I just thought that while we're on the subject of network issues etc, I'd
bring up one problem that I've been having lately. I'm living in Heritage
Halls (for the moment) and I've been having some web problems lately. I'm
just curious if anyone else has experienced something similar.
The problem is that web sites very frequently time out. These aren't
random sites with slow connections, but major sites like securityfocus
etc. When I connect to a server the first time (eg follow a link to that
page etc) I usually just sit there with "Establishing connection to
www.secutiryfocus.com." If I stop/reload a few times then the page will
eventually come up very fast. I'll either time out completely or connect
quickly. Once I connect for the first time I don't usually have any more
problems on that server (I can browse to other pages etc with no
problems). Sometimes going to the google cache then clicking a link makes
it work fine *shrug*. It's usually worse at high-traffic times of day.
Other protocals don't seem to have problems. I'm guessing that this is
some kind of issue with the byu proxy server. Any ideas on what it is/how
to fix it?
I use Opera as my main web browser, but the same thing happens with
firefox, linx, or anything else. I run Gentoo 1.4. One of my roomates
also has problems like that sometimes (win2k/firefox). Any ideas are
welcome. It's really getting annoying to reload pages three times before
they come up.
Thanks!
-Brian
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