Forum extremely unresponsive

Discussion in 'General' started by _Richard_, Jan 20, 2026.

  1. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    Anybody else experiencing the forum being very slow?
     
  2. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    Nope - no issues on the server. No errors logged.
     
  3. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    I don't have any clue what's going on. It takes me up to 30 seconds to load a page from the forum. In the afternoon (cet) the forum wasn't reachable at all. I checked everything, my internet connection works perfect, no trouble whatsoever loading any webpage, only the forum?
     
  4. Christopher Simmons

    Christopher Simmons Active Member

    Zippy here. You might try changing your DNS to Google/Cloudflare; try clearing your browser cache, check if using Chrome if it needs updating. Just a thought :)
     
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  5. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    Thanks, did all that. As i said, i checked everything. After i discovered that i have the same problem with the website eversolo.com i stopped troubleshooting yesterday. There must gave been a problem wkth their host, looks better today, so far.
     
  6. stevenskl

    stevenskl Member

    I have to wait minutes for the forum. Yesterday it was totally unavailable (Germany).
     
  7. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    Just connected via a German VPN and no issues.
     
  8. Netmask

    Netmask Well-Known Member

    I have a similar problem when I’m down at Westfield having a coffee even tho I have a strong 4 bars 5G connection. If I connect to Westfields “free” wifi everything speeds up. Strange
     
  9. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    Currently i can't reach the forum at all unless using VPN.
     
  10. Netmask

    Netmask Well-Known Member

    Just to clarify at home on Ethernet or wifi not a problem.
     
  11. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    What DNS are you using?
     
  12. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    I tried all i know.
    The one from my provider: T-Online (actually I don't know which one that is. I'll find out.
    Then: 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 and 1.0.0.1 same behaviour with all of them.
    This morning (CET) everything worked flawlessly, then around 10:00 things start to worsen, now the situation is as yesterday and two days ago, only VPN works.
     
  13. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    Ah ok - sounds like a routing issue with your ISP then.

    For what it's worth I use Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1) as it's always touted as the fastest.
     
  14. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    I did a quick tracert on forum.zidoo.tv without VPN:
    (Zeitüberschreitung is a timeout in german)

    1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms fritz.box [192.168.178.1]
    2 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms p3e9bf684.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [62.155.246.132]
    3 5 ms 5 ms 4 ms f-ed13-i.F.DE.NET.DTAG.DE [217.0.195.66]
    4 100 ms * * 80.157.204.37
    5 * * 311 ms FH0-0-0-24.br08.hkg12.as3491.net [63.220.66.131]
    6 313 ms 313 ms 313 ms Byteplus.Hu0-0-0-26-100.clbr01.sin03.as3491.net [63.220.192.63]
    7 * * * Zeitüberschreitung der Anforderung.
    8 311 ms * 312 ms 162.128.1.129
    9 305 ms * * 162.128.1.133
    10 * * * Zeitüberschreitung der Anforderung.
    11 * * * Zeitüberschreitung der Anforderung.
     
  15. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    Trace Routes from Europe to China are notoriously challenging! Routers often ignore ICMP which tracert uses so it's not really a useful tool any more. You might get more accurate results with pathping - it does a much longer analysis than tracert.
     
  16. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    Routenverfolgung zu "forum.zidoo.tv" [101.36.118.252]
    über maximal 30 Hops:
    0 RZ1.fritz.box [192.168.178.60]
    1 fritz.box [192.168.178.1]
    2 p3e9bf684.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [62.155.246.132]
    3 f-ed13-i.F.DE.NET.DTAG.DE [217.5.118.206]
    4 * 80.157.204.37
    5 * FH0-0-0-24.br08.hkg12.as3491.net [63.220.66.131]
    6 Byteplus.Hu0-0-0-26-100.clbr01.sin03.as3491.net [63.220.192.63]
    7 * * 162.128.1.140
    8 162.128.1.93
    9 * * 162.128.1.145
    10 * * *
    Berechnung der Statistiken dauert ca. 225 Sekunden...
    Quelle zum Abs. Knoten/Verbindung
    Abs. Zeit Verl./Ges.= % Verl./Ges.= % Adresse
    0 RZ1.fritz.box [192.168.178.60]
    0/ 100 = 0% |
    1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% fritz.box [192.168.178.1]
    0/ 100 = 0% |
    2 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% p3e9bf684.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [62.155.246.132]
    0/ 100 = 0% |
    3 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% f-ed13-i.F.DE.NET.DTAG.DE [217.5.118.206]
    0/ 100 = 0% |
    4 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% 80.157.204.37
    0/ 100 = 0% |
    5 311ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% FH0-0-0-24.br08.hkg12.as3491.net [63.220.66.131]
    0/ 100 = 0% |
    6 311ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% Byteplus.Hu0-0-0-26-100.clbr01.sin03.as3491.net [63.220.192.63]
    51/ 100 = 51% |
    7 299ms 51/ 100 = 51% 0/ 100 = 0% 162.128.1.140
    8/ 100 = 8% |
    8 297ms 59/ 100 = 59% 0/ 100 = 0% 162.128.1.93
    41/ 100 = 41% |
    9 --- 100/ 100 =100% 0/ 100 = 0% 162.128.1.145

    My ISP says it´s a peering problem on your side.
     
  17. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    They would :D

    There have been issues in the past with the Zidoo domain's routing but they were sorted out and no-one else has mentioned issues other than @stevenski and you both use Deutsche Telekom... so....
     
  18. stevenskl

    stevenskl Member

    It´s nearly impossible to reach the forum site for me from Germany.
    What do you mean by "Deutsche Telekom... so...." and what can I do?
     
  19. Markswift2003

    Markswift2003 Well-Known Member SUPER Administrator Beta test group Contributor

    As I said, I tried a German VPN and that works fine, so it's likely your ISP is the bottleneck.

    Yours and @_Richard_ 's IP addresses show you use Deutsche Telekom as your ISP. Even if not directly, that's where your IP addresses originate.

    As for what to do I'm not sure - do you have access to a VPN?
     
  20. _Richard_

    _Richard_ Well-Known Member

    Unfortunately nothing. T-Online says it's a peering problem of the Zidoos host and Zidoo says it's a peering problem of Deutsche Telekom.
    For the moment i use VPN to reach the forum. Different net, different routing, no problem. Changing the DNS doesn't help because you could see it as Telephone-Book only. Obviously Telekom is routing over a hopelessly overloaded or misconfigured gateway to Hong Kong, then Singapore.
     

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