Erratic & slow forum SW performance

[QMuse]

I guess it would help narrowing stuff down. Creating a new user seems good suggestion to try narrowing down any corruption related to your user.. maybe try private browsing in addition to be sure.

It behaves the same in Chrome incognito window.

No..., Not strictly accurate lol

LOL

This strange behavior started few months ago. In that time I haven't created a new user.

 

[Blumlein 88]

I use Chrome, Firefox, and Brave on phone, laptop using both Windows and Linux, Linux desktop and Macbook pro. No problems here or a couple other places I've used them.

Ever try using a VPN?

 

[Martin]

A problem affecting a single user is not a server side issue. You need to find out what is wrong in your configuration.

I have tried accessing the site, including hitting the reply button, on my home PC using Chrome, Edge and Firefox, from my IOS device using Safari, and from my work PC through a corporate firewall and proxy server also using Chrome, IE and Firefox. Works perfectly everywhere.

Are you sure you do not have some sort of malware that is inserting odd redirects?

Martin

 

[amirm]

I am sorry you are having problems. Smells like networking/firewall issue. Any chance of trying with the same hardware but using different network? Does it for example happen on your phone while using 4G rather than Wifi?

 

[QMuse]

I am sorry you are having problems. Smells like networking/firewall issue. Any chance of trying with the same hardware but using different network? Does it for example happen on your phone while using 4G rather than Wifi?

Thank you for taking your time trying to help with this issue. I tried using the same HW with different network and also using different HW with different network, so now I'm speculating my user data on the server somehow got corrupted. For that reason I tried to create a new user to test this. So far it works fine but I can't test it to full extent as it is waiting for post approval. User is "Olly" so maybe if you can approve post rights for it so I can test if that one would work well..

P.S. Everything works fine when I'm not logged in so I don't think it is a FW/networking issue as logging in wouldn't make much difference to the systems dealing with lower OSI layers.

 

[QMuse]

I use Chrome, Firefox, and Brave on phone, laptop using both Windows and Linux, Linux desktop and Macbook pro. No problems here or a couple other places I've used them.

Ever try using a VPN?

A problem affecting a single user is not a server side issue. You need to find out what is wrong in your configuration.

I have tried accessing the site, including hitting the reply button, on my home PC using Chrome, Edge and Firefox, from my IOS device using Safari, and from my work PC through a corporate firewall and proxy server also using Chrome, IE and Firefox. Works perfectly everywhere.

Are you sure you do not have some sort of malware that is inserting odd redirects?

Martin

No, I don't use VPN to access Internet, and I'm also reasonably sure that my PC doesn't have any malware. As I said in my reply to @amirm, I'm quite sure my user data got corrupted on server as it works fine when I'm not logged in so lower OSI layers are excluded from this case.

I think the only way to confirm this theory is to try with another user so I'm waiting for this new user I created to be granted post credentials from the admin to test this.

 

[Deleted member 65]

No, I don't use VPN to access Internet, and I'm also reasonably sure that my PC doesn't have any malware. As I said in my reply to @amirm, I'm quite sure my user data got corrupted on server as it works fine when I'm not logged in so lower OSI layers are excluded from this case.

I think the only way to confirm this theory is to try with another user so I'm waiting for this new user I created to be granted post credentials from the admin to test this.

Reinstall your PC.

 

[QMuse]

Reinstall your PC.

As I already stated - I tried logging from another PC connected to another network and it showed the same problem, so I take it you're joking. How about you reinstall your PC, maybe that would help?

 

[Deleted member 65]

As I already stated - I tried logging from another PC connected to another network and it showed the same problem, so I take it you're joking. How about you reinstall your PC, maybe that would help?

When you say ”another network” I assume network path is different from start to end, i.e PC/access point/switch/router/ISP is ”another network”. If so, then your problem is indeed beyond the ISP.

 

[QMuse]

When you say ”another network” I assume network path is different from start to end, i.e PC/access point/switch/router/ISP is ”another network”.

That is correct.

If so, then your problem is indeed beyond the ISP.

Not only that, but as I tried with another PC connected to another network it is also beyond my original PC.

 

[Dialectic]

Zero problems on my 15-year-old POS Dell 32-bit laptop (aka the "Craptop") running Firefox under Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS.

 

[Deleted member 65]

That is correct.



Not only that, but as I tried with another PC connected to another network it is also beyond my original PC.

Right, can you outline your different networks in as much detail as you can. Any recent change in router firmware?
Just out of curiosity, which different ISP’s you’re using? Any of them are 4/5G networks? If so logging in from an iPad/iPhone/Android device yields the same result?

 

[QMuse]

Right, can you outline your different networks in as much detail as you can. Any recent change in router firmware?
Just out of curiosity, which different ISP’s you’re using? Any of them are 4/5G networks? If so logging in from an iPad/iPhone/Android device yields the same result?

Scenario 1: PC1 --> over Wifi to router --> Eth to optic converter --> ISP1

Scenario 2: PC2 --> over Wifi to Android phone acting as a router --> 4G mobile data network --> ISP2

Lars, I was working as an IP Network Manager with Telco/ISP provider so trust me when I say this is not about network. I was also IT Manager with a few large companies so I'm pretty sure it's not about my original PC as well.

 

[Soniclife]

I was also IT Manager

Ahh, now it becomes clear, you have pissed off the BOFH or the PFY.

(https://www.theregister.com/data_centre/bofh/ for those that have no idea what I'm on about)

 

[Deleted member 65]

Scenario 1: PC1 --> over Wifi to router --> Eth to optic converter --> ISP1

Scenario 2: PC2 --> over Wifi to Android phone acting as a router --> 4G mobile data network --> ISP2

Lars, I was working as an IP Network Manager with Telco/ISP provider so trust me when I say this is not about network. I was also IT Manager with a few large companies so I'm pretty sure it's not about my original PC as well.

Good, seems you’ve done your homework ... ;-)
Won’t go into my boring IT credentials ...

 

[QMuse]

Ahh, now it becomes clear, you have pissed off the BOFH or the PFY.

(https://www.theregister.com/data_centre/bofh/ for those that have no idea what I'm on about)

That seems to be the only explanation left. Btw, test user got rejected so obviously I pissed forum authorities as well.

 

[QMuse]

Won’t go into my boring IT credentials ...

No need, I can see you're competent..

 

[Sal1950]

I've not seen that.

Neither have I. Running Linux and Firefox here.
@QMuse , have your gear tested for Covid 19

 

[Thomas savage]

I think I know what's happened, @QMuse has quoted Floyd Toole's book so many times he's accidentally published the whole thing online and the ASR server copyright filter has identified this and is punishing him .

 

[QMuse]

I think I know what's happened, @QMuse has quoted Floyd Toole's book so many times he's accidentally published the whole thing online and the ASR server copyright filter has identified this and is punishing him .

LOL

I would normally object vigorously to such false accusations, but..