|
Transparent cache absolutely dismal
I'm on the Renfrew UBR and the transparent cache is absolutely dismal. Changed over to Edinburgh, on port 8080 and it's flying. In fact, I think anything that doesn't use port 80 and goes through the transparent cache would be flying. It's been like this for the last few days in particular. Any ideas what's going on?
Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 1: General Ping Results A Ping test is the time taken for a server to reply to a request ntl:World Server: 21ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 1 (www.demon.net): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled UK Server 2 (www.bbc.co.uk): 23ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 3 (www.ic24.net): 33ms - Normal - it's about right! USA East Coast Server (www.yahoo.com): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled USA West Coast Server (www.lycos.com): 96ms - Fast - very fast response European Server (www.marcopoly.com): 24ms - Excellent - better than expected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Custom Server Ping Results These results are to four user-definable servers. Blueyonder Counter-Strike 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled Blueyonder Team-Fortress Leage 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled BarrysWorld Master Server (all games): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled Barrysworld Quake III Arena: 22ms - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 114KB/s (912Kb/s) - Average, though much higher should be achieved Download through Transparent Cache: 14KB/s (112Kb/s) - Dismal - this is extremely poor Download through alternative Cache (webcache.blueyonder.co.uk): 0KB/s (0Kb/s) - **** SERVER ERROR: Unexpected error from Server**** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 4: Packet Loss 50 Ping Requests are sent to your server. The packet loss is measured by how many of the packets don't bounce back to the client. High packet loss may slow down your connection. 50 packets were sent, 50 bounced back; 0% loss (estimated) Fantastic - no packets dropped! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 5: Transparent Cache Page Fetch Time This test times how long your Transparent Cache takes to fetch a page from the Internet. Please note that this test is subject to many different parameters and sometimes may not be 100% accurate. This test can be used to show delays when trying to view Internet sites. The timing takes place from the moment the request for the file is sent to the moment the proxy server responds. Average time taken to retrieve a page: 40ms - Fine, nothing to worry about Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 01/01/2004 22:34:02 Test duration: 145 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Sadly, transparent caches are the worst thing ever invented and NTL's are particularly prone to slowing down.
The only answer is what you have done (switch to another) and every now and then switch back ans see if they have fixed your local one. |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
:welcome:
I hope that was the bad report, proxy performance is still a bit iffy, disregard the blueyonder results, they recently blocked such stuff.:) Gaz |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
My own proxy using port 8080 ( hence avoiding the transparent cache ) is fine. I've pasted the relevant section from the speed test below; Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 117KB/s (936Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! Download through Transparent Cache: 37KB/s (296Kb/s) - Poor - this is too low Download through alternative Cache (inktomi1-ren.server.ntl.com): 105KB/s (840Kb/s) - Average, though much higher should be achieved * It appears that the alternative cache is working better than the ntl:World - 1Mb service cache. To improve Web Browsing, set the Proxy Server in your Web Browser to inktomi1-ren.server.ntl.com on port 8080* Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Surely NTL can do better than this with the transparent cache or take them offline? |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Do Telewest still force transparent caching on their broadband subscribers?
I've heard rumours that they have removed it - is this true??! :eek: |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
It was the bad report. I've now changed the blueyonder cache to my own local cache but on port 8080. What a difference! |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
It's pants you should have to mess about like that to get your connection working as it should, but at least you have the knowledge - I just feel sorry for the people who havn't, or aren't members of forums like this so they can aquire it. Gaz |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 1: General Ping Results A Ping test is the time taken for a server to reply to a request ntl:World Server: 21ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 1 (www.demon.net): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled UK Server 2 (www.bbc.co.uk): 24ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 3 (www.ic24.net): 24ms - Normal - it's about right! USA East Coast Server (www.yahoo.com): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled USA West Coast Server (www.lycos.com): 101ms - Fast - very fast response European Server (www.marcopoly.com): 24ms - Excellent - better than expected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Custom Server Ping Results These results are to four user-definable servers. Blueyonder Counter-Strike 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracing route to 194.159.254.213 over a maximum of 20 hops 1 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms 10.147.23.254 2 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 80.4.64.65 3 7 ms 8 ms 7 ms 62.254.191.65 4 8 ms 7 ms 10 ms 62.253.184.81 5 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms 62.253.185.162 6 14 ms 15 ms 20 ms 62.253.187.185 7 19 ms 19 ms 20 ms 62.253.185.238 8 66 ms 61 ms 63 ms 62.253.185.82 9 * * * Request timed out. 10 * * * Request timed out. 11 * * * Request timed out. 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * * Request timed out. 15 * * * Request timed out. 16 * * * Request timed out. 17 * * * Request timed out. 18 * * * Request timed out. 19 * * * Request timed out. 20 * * * Request timed out. Trace complete. Blueyonder Team-Fortress Leage 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled BarrysWorld Master Server (all games): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled Barrysworld Quake III Arena: 21ms - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 114KB/s (912Kb/s) - Average, though much higher should be achieved Download through Transparent Cache: 6KB/s (48Kb/s) - Dismal - this is extremely poor Download through alternative Cache (cache1-glfd.server.ntli.net): 119KB/s (952Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! * It appears that the alternative cache is working better than the ntl:World - 1Mb service cache. To improve Web Browsing, set the Proxy Server in your Web Browser to cache1-glfd.server.ntli.net on port 8080* Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 02/01/2004 20:26:39 Test duration: 297 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk As you can see I've changed to alternative cache to be Guildford. My own local cache at Renfrew on port 8080 was equally as bad. I'm sorry NTL but this is just not good enough. |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
However even the Renfrew inktomi on another port has given up now. I've switched to Guildford. Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 118KB/s (944Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! Download through Transparent Cache: 5KB/s (40Kb/s) - Dismal - this is extremely poor Download through alternative Cache (inktomi1-ren.server.ntl.com): 0KB/s (0Kb/s) - **** SERVER ERROR: The attempt to connect timed out**** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 02/01/2004 21:41:25 Test duration: 291 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Somehow I think Renfrew has a problem!! |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
Inktomi 2 is wonderful - about 1092kb/s 4 and 5 will have to wait as I'm too tired to wait another half hour or so! |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Try http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp and post back the results.
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
does using a diff dns server disable the proxy?
I use a diff dns server as NTL's is unusable and I am actually not going through any transperent proxies, am I just in a good area? or is the dns bypassing it? |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
I had this problem too and switched to the guildford one. i'm also in glasgow which is the renfrew UBR thing i think.
It was utterly ridiculous earlier |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 119KB/s (952Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! Download through Transparent Cache: 98KB/s (784Kb/s) - Average, though much higher should be achieved Download through alternative Cache (inktomi4-ren.server.ntl.com): 118KB/s (944Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! * It appears that the alternative cache is working better than the ntl:World - 1Mb service cache. To improve Web Browsing, set the Proxy Server in your Web Browser to inktomi4-ren.server.ntl.com on port 8080* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 03/01/2004 09:04:17 Test duration: 61 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 120KB/s (960Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! Download through Transparent Cache: 113KB/s (904Kb/s) - Average, though much higher should be achieved Download through alternative Cache (inktomi5-ren.server.ntl.com): 128KB/s (1024Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! * It appears that the alternative cache is working better than the ntl:World - 1Mb service cache. To improve Web Browsing, set the Proxy Server in your Web Browser to inktomi5-ren.server.ntl.com on port 8080* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 03/01/2004 09:08:29 Test duration: 61 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk So at the moment inktomi 4 and 5 are fine. Inktomi 2 and 5 have been the best but we shall see if peak time makes a difference again. |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
Most people don't in fact have DNS problems at all: they have web proxy problems. If you get a browser screen back saying, in large font, "DNS Error" or something like that, this is a web proxy problem, not a DNS problem. Changing your DNS settings will make no difference to this. |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
12.15pm and back to its dismal self - seems to be intomi 3 that's the problem.
Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 120KB/s (960Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! Download through Transparent Cache: 5KB/s (40Kb/s) - Dismal - this is extremely poor Download through alternative Cache (inktomi3-ren.server.ntl.com): 7KB/s (56Kb/s) - Dismal - this is extremely poor * It appears that the alternative cache is working better than the ntl:World - 1Mb service cache. To improve Web Browsing, set the Proxy Server in your Web Browser to inktomi3-ren.server.ntl.com on port 8080* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 03/01/2004 12:23:27 Test duration: 566 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Seems to be a load problem. Not bad at 9am, dismal by 12.15pm. |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
with me my connection just died completely. not sure why. god rid of the guildford proxy and it works fine just now. not sure what happened
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
Just done another speed test and all is wonderful with the Renfrew transparent cache - perhaps it's been fixed? Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 1Mb service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 1: General Ping Results A Ping test is the time taken for a server to reply to a request ntl:World Server: 22ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 1 (www.demon.net): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled UK Server 2 (www.bbc.co.uk): 25ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 3 (www.ic24.net): 23ms - Normal - it's about right! USA East Coast Server (www.yahoo.com): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled USA West Coast Server (www.lycos.com): 106ms - Fast - very fast response European Server (www.marcopoly.com): 24ms - Excellent - better than expected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Custom Server Ping Results These results are to four user-definable servers. Blueyonder Counter-Strike 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled Blueyonder Team-Fortress Leage 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled BarrysWorld Master Server (all games): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracert was cancelled Barrysworld Quake III Arena: 21ms - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 1Mb service Server Download: 110KB/s (880Kb/s) - Average, though much higher should be achieved Download through Transparent Cache: 116KB/s (928Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! Download through alternative Cache (inktomi3-ren.server.ntl.com): 120KB/s (960Kb/s) - Perfect - running at full speed! * It appears that the alternative cache is working better than the ntl:World - 1Mb service cache. To improve Web Browsing, set the Proxy Server in your Web Browser to inktomi3-ren.server.ntl.com on port 8080* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 4: Packet Loss 50 Ping Requests are sent to your server. The packet loss is measured by how many of the packets don't bounce back to the client. High packet loss may slow down your connection. 50 packets were sent, 50 bounced back; 0% loss (estimated) Fantastic - no packets dropped! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 5: Transparent Cache Page Fetch Time This test times how long your Transparent Cache takes to fetch a page from the Internet. Please note that this test is subject to many different parameters and sometimes may not be 100% accurate. This test can be used to show delays when trying to view Internet sites. The timing takes place from the moment the request for the file is sent to the moment the proxy server responds. Average time taken to retrieve a page: 60ms - Fine, nothing to worry about ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 03/01/2004 17:14:44 Test duration: 64 secondsIP address: Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
easy way to tell if its dns server issue is opening a command prompt and do nslookup commands, also its obvious when all net applications fail to do dns lookups properly. This is what happens when i use ntl's dns servers, there was a massive thread on this on .com and any new person entering the forums would have noticed there was a defenite dns issue but with the site down ntl have hidden the problem.
here is test result, demon dns servers ntl 600kbit and no transparent proxy. check section 5 Speed Test Report Broadband Speed Test - for ntl:World - 512k service By Daniel Elwell - dannyelwell2001@msn.com Get this test from http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk *** THIS TEST IS NOT OWNED OR PAID FOR BY BLUEYONDER *** If you like this Speed Test, please make a donation to help me meet the development costs. No ISPs pay me to maintain this test. More information: http://www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/donate.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These results are only a snapshot of this particular moment. They are dependant on any other Internet use on this computer and any delays on the Internet. To improve accuracy, run the test several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 1: General Ping Results A Ping test is the time taken for a server to reply to a request ntl:World Server: 22ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 1 (www.demon.net): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracing route to 194.159.254.213 over a maximum of 20 hops 1 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.146.151.254 2 19 ms 10 ms 9 ms 80.7.30.145 3 11 ms 8 ms 17 ms 80.1.79.197 4 13 ms 45 ms 9 ms 62.253.188.37 5 14 ms 10 ms 17 ms 62.253.185.117 6 13 ms 23 ms 15 ms 62.253.185.98 7 16 ms 16 ms 15 ms 62.253.185.74 8 * * * Request timed out. 9 * * * Request timed out. 10 * * * Request timed out. 11 * * * Request timed out. 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * * Request timed out. 15 * * * Request timed out. 16 * * * Request timed out. 17 * * * Request timed out. 18 * * * Request timed out. 19 * * * Request timed out. 20 * * * Request timed out. Trace complete. UK Server 2 (www.bbc.co.uk): 21ms - Normal - it's about right! UK Server 3 (www.ic24.net): 27ms - Normal - it's about right! USA East Coast Server (www.yahoo.com): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracing route to 64.58.76.176 over a maximum of 20 hops 1 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.146.151.254 2 14 ms 9 ms 11 ms 80.7.30.145 3 12 ms 9 ms 9 ms 80.1.79.197 4 11 ms 52 ms 14 ms 62.253.185.37 5 11 ms 15 ms 16 ms 62.253.185.102 6 14 ms 11 ms 20 ms 62.253.187.186 7 16 ms 32 ms 17 ms 62.253.185.193 8 14 ms 15 ms 13 ms 208.175.252.89 9 19 ms 23 ms 19 ms 166.63.209.201 10 100 ms 100 ms 102 ms 206.24.226.99 11 * 206.24.238.38 reports: Destination host unreachable. Trace complete. USA West Coast Server (www.lycos.com): 101ms - Fast - very fast response European Server (www.marcopoly.com): 35ms - Better than average - very quick response ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Custom Server Ping Results These results are to four user-definable servers. Blueyonder Counter-Strike 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracing route to 194.117.138.249 over a maximum of 20 hops 1 7 ms 15 ms 30 ms 10.146.151.254 2 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms 80.7.30.17 3 14 ms 9 ms 8 ms 80.1.79.69 4 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms 62.253.185.33 5 19 ms 15 ms 17 ms 62.253.185.238 6 65 ms 59 ms 62 ms 62.253.185.82 7 194.117.147.69 reports: Destination host unreachable. Trace complete. Blueyonder Team-Fortress Leage 1: 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracing route to 194.117.138.225 over a maximum of 20 hops 1 10 ms 8 ms 8 ms 10.146.151.254 2 7 ms 17 ms 8 ms 80.7.30.17 3 63 ms 10 ms 8 ms 80.1.79.69 4 28 ms 14 ms 10 ms 62.253.188.33 5 16 ms 24 ms 14 ms 62.253.185.238 6 70 ms * * 62.253.185.82 7 194.117.147.69 reports: Destination host unreachable. Trace complete. BarrysWorld Master Server (all games): 0ms - *** PING timed out *** Tracert to specified location: Tracing route to 213.221.174.165 over a maximum of 20 hops 1 12 ms 7 ms 10 ms 10.146.151.254 2 10 ms 8 ms 7 ms 80.7.30.17 3 8 ms 15 ms 14 ms 80.1.79.69 4 14 ms 11 ms 10 ms 62.253.185.33 5 20 ms 17 ms 51 ms 62.253.185.238 6 55 ms 118 ms 60 ms 62.253.185.82 7 43 ms 14 ms 17 ms 195.66.224.162 8 18 ms 20 ms 14 ms 213.221.179.115 9 * * * Request timed out. 10 * * * Request timed out. 11 * * * Request timed out. 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * * Request timed out. 15 * * * Request timed out. 16 * * * Request timed out. 17 * * * Request timed out. 18 * * * Request timed out. 19 * * * Request timed out. 20 * * * Request timed out. Trace complete. Barrysworld Quake III Arena: 16ms - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Download Speed Results Three downloads are tested; one from one of your ISPs servers, one through your Transparent Cache and one through an alterntive cache. This will give you an idea of how capable your connection is. Note: You should take the highest download speed into account. ntl:World - 512k service Server Download: 70KB/s (560Kb/s) - Superb - much higher than expected Download through Transparent Cache: 70KB/s (560Kb/s) - Superb - much higher than expected Download through alternative Cache (webcache.bt.net): 0KB/s (0Kb/s) - **** SERVER ERROR: Unexpected error from Server**** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 4: Packet Loss 50 Ping Requests are sent to your server. The packet loss is measured by how many of the packets don't bounce back to the client. High packet loss may slow down your connection. 50 packets were sent, 50 bounced back; 0% loss (estimated) Fantastic - no packets dropped! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 5: Transparent Cache Page Fetch Time This test times how long your Transparent Cache takes to fetch a page from the Internet. Please note that this test is subject to many different parameters and sometimes may not be 100% accurate. This test can be used to show delays when trying to view Internet sites. The timing takes place from the moment the request for the file is sent to the moment the proxy server responds. Average time taken to retrieve a page: 0ms - At least one of the pages requested failed to download. This may indicate problems with your Webcache. Run the test again to confirm this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test Statistics: Information on the test Time and Date: 03/01/2004 19:44:44 Test duration: 175 secondsIP address: [Not Disclosed] Username: [Not disclosed] Test Version: 2.81 Broadband Speed Test - www.vantage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
lack of knowledge not everyone is technical, trying to load a webpage and getting a cannot load page message the average person would assume it is problem with the webpage.
|
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
Quote:
edit: I am just curious as I see a lot of ppl on this board with "dns" issues yet have not experinced this myself except the outage that was supposed to be due to the blaster/welchia issues |
Re: Transparent cache absolutely dismal
while what you say is correct, NTL do have a problem with their dns servers, pinging ip addresses will work obviously, pinging domains ???.
There was obviously an issue considering the amount of faults reported on the old site, and I know enough about computers to know what caused the issue I had, lookups were failing so I replaced the default dns servers with another isp's the problem dissapeared so you make your own conclusion, it also fixed numerous of my friend's connections as well and they are all ntl customer's. Like I said before its not that hard to hide it because it is a on/off thing, it will fail to propogate a domain then 4 hours later it may work so the average user who wouldn't be a tech wiz would never guess its a fault with the isp. |
| All times are GMT. The time now is 20:12. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
All Posts and Content are © Cable Forum