CA3LE

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Well thanks zeddlar... very kind words Yum, yum yum Thanks to you also... I missed this when you posted it

Still recovering from a crash of the forum structure... it's been a big rebuild. There is still heavy traffic to the site but most of it is on the testing side. It takes time to rebuild after such a major incident. But I believe that everything happens for a reason. The forums here are now built on a much stronger structure. Also, social networking sites have killed forums around the entire internet. But, I'm hoping with the deeper integrations that we now have with such sites more people will start using the forums again. Times change... the internet changes. And with me being the only programmer for the site it can take time to adjust to those changes. It's literally taken me a year to get this new forum tuned in... to completely convert over such a major building block of the site was no easy task. Plus, I had to learn a completely different system. I knew SMF like the back of my hand, deep into it's programming core. But IPB is a completely different beast but I'm now very comfortable with it, I can't wait till more of our users are too.... it's a thousand times better. On top of all that... I'm rebuilding the other side of the site as well. I've been working 12-16 hour days and nearly 7 days a week. Seriously. Thank you for your continued patronage... start some threads -- many people are just being shy... I can see them reading stuff though. - CA3LE P.S. When that happened I could have easily reverted to a backup... but I got so frustrated I said, "SCREW IT!" -- SMF had let me down in the past... hackers messed with it more than a few times and I figured it was time to rebuild anyways. It more than served its purpose for the site but it got to a point where it was holding me back. I have some unorthodox approaches sometimes but hey... if I did things like everyone else then this site wouldn't be unique now would it.

Because of the unique methods that testmy.net employs benchmarking of browsers is possible. This is not the case with most other speed testing sites. Flash and java based speed tests have it all wrong IMO. Here are download tests that were taken moments apart and you can see the difference of how each specific browser has handled the test. There are many contributing factors that lead to the discrepancy. But, what this shows you is that testing here can really lead you to the fastest browsing solution. Safari :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 34975 Kbps about 35 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB) Download Speed is:: 4269 kB/s or 4.3 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-09-25 16:52:48 GMT Bottom Line:: 610X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.24 sec Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 11.991 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 1090% of hosts average (Qwest.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/VRGT619Z7 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.1 Safari/533.17.8 [!] Firefox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 33002 Kbps about 33 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB) Download Speed is:: 4029 kB/s or 4 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-09-25 16:51:53 GMT Bottom Line:: 576X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.25 sec Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 12.708 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 1029% of hosts average (Qwest.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/R90W3FBA2 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2. Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 [!] Chrome :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 29011 Kbps about 29 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB) Download Speed is:: 3541 kB/s or 3.5 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-09-25 16:52:22 GMT Bottom Line:: 506X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.29 sec Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 14.456 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 904% of hosts average (Qwest.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/9GSZXOI0U User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/6.0.472.63 Safari/534.3 [!] These were all tested on my girlfriends Macbook (it's like a 2006 model and it performs that well) Normally Chrome performs better for me... but recently there has been bobbles... may need a fresh install Post your browser comparisons here

First, give this test a try >> https://testmy.net/california-speed-test.php (do like a 25 or 50 MB test) [it's a mirror in California]... this will make sure that you're not just getting a bad route to the main server. Also, where are you located? And after you upgraded your package... did you reset your modem. You may still have your old config in your modem if you haven't taken that major step If you are still getting similar results you may want to start a thread in the 'Make it Faster' section >> https://testmy.net/ipb/forum/8-make-it-faster/ --- this isn't really a troubleshooting thread, more of a sharing thread.

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 36273 Kbps about 36.3 Mbps (tested with 204805 kB) Download Speed is:: 4428 kB/s or 4.4 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-09-24 20:15:13 GMT Bottom Line:: 633X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.23 sec Tested from a 204805 kB file and took 46.254 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 1132% of hosts average (Qwest.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/WFX3100RS User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 [!]

I mostly use Verbatim or Ridata. Out of the last 300-400 CD's and DVD's I've burnt with them I've only had ONE coaster. (coaster is a term for a bad burn for anyone that doesn't know... basically means that it's only good for putting your drink on at that point) Back in the day coasters were so common that my friend Jay wallpapered his entire bedroom in bad burns and still had hundreds extra... haha. Imagine an entire room covered in CDs, it was cool and tacky at the same time.

Hey Naru... can you do me a favor and re-test for me and post your results. (last post deleted... posted under my test account on accident) .. oh, and also try the new California mirror >> https://testmy.net/california-speed-test.php

So if you try with a different brand of DVD it works?

moved to guides

From what you've shown me so far... I doubt it's your router. Can you give our users some more detailed information about your system, (OS info, relevant hardware/software info... etc). Also, what city are you located in... and what is your speed supposed to be? While we're working this out, leave your router out of the equation still... makes it easier the more direct the connection is. But note that your network may not be as secure without the router in place. Also, if you have another computer to test on... give it a try, direct to the modem and post your speeds. We'll track it down -- need to work backwards and figure out what it isn't first. - CA3LE

I'm still working on the additional servers guys... my schedule with that fell behind because of an emergency root canal I had to get. First, I was in pain... went to the dentist... had to get a referral to an Endodontist... of course by then it was the weekend. Finally got in Wednesday... NOW I have to go back to my primary Dentist to get my permanent filling. It's a referral racket! My last dentist did everything... but now I'm having to get some of his work redone. So I guess having broad knowledge isn't always a good thing. I'm going to stick with specialists from now on, I seriously didn't feel a thing. The other root canals I've had were torturous! I'm going to check again tomorrow and see if this host I've been trying to get servers with has anything in stock yet. They keep selling out before I can grab anything. -- wish me luck!

Try first connecting your modem straight to the computer without the router, once online re-test. Let's first establish if the router is definitely the problem... the best way to do that is to take it out of the equation. -D

Thank you

If you look at member profiles there is now a new button for pulling that members stats in the database. It can also be noted that the system is setup to log and pull stats based on your display name now, not your login ID. Enjoy! - CA3LE

Tell ya what.. this time, now that I have a dentist I like, after all the work is done that I need done... I won't be missing another appointment. I'm going to mark this resolved and close the topic.

... Okay, it's good now. For a minute there it was logging all the upload results, including the forwarded tests... it's obviously only supposed to log the final results. When it comes to programming, you change one thing and it can have effect on other things... those things can then have effect on other things. As a programmer you really have to try to think of all the consequences of every action you take far in advance. It can be quite maddening at times. Please let me know if it's either working fine now or if you're still seeing any problems... so I can mark this ticket resolved. - Damon

There actually was was a note made to the scheduled test page regarding this. The problem was fixed last night with the combined test (what the scheduled test relies on) Although, in researching the problem for you I did catch a couple of other bugs with the the scheduled test related to these changes that were causing issues. Here's my results from a test I just ran with the combined test. (the com :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 28033 Kbps about 28.03 Mbps (tested with 25600 kB) Download Speed is:: 3422 kB/s or 3.4 MB/s Upload Connection is:: 5996 Kbps about 6 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Upload Speed is:: 732 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-09-16 13:26:29 GMT D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/WELZSV20Q U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/NI8X7RWJH User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/6.0.472.55 Safari/534.3 [!] I also ran a scheduled test and results are outputting fine for me now. Along with normal logging the way it should be. This was a pretty major change that caused this to happen. I actually got a root canal yesterday and the days prior I wasn't really on the top of my game because of all the pain I was in. This should be 100% fixed now. Please run a combined test or scheduled test and let me know that it's working fine for you now. Also, thank you for reporting this. This site is under constant development and I really rely on input from my awesome users like you. Sometimes I can miss things, no matter how much I test the system... especially given the amount of tooth pain I was in prior to my root canal. Actually one more minute... a little logging issue.

Wish I had a friggen pipe like that at home... is that what they mean by" Pipe Dreams"? Lol

That repost is cool, no worries. Crazy connections. Those aren't residential are they?

Jesus, I don't think so. Well, at least I know my server is running good

I'll give that a try. I just love filezilla. It does exactly what I need it to do. One thing that bugs me however, at least on Mac, is if you click the filename wrong it thinks you want to rename it. Bugs the shit out of me. I'll give that a try when I get a chance.

How do your uploads look when testing here?

Don't you like how everyone points fingers at the other guy... always First of all, WOW on your system specs very nice. What ftp client are yo using. Have you thought that maybe the problem lies there? I personally use Filezilla for all of my ftp client needs and have had no problems. Also, do you have problems uploading with any other protocol besides ftp?

Thanks, I appreciate it.