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Rob Jansen

Hello, since the last few days, BetaArchive is heavily visited, this is taking it's toll and these errors pop up much more frequent:

There has been an ''Timeout''.

Before you are going to say ''It is the routing to the server'' and so on (like ''Clear your browser and so on''), please take note that my server is the in exact same datacenter as Andy's and it works fine, no timeouts
Seems that there is an configuration error in PHP or the Webserver software.

Just wanted to give an heads-up.

Andy

Can't say I've had any issues at all with the site and I was visiting a lot during the peak times, and nobody else has had issues either. It can still be a routing issue by the way, different IP's take different routes sometimes, one can be more unstable than the other.

From your error, it seems like the server just isn't responding rather than causing an error, which I've never had before. This could be caused by many things. The server has been tested and will stand up to around 2000 hits /second before hanging for a significant time, so I would put it down to random timeouts which DO happen on the web from time to time. I get them on many large sites myself.

If it continues, keep a log of when it happened and what error you got so I can look into it further.

Rob Jansen

From what I seen, these are the same errors and it hits randomly, on a post, topic, forum, profile.
And it isn't after an 30 second timeout or so, but rather instantly.

I am going to reinstall chrome to try something if it is the browser itsself.

Andy

If it happens instantly I would not suspect the server. An instant timeout is usually caused by some other issue such as DNS timeout or a router along the way refusing to pass on the requests etc. The server wouldn't cancel the request unless it was shutting down, it would just time out after so many seconds of no reply.

Try another browser for BA for a while (Firefox perhaps?) and see if that helps. I haven't had any issues with Chrome myself and I use it on my desktop and laptop.

oasiz

Something similar has happened to me, I recommend checking if you have chrome adblock installed (disable it), also try changing your DNS as that seemed to help me in the past. Clearing cache has also helped me.

It's pretty random and I haven't exactly pinpointed the reason, but above methods usually help in this.
This happens on a lot of pages, not just BA (Where it occurs rather rarely)

Andy

Rather than adblock I use hosts file blocking now as it's much more transparent and seemingly quicker. Plus the advantage is that it works throughout all browsers too.

oasiz

Yeah, it just doesn't support my most loved feature, disabling non-ad elements. Yes.
You don't know how much it helps when pages these days have like 3-4 sections and useless 256px footers/headers/banners and whatnot

Facebook looks almost as clean as google+ did when it launched for me as I have blocked all the sidebar/side stuff (except events).

It just seems the chrome adblock ain't yet as stable as firefox's as it sometimes jams requests or increases load times, but it's still worth the trouble for me.

By the way, Is there a page where I can get an up-to-date hosts list ?

Rob Jansen

I have adblock installed (adblock is the reason why I use Chrome or Firefox (in the past)).
For the hosts file, did you make all the modifications yourself (i mean block all the ad sites manually) or just copy it from the list in the adblock plugin.

Andy

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm is where it's from. I have a bat file that installs it all for me.

Code:

:: This batch file is intended to be used only to copy the
:: included (MVPS) HOSTS file to the proper location.
::
:: Any other use is strictly forbidden and copyright protected.
:: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
::
@ECHO OFF

:: ------------EXTRA CODE TO CHANGE DIRECTORY-------------
echo %~n0%~x0 started from Directory: %~d0%~p0
%~d0
cd %~d0%~p0
:: -------------------------------------------------------

IF NOT EXIST HOSTS GOTO noHostsFile
IF "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO HostsFile
IF EXIST %winbootdir%\HOSTS*.* ATTRIB +A -H -R -S %winbootdir%\HOSTS*.*>NUL
IF EXIST %winbootdir%\HOSTS.MVP DEL %winbootdir%\HOSTS.MVP>NUL
IF EXIST %winbootdir%\HOSTS REN %winbootdir%\HOSTS HOSTS.MVP>NUL
IF EXIST %winbootdir%\NUL COPY /Y HOSTS %winbootdir%>NUL
GOTO noHostsFile
:HostsFile
IF EXIST %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS*.* ATTRIB +A -H -R -S %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS*.*>NUL
IF EXIST %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS.MVP DEL %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS.MVP>NUL
IF EXIST %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS REN %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS HOSTS.MVP>NUL
IF EXIST %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\NUL COPY /Y HOSTS %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC>NUL
   color 1F
   echo.
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   echo  Ý                                          ÚÄÄÄ¿Þ
   echo  Ý THE MVPS HOSTS FILE IS NOW UPDATED       ³ û ³Þ
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   echo. ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
   echo.
   echo.
   echo. Previous version saved and renamed to HOSTS.MVP
:noHostsFile
Pause
EXIT

oasiz

Great, thanks!

Rob Jansen

ok, these issues now started to pop-up on other websites, images not loading, websites refuse to load, unless you press enter again in the adress bar.
It also does it in Internet Explorer and Chrome.

So now testing on other PC's if the issue is there also, otherwise it is in reinstall....
Luckaly I am free for 4 days.

Andy

If it happens on other PC's too I'd suspect either your router or your ISP.

Patrick

I had the exact same problem (timeout, etc) on all my rigs, I think it's a routing issue...

compgeke

Me also, happens mostly at school and my 3G connection but at home also. A simple refresh just fixes it for me.

betascollector

Sometimes this happen to me.

Andy

As I said above it happens to everyone from time to time. It's normal.

Rob Jansen

Got to blaim my DNS, now using Google's temporarily and all is back fine.
Need to restart my router in the morning.

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