Matt, HELP!!!!!

“uh, yeah, as in where do i get a command prompt?”

“Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 65.208.102.74: Packets: Sent=4, recieved=4, lost=0 (0% loss)
Approxmiate round trip times in milli-seconds: Mimimum = 40ms, Maximum= 50 ms, Average= 47 ms”

“From your status bar (bottom bar of your screen)
Start-programs-accessories-command promt.”

“First I am behind a Huge FIREWALL, one of the US Governments Best...after the crash I could not connect at all until I deleted the original Bookmark, and established another....Now I'm back up to speed...I can rock at one of the highest connection speeds in the Universe...lol, sure wish I was geek enough to understand why, all I know is the Help Desk folks assure me there are only 2 systems in the Government that are faster than ours....

Matt, your site is fine; I think the problem is on the other end.”

“From your status bar (bottom bar of your screen)
Start-programs-accessories-command promt.”

“Not on my Windows 98, HPM.”

“I got it, I just can't copy out of that window. Don't feel like re-typing everything that's there. What's the pertinent info?”

“Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt

After typing what Matt wants and getting the reply, hit the square button on top to paint the text, then the button to the right of it to save it. Then copy the saved text onto this site.

My access to TT just speeded up royally Matt.”

“Here ya go, Matt:

c:\windows> ping www.thebackpacker.com

Pinging www.thebackpacker.com [65.208.102.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=50
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=50
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=50
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=87ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 65.208.102.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 84ms, Maximum = 88ms, Average = 86ms”

“I spoketh too soon. It is faster in some functions, but still slow when posting a message or hitting "back to Trail Talk main page.”

“Thanks for the pings everyone. That helps a little. I think the problem may be a banner ad from one of my ad companies that is causing the problem.”

“BAN BANNERS??”

“I noticed that one of them was failing, but it never occurred to me that it could be the reason for the slowdown.”

“I have no idea what the square button is....but thanks for holding my hand, everyone!”

“Start-programs-accessories-command promt."
humanpackmule

Not on mine, either. Mine requires:
Start > Run

I've tried everything I know, but I can't catch the printout. Redirection, MORE, etc. fail me. Only the keyboard Pause will stop it, but I can't catch the display at the end so that I can make a copy. I have a DOS 6 Book, but my system does not have all of those instructions.

Previously, I have used redirection and have written Batch Programs that work on here.

smiley girl - I son't see any ssquare button, either.”

“I'm with Geo, it only slows down when I post a message to a thread.

It's also slow until I login.”

“smiley girl - I don't see any square button, either.

«« I can't much of anything without blurs. I just returned from a retina check, where I received drops in my eyes. »»”

“My post abovepost at, 02:05:41 PM
01/09/03, took 17 seconds.

Posting is where I notice the longest delays.”

“The one above took 42 seconds.”

“Mine has been slow when posting as well.



C:\WINDOWS>ping www.thebackpacker.com

Pinging www.thebackpacker.com [65.208.102.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=187ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=210ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 65.208.102.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 187ms, Maximum = 220ms, Average = 204ms”

“Well... that one wasn't slow.”

“Here are my numbers:

C:\Documents and Settings\kirkb\My Documents>ping www.thebackpacker.com

Pinging www.thebackpacker.com [65.208.102.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 65.208.102.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 16ms, Average = 16ms”

“On my cable modem:

Pinging www.thebackpacker.com [65.208.102.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=47
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=47
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=47
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 65.208.102.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 34ms, Maximum = 37ms, Average = 35ms”

“It worked with:

Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt

Redirection worked, too.

smiley girl - FYI. Using the above I did find the "box," the left icon at the top. I was able to use it to highlight(mark) the material. Then, to the right of the "box" the next icon is for "copy."”

“Thanks, Geobeet for the clue to get the ping test results printable.”

“Things are still pretty slow for me - have even timed out a couple of times getting to the main TT page. Do you need any additional input from me/us, Matt? BTW, I had the same experience from my home computer.”

“I'm focusing my search on the banner ads. Don't worry, I'm still working on it.”

“Ta pocketa pocketa ...”

“Matt- the trips pages will not pull up. i get that can't find servor message when i click on a trip”

“Now it works..wierd”

“here's from my cable modem - I only have a slow connection on the trailtalk page
Pinging www.thebackpacker.com [65.208.102.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=48
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=48
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=48
Reply from 65.208.102.74: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=48

Ping statistics for 65.208.102.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 55ms, Maximum = 55ms, Average = 55ms”

“I had a helluva time on my iMac at the newspaper yesterday. It logged onto a page where posts were listed from Jan. 2. Clicked on a thread, it would say there were no current posts. Refresh did no good. I think I finally logged out and logged back in to get it to work.”

“Have you been getting my e's about changing my profile email address??? Changed to DSL (dang shore got no "ping" prollems now!), and I needs me e'addy updated Matt.”

“Air we go Matt, you da man! Grassyass.....”

“Back up to lightning speed as of this morning - whatever you did, it worked, Matt. Thanks!”

“For those interested, I guess when I re-installed everything, my new database build isn't as fast as the old one. So I tried some query optimizations and they seem to help a little. </geek>”

“Wooohooooo! yay for optimizations!”

“So, if I try a "query optimization" on myself, I can get my work done faster? Gee, if only I'd known....”

“I don't think I'd ever try a queery optimization.”

“queery optimization???? Isn't that what Khatru was doing to Bucky???”

“sounds like somethimg those backpacker.com folks would talk about over tea and crumpets.”

“Hey! Ain't nothing wrong with a good crumpet!”

“"Hey! Ain't nothing wrong with a good crumpet!"
treebait
11:05:01 AM
01/13/03

True, but give me tea and strumpets any day.”

“I just tried to get onto TT 5 minutes ago and got nothing but sequelserver errors all over. What was that?”

“Is TT slow in loading or is it just me?”

“I just plain gave up on trying to load it from anything outside the website. But I was able to get into other areas of this site and from there got in here.

Weird!”

“2 second load just a minute ago.”

“Matt,

Every time I post or refresh the page, I get an error message.

It indicates a syntax error on both 94 and 97.

Is this a problem with my computer or the site?”

“That is "lines 94 and 97"”

“I'd confidently guess it has to do with ads that Matt doesn't control.”