CA3LE

Thank you too!

Returned to normal operation about an hour ago and has been stable since.

Vultr has been experiencing issues today 2/5 of the UK servers are back online. I'll update this thread when it's back to 100%. DE servers had a misconfiguration which has been corrected. Thank you for the heads up.

On my end it looks like your IP address changes. Best thing to do in this case is make sure you're logged in while you're testing. This way your result is also stored in the database under your username. You also want to retain TestMy.net's cookies as they're necessary to retain your login and other settings. If you know what your previous IP address is we can search for your previous results. If you'd like to ensure that it's logging properly after your first run go to https://testmy.net/myresults and you should see the result saved under your username. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Are you still around? Haven't seen you online here since Sunday.

Still working on this, will update in a few days.

I have a new program I'd like to start beta testing very soon. I've been running it myself nonstop for well over a year now. It's reliably been keeping track of my home connection's uptime / downtime. It's also helped me make TMN's services more reliable and redundant in the process because the server-side needs to be highly available for the program to make sense. Can't be sending false alarms because of server-side hiccups. I really just want to open it up to people in its current state, there are minor bugs I need to address but none of them have to do with the functionality, usefulness or stability of the program. More aesthetics. I feel like it's a new concept so it will need to find it's design along the way as I get feedback. The core functionality is pretty sweet already. I'm just unsure if people will get what it's all about at first glance. In your case, it does exactly what you're looking for. It passively monitors your connection every second then notifies you when your connection goes down and when it's back online. It has an interesting, unique and reliable method of operation. Designed specifically to be able to run indefinitely on unstable connections and always recover itself back into a ready state, using minimal resources. Give me a few days to button this new program up, I'll send you a message and update this thread.

You could setup a virtualized environment. Using VirtualBox or Parallels install a virtual machine and during creation tell it to use the network adapter for the connection you'd like to test. Using a free Windows 10 ISO or Ubuntu ISO. (I see you're using Windows) You could also try ForceBindIP or something similar that would give you control over the network interface or IP address for specific applications. Then set it up so that your test browser (the one running TestMy.net) is using the IP or interface you'd like to test. If you need your main browser to be on your other network I'd suggest installing FireFox on the side and dedicate it to the purpose of testing in the background. If you use this method please let me know how this works out for you, I haven't tried it. I did take the time to scan the downloadable exe using various online virus scanning tools like Kapersky (here's the hash) all came back clean.

You should want to keep your old results to compare against. Some of the averaging tools here like My Average work best with a history. (e.g. CA3LE's My Average) You can narrow your My Results search to a certain date to get the same effect as deleting results. If you'd really like to delete your old results you can also do this under My Results. In the results details under the graph, check the boxes next to the results you'd like to delete then hit the trashcan at the top of the table. You can toggle all with the checkbox next to the trashcan. If you have a huge number of results, alter the results/page setting to display more results per page to make the process quicker. Originally when I started database logging there was no client-side delete functionality. The reason it was added was to delete possible erroneous results. Wasn't ever intended on being used to totally reset results --but it can be. side note: In an upcoming release you'll have the ability to reset all of your logs without actually deleting anything.

Thank you for pointing this out, it was a timestamp issue. This was only affecting the displayed time not the test sequence time. I've corrected this and it's correctly displaying now.

Thank you for speaking up, your feedback helps a lot. Dallas is the default for in case of complete fail over but the number of test servers at the other world locations prevents most locations from going completely down. And as you noticed, if your locale is unhealthy you'll fail over to Dallas while your selected location is offline and return to what you selected after it passes health check. Behind the scenes the system for server health is all automated. Servers are taken offline and brought back online automatically depending on availability and load. I love the idea of giving more of a status on the mirrors page to give you an idea why a server might not be available. I'll work on that.

It was down for maintenance and is back online now. The server list is at https://testmy.net/mirror. Most locations have multiple servers to fall back on but Toronto has much lower traffic so it currently only has one. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Are you running a combined test? I just ran some tests against the NY servers and didn't see any problems. I can see a bunch of upload results under your history. https://testmy.net/quickstats/roger

It will affect your average but very little given the number of results you have. If you delete it then it won't be averaged. I can delete it for you if you'd like but I thought you might want to try it yourself.

I'm not sure either because I haven't been able to ever get it to do that. My guess is something on the provider end is messing with TestMy.net's output. It may be trying to accelerate previously loaded content. I do a lot on my end to try to bust host caching and clear your cache programatically. But you may get an occasional outlier. Seems to really only affect the multithread download test. You can delete that outlying result by checking the box next to that result and click the trash can at the top of the result details table. When I'm not programming or building server infrastructure on the backend I often scan the results for outliers. After so many years of doing this and adjusting the program they're pretty few and far between but I would like to develop a solution for any remaining. When I've rotated back into programming mode I'll make sure to make the necessary adjustments to prevent this. I think before the result is logged your average will be taken into account, it's already being queried at that stage. If the result is much higher than your average and the result is over 1 Gbps a re-test occurs with further cache busting measures. After re-test, if the second result is within a range of the first result it will allow logging. And if not, the test will die with an error so we don't create a loop. When I find these in the results I usually see the client re-test soon after, the re-test always returns to the median. It would really help if I could reliably make the issue happen but it's an intermittent issue I've never personally seen. Unless I witness it I can only try to fix it blind. But I think we have a roundabout solution, just need to program it in there. Thank you for the constructive feedback, it's always very helpful. You are building TestMy.net.

Definitely need to work on SEO. Best thing people can do is spread the word. And you're right, to the casual user -- they have no idea what makes TMN unique. Unfortunately the majority just follows where the rest of the crowd goes. A vicious cycle, feeding into itself. -- implications far deeper than just speed tests. lol One of these days I hope to get my message across better, where more people want to engage. Until then, all I can do is keep developing. At the end of the day, I'm happy just serving those who already understand the difference. Forums everywhere in general, died. The Internet changes and you have to change with it. I may eventually push the forums off into an archive in favor of a more modern method of communication.

I'm lurkin' too. Reconfiguring my server cluster for high availability. Some pretty killer backend upgrades. Pretty sweet, all coming together nicely. You may be able to notice when the site has migrated to the new setup. Some really heavy database queries in testing are returning at least twice as fast as they currently do. In the latest configuration I'm running directly off 100% Optane memory. I swear, it's alien technology. It's not about how fast it is, there's faster (on paper, if only scratching the surface -- totally different story in the real-world) -- but it's at what queue depth that matters. And there are NAND drives out there that perform amazing. But what none of them have compared to Optane... Optane can write directly to memory without the need for DRAM cache, it's THAT fast Optane doesn't need to first erase the cell before writing Optane has nearly unlimited write endurance Optane loses no performance as the drive fills up Optane does not require trim (goes on and on really) -- it's in between RAM and NAND For my workload it feels the same as going from HDD to solid state. Or from solid state to raid-10 solid state. It's that big of a difference, mind blowing really. Over just a few days of testing I thrashed it with about 60 TB of data and it never broke a sweat -- literally, the drive didn't fluctuate in temp. SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02) Critical Warning: 0x00 Temperature: 40 Celsius Available Spare: 100% Available Spare Threshold: 0% Percentage Used: 0% Data Units Read: 48,816,551 [24.9 TB] Data Units Written: 105,693,840 [54.1 TB] Host Read Commands: 937,508,694 Host Write Commands: 1,177,333,140 It just sits there at 40°C like, "Is that really all you've got? Do you realize who I am? HIT ME! I DARE YOU! This is my idle temp FOO!" -- in other words, it's bad ass. It's a different kind of memory entirely. Old but relevant video describing 3D XPoint (cross point)

IKR I already have a new upload test to beta test. I have to build that proof of concept into the existing site and had some prerequisites that needed to be taken care of first. It should slide in nicely now. Definitely on the list. About to start another round of programming. You'll have an option to toggle beta and try out a few new things I've been developing (for years now) after this next round.

Hi Roger! Glad to see you still around after all these years. You're one of TMN's original members. Your title reflects this now. You definitely have something preventing uploads from transferring correctly. When you tried to upload your screenshot to this forum it was an extra confirmation of the problem. First things I'd do to track down the issue: Try testing on the same computer but in a different browser Test on a different computer on the same network If the test completes in a different browser on the same computer then you can be sure that the browser itself is at fault. disabling extensions / add-ons systematically (with testing between) can help track down which extension is at fault. If you find one that is definitely the culprit please let me know so I can make note of it. As a last resort resetting the browser to default may help. If you have similar results in a different browser on the same computer then try a different computer on the same network. If you still see the issue something beyond your machines is at fault. If the other computer runs normally then you know for a fact that the issue is isolated to the one machine. You can use your phone for comparison testing. After you've done this please let us know what you find.

Some wording across the site could use some updating. I run every aspect of TMN alone. I rotate through different tasks and have to shift mindset to do each. I should be getting to the text site-wide after my next programming phase which I'm just about to start. Not sure. I tend to focus on what I'm building here. I'm far from finished. Yeah, it definitely isn't free for me to run TestMy.net. I currently fund myself with ads. You can also donate. I may be exploring other options in future releases. Sure, of course... I believe anything is possible. One method I might try to get immediate results would be to find an app for mapping cell towers. Maybe there's one out there that logs each occurrence when you switch towers. Then run TMN normally as you would and combine the data to provide the picture you're after. If you can detect the information (like which cell tower you're using) then you can log it. I'm working to create APIs that developers can use to extend the functionality of TMN through their own applications. One of them may be to enable tagging where you could send a simple command to TMN to log additional parameters. You could then query your results using those tagged parameters to do all sorts of useful things. Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one that notices that. I don't blame people, other sites often paint a very different picture than mine. No other site works like TestMy.net and I'm very proud of that. Discrepancies between TMN and other test results always have a logical explanation. TMN, is correct. Sometimes people listen, identify and fix their issue, get back up to speed and thank me. People usually only like the truth when it favors them. I could be like my competition, there are a lot of things I can do to make results more favorable without necessarily lying to you. People might like their results more and my site may get shared (ISPs especially would share TMN more) more but I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing that it's BS. TestMy.net is far from perfect, but it's the only speed test I know of that has been 100% developed by a consumer, with no special interests. I have no bias. Score high, score low -- what matters to me is that the result reflects your real-world experience so you can improve. You're very welcome. I hope you stick around. Sorry it took me time to respond, you hit me up as I was driving cross country. I like to sit at my proper console to respond to messages like yours.

Wanted to quickly say thank you. I appreciate your appreciation. ? When I get to my computer I'll take time to properly respond.

I'll keep investigating this further but I can't reproduce on my end on initial tests. I had FF 85 on this laptop, updated to 90.0.2 -- both versions had similar results. No stalling at all. Witnessing stalling like yours is indicating an issue. If it's happening only happening in firefox then you've proven your connection is not the issue. If other people using the same browser as you don't display the same issue then it must be localized. Do you have any browser plugins, extensions or add-ons that might be causing the issue? If you systematically disable them between testing you might be able to discover which one is the culprit. If you do find something please share it with us. Some browser add-ons do more than you might imagine and can degrade performance. ...and the ones that degrade performance are probably doing A LOT more than you imagine. get rid of them. TMN helps you find them.

You should be able to log into as many different devices and different browsers using the same account without issues. Once signed in you'll remain signed in on all devices unless you sign out or clear cookies. Try clearing cookies on the device that gave you the error and try to login again with the same credentials you used to make this thread. If you get the same error please take a screenshot for me. You can only have one account per email address. I'll take time later and go through the sign-up/sign-in process, make sure everything is working properly and make adjustments if needed.

Welcome!

Awesome, thank you for your help. It may have briefly went down. I have a system that monitors all of the servers health and automatically puts them in and out of service. That server is also only available to signed in members so make sure you're always signed in.