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Issue: EXTREME slowness on PC!!!

Moltres Rider

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    PC has been running VERY slow yesterday and today... it is comparable to dial-up... wait, dial-up is faster than what PC is loading!!! the last couple of days, PC has been running SO SLOW you would think I'm having internet connectivity issues, but I'm not... please tell me what is going on an fix this extreme slowness issue!!!!
     
    It happens. It's been on and off for me for the past couple hours, but it was fine almost all of today and yesterday so I don't think it's the site. Even when the site itself is slow, it has to do with how many people are on and the stress on the server which means unless you're planning on paying for the new server, we'll all just have to deal with slowness sometimes. :(
     
    I've not seen any issues from the server's end.. everything has been running normally.

    I'd like to see a tracert to pc when you are having issues, if at all possible.
     
    what is a tracert? I'm lost... and so is Firefox spell checker...
     
    its a way to trace the connection from you to the server.
    In windows start > run (win7 search:) > cmd.exe >> tracert www.pokecommunity.com

    In MacOS or linux, open up a terminal app and type in traceroute www.pokecommunity.com

    copy / paste the results into your reply
     
    its a way to trace the connection from you to the server.
    In windows, start > run (win7 search:) > cmd.exe >> tracert www.pokecommunity.com

    In MacOS or linux, open up a terminal app and type in traceroute www.pokecommunity.com

    copy / paste the results into your reply
    Is this the sort of result you were expecting?

    [PokeCommunity.com] EXTREME slowness on PC!!!
     
    I had trouble figuring out how to copy and paste from command prompt.... had to Google a few things... here is the result


    C:\Windows\system32>tracert www.pokecommunity.com

    Tracing route to pokecommunity.com [174.133.255.180]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 4 ms 8 ms 10 ms dslrouter.westell.com [192.168.1.1]
    2 79 ms 79 ms 79 ms 50.36.160.1
    3 * * * Request timed out.
    4 1941 ms * * 74.42.149.133
    5 965 ms 464 ms 688 ms xe--10-3-0---0.cor01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74
    .40.1.93]
    6 82 ms 76 ms 79 ms ae0---0.cbr01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74.40.4.1
    38]
    7 313 ms 79 ms 79 ms 184.12.7.54
    8 124 ms 119 ms 118 ms The-Planet.TenGigabitEthernet2-3.ar2.HOU1.gblx.n
    et [64.214.196.58]
    9 110 ms 111 ms 103 ms e3-2.ibr02.hstntx2.networklayer.com [70.87.253.1
    69]
    10 120 ms 119 ms 121 ms te2-5.dsr02.hstntx2.networklayer.com [74.55.252.
    254]
    11 117 ms 117 ms 112 ms po2.car07.hstntx2.networklayer.com [74.55.252.11
    8]
    12 124 ms 118 ms 123 ms pokecommunity.com [174.133.255.180]

    Trace complete.
     
    IDK.... the tracert results is a foreign language to me...
     
    This problem didn't happen to me. It was pretty running normally, everything is just fine.
    Woah, that came from the command prompt. Well, this is just kinda messed up.
     
    I had trouble figuring out how to copy and paste from command prompt.... had to Google a few things... here is the result


    C:\Windows\system32>tracert www.pokecommunity.com

    Tracing route to pokecommunity.com [174.133.255.180]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 4 ms 8 ms 10 ms dslrouter.westell.com [192.168.1.1]
    2 79 ms 79 ms 79 ms 50.36.160.1
    3 * * * Request timed out.
    4 1941 ms * * 74.42.149.133
    5 965 ms 464 ms 688 ms xe--10-3-0---0.cor01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net
    [74.40.1.93]
    6 82 ms 76 ms 79 ms ae0---0.cbr01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74.40.4.138]
    7 313 ms 79 ms 79 ms 184.12.7.54
    8 124 ms 119 ms 118 ms The-Planet.TenGigabitEthernet2-3.ar2.HOU1.gblx.n
    et [64.214.196.58]
    9 110 ms 111 ms 103 ms e3-2.ibr02.hstntx2.networklayer.com [70.87.253.1
    69]
    10 120 ms 119 ms 121 ms te2-5.dsr02.hstntx2.networklayer.com [74.55.252.
    254]
    11 117 ms 117 ms 112 ms po2.car07.hstntx2.networklayer.com [74.55.252.11
    8]
    12 124 ms 118 ms 123 ms pokecommunity.com [174.133.255.180]

    Trace complete.

    looks like routing issues.. hop 4, 5, 7, and 8 are pretty bad.. nothing we can do here.. its something that your ISP's networking dept needs to address.

    and they'll likely not bother... or even know what you're talking about if you call in to their normal support.

    still, I wonder why you get such high end pings (124ish ms) from Chicago area to Houston.. Oh it's Frontier - oh well.
     
    looks like routing issues.. hop 4, 5, 7, and 8 are pretty bad.. nothing we can do here.. its something that your ISP's networking dept needs to address.


    is it something that if I wait, it will be fixed? or am I screwed for now on?
     
    It may or may not be fixed.. depends on if they notice it or not.. it could also be something temporary and will go back to normal at some point.

    Thing is, it is out of all of our hands, and there isn't anything any of us can do (except suffer).
     
    Pokécommunity is slow last night.
    Mainly it's due to the amount of users the have on at one time.
    Let's face it there is alot of users these days!
     
    PokeCommunity can become slow? That's odd. I haven't had any problems with the site.


    EDIT: Not sarcasm.
    EDIT: I just have a problem with posting a reply.
     
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    It happens to me but I don't mind it since my comp is very fast and it;s not like it super extra duper slow like our school computers =__=
     
    PokeCommunity can become slow? That's odd. I haven't had any problems with the site.

    can't tell if sarcasm.

    PC has been running slowly for me for the past few days, but today it's been fine. Although 90% of the time posting a reply takes a while. Although I've learnt to deal with that. :) Maybe it's just bad internet being bad. :<
     
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