly like this all the time with a group of very demanding customers, and there is often a critical need to ensure the systems are functioning normally since a delay can result in injury or death under the wrong circumstances, so I am used to looking for patterns like this, figuring out what is going on, and getting them fixed. It can be extremely stressful. Here is how I approach these kinds of issues, if you are interested:
BEHAVIOR
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25-50% of the time in a given session, the page loads correctly with an acceptable to no delay. However, anywhere between 50-75% of the time, loading a web page of posts from Free Republic (FR) hangs with the load bar at less than a quarter loaded, always stops in the same place. It may partially load the web page or not at all. With the passage of time, more content may load, and if one waits long enough (up to two minutes) the entire web page may eventually load. On some occasions the web page never loads. Once the progress bar stops moving, I can click the “X” in the URL field to stop the load. I can then click the refresh button, and the page then loads with little or no delay, but some percentage of the time, this does not work either.
TROUBLESHOOTING
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1.) FR is hanging on load into browser while running IE on Windows. Are other sites on the Internet doing it? No. Try FR again. Still hangs on load. Try other sites on the Internet. Okay, still good.
2.) Try different browser, such as Chrome under Windows. FR still exhibits hang. Clear Internet cache, reboot computer. FR still hangs on initial load into web page.
3.) Try different OS, MacOS under Safari on same network: FR still exhibits hang. Clear Internet cache, reboot computer. FR still hangs on initial load into web page.
4.) Try different OS, MacOS under Safari on MacOS cellular network (not wireless in work or wired in work, bypassing both) launch cellular modem, connect to Internet...FR still hangs on initial load into web page, others work fine.
5.) Try different OS, iOS, on iPad, connected to work network, work wireless, cellular bypassing both, FR still exhibits issue, other websites load fine.
6.) Try Windows, MacOS, IOS using Safari, IE, and Chrome from home ISP. FR still exhibits hang on load, other websites do not. Clear cache, reboot computer, refresh IP address, no change.
From this, I reach the following conclusions:
1.) The issue is restricted to Free Republic.
2.) It is not related to several Windows computers I have tried it on, two separate Macs, two iOS devices, an iPhone and an iPad. So hardware, network, and software have been ruled out. I judge the likely causes below, most likely IMO first, followed by decreasing likelihood:
3.) Given how I have seen these types of issues in the past dealing with web servers, there is likely a malfunctioning web server getting requests sent to it from a load balancer (or balancers) that level the load to a pool of web servers. One of those web servers in the pool is possibly malfunctioning.
4.) It is possible the load balancer (or balancers) could be malfunctioning in some way.
5.) There could be a SQL issue or other database issue.
6.) There is a possibility that some part of the Internet is malfunctioning as some Freepers have pointed out, and the to me in the Northeast, the pathway to FR is problematic in some way. I rate this as extremely low, but don’t know enough about that to rule it out...I view this as least likely given the behavior I see in the browser.
I don’t discount that info about the issues on the Internet, by the way, I simply place it further down (way down) the list because every single website I visit except FR does not display the behavior. I have checked 20-30 different websites, and if the issue was a systemic one, I would fully expect at least a few of those other websites I visit would exhibit poor performance, none do.
I'm not. That is an entirely different subject than I was addressing.
Yes FR is very slow as it has been since its major crash. Pages only partially load or not at all, I usually give up first.
FR was in the lowest 1/4 of sites for load speed earlier today...now sped up to top 30%:
https://tools.pingdom.com/#!/yFfVC/http://www.freerepublic.com
Use the San Jose, CA server as that eliminates 95% of the “Internet” (routers, etc.) because the FR server is also in the San Jose area.
Okay, then. Good on you. Hope your issues resolve themselves.
Three words: Series. Logged. In?
Yes.
I’ll check back to see any helpful responses. Right now, time for a shower.
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