ntar827
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When it takes a long time for a web page to open, how do I determine if it is my ISP that is slow or inactive or that it is the server that the web page is on that is slow?
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ntar827 wrote:When it takes a long time for a web page to open, how do I determine if it is my ISP that is slow or inactive or that it is the server that the web page is on that is slow?
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Nick
Good question. I used to have that problem all the time. Now I bought a Mac with a 8GB RAM and switched to a Verizon USB Broadband modem. Now when I surf, the Web Sites come on almost immediately.
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ntar827 wrote:When it takes a long time for a web page to open, how do I determine if it is my ISP that is slow or inactive or that it is the server that the web page is on that is slow?
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Nick
All web sites or just one or two?
What is the web site?
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All the information on a web page does not come from one location. Pages with ads, images come from many locations. All has to come together for the page to load.
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The way I check this is to try several websites.
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ntar827 wrote:When it takes a long time for a web page to open, how do I determine if it is my ISP that is slow or inactive or that it is the server that the web page is on that is slow?
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Nick
I'm afraid that the question you're asking is fundamentally impossible to answer. If you think of your ISP as a link in a long chain, then I think it'll be clear to you that you cannot easily tell which of those links is causing the problem. There are ways to discover this, but it's really beyond the scope of a forum post to go into.
I would suggest the following:
- Be certain that your computer is free of viruses, spyware and the like.
- Make sure your computer has adequate memory. For web browsing and email, it's virtually impossible to max out your CPU, but a lack of memory will send performance into the toilet.
- Defragment your hard drive.
- If the hard drive is over 80% full, consider moving some of your files to a USB hard drive or some such.
At work (I'm a network engineer), I usually find a notable lack of network problems when users report that "the network is broken." Almost always, the problem is on the user's system, in one form or another.
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Start > run > cmd opens a dos window. Then tracert . This will give you a clue if a link in the route from your box to the server is really slow or there's a bunch of retries.
Not that you can do anything about it.
Modern websites suck in so many ads etc that a problem or slowness on another site can make it appear that the site you're going to is slow or dead.
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Click HERE for a speed test.
Then click one of the many available sites and it will give you "Ping or Latency" (The time it takes in milliseconds for a small piece of data to be sent from your computer to the Internet and back), "Download" & "Upload" speed test for free.
This will give you an indication if the problem is in your system (Pink), the internet or the website you were trying.
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Dave offers a good testing option, but don't do it just once. run the test over a couple days and at multiple times during the day, then evaluate the results. Running it once might lead you in the wrong direction.
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RETIREDHSTEACHER wrote:ntar827 wrote:When it takes a long time for a web page to open, how do I determine if it is my ISP that is slow or inactive or that it is the server that the web page is on that is slow?
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Nick
Good question. I used to have that problem all the time. Now I bought a Mac with a 8GB RAM and switched to a Verizon USB Broadband modem. Now when I surf, the Web Sites come on almost immediately.
Ed
Pages load slowly for lots of diffrent reasons besides the final computer hardware.I'd also agree with others that point to checking your download speed, clearing you cache, and check for programs running in the background.Antivirus , antispyware ect.
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