Transferring data from e1h7.simplecdn.net

H_TeXMeX_H · 11-14-2009, 08:42 AM

This is a problem that has been around at least since October, as seen here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3721809

Basically, once in a while when I come here to the forum, I open a number of tabs with threads, and they all keep loading for several minutes while displaying at the bottom of FF window:
"Transferring data from e1h7.simplecdn.net..." as seen here:
http://img154.imagevenue.com/img.php..._122_552lo.jpg

What is the cause of this, and is there a fix, it's kinda annoying. It doesn't interfere too much with browsing, but there is a bit of extra sluggishness.

kbp · 11-14-2009, 10:13 AM

Not sure if this helps, but the rss icon loaded from there just now

http://e1h7.simplecdn.net/lqcdn/imag...s/misc/rss.gif

I guess it's a little slowness on their systems

For the old-school fix you can just add an entry to your hosts file pointing to 127.0.0.1

cheers

the trooper · 11-14-2009, 11:39 AM

Yes,i'm getting the same.
Using Iceweasel(3.0.14) with Debian Testing amd64.
This has been happening all day today,and has happened previously as Texmex has said.

Quote:

For the old-school fix you can just add an entry to your hosts file pointing to 127.0.0.1

Looks like i have one already:

Code:

ade@Pc1:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	Pc1.ade	Pc1

jeremy · 11-14-2009, 12:38 PM

Blocking our CDN will almost certainly break the site for you. Unfortunately, the "waiting for..." at the bottom of your browser is very often incorrect in which site it claims to be waiting for, which makes the issue difficult to debug. I got a similar message about e1h7.simplecdn.net earlier today, however further research indicated it was actually Google Analytics which was not responding quickly.

--jeremy

syg00 · 11-14-2009, 10:40 PM

Well I got sick of this too. So I blocked this CDN as well - 1600 hits in under 5 minutes ... mmmm.
Lose some buttons and functionality, but the site still works for me - quicker.
And I doubt google-analytics is a holdup for me - that got blocked even faster.

the trooper · 11-16-2009, 02:51 PM

I'm still getting this.
I have google analytics blocked but the problem persists.
Any further suggestions?.

Jeebizz · 11-16-2009, 04:55 PM

I noticed that sometimes when even trying to access a post, or just navigate around LQ, the connection will timeout. Unless this problem is fixed on the CDN's/google analytics end, this might be more trouble than its worth for LQ, and perhaps it would be better for LQ to just drop it?

syg00 · 11-16-2009, 05:03 PM

This is (at least) the second CDN that jeremy has tried that has given me grief. He hasn't been amenable to desisting in the past.

Jeebizz · 11-16-2009, 05:14 PM

Well maybe if enough LQ users give him enough feedback about this, he might?

jeremy · 11-17-2009, 11:10 AM

Two comments:

* Please do keep in mind that our end goal is to provide the very best LQ experience for as many members as possible. While we'd certainly never purposely give any particular member a worse experience, using a CDN should demonstrably provide a better experience for the vast majority. We'll look into an whether we can provide an alternative for the few members who seem to have issues with our CDN (and of course if it ends up that this CDN is not the best solution for the majority of users, we'll do what it take to switch CDN providers...again).

* A couple people have noticed a CDN slowdown over the last 24-36 hours. We'll see if there's a known issue on their end that's currently being worked on.

As always, thanks for the feedback.

--jeremy

syg00 · 11-28-2009, 12:16 AM

Interesting. Had to unblock the CDN during the week so I could use the "report" button. Ran o.k. for a while, then slowed down, so I blocked the CDN again. Ubuntu 9.04 with F/F

Just installed Fedora 12 - seems to run fine with no blocking; F/F 3.5.4 with no extra plugins (yet). Will see how it goes for a while.

DragonSlayer48DX · 11-28-2009, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

Just installed Fedora 12 - seems to run fine with no blocking; F/F 3.5.4 with no extra plugins (yet). Will see how it goes for a while.

I wonder if your plugins might be the culprit, or maybe a local server, or your ISP.

FWIW, I've only had a problem once with LQ~ a couple months ago while a website on a major NY-based server was under a massive DDoS attack. I'm currently running FF 3.0, FF3.5, and SeaMonkey (various systems), with no additional plugins. (never found a need for them.)

I'm in north-eastern MD, BTW- not that far from NY.

Cheers

the trooper · 12-08-2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremy

Two comments:

* Please do keep in mind that our end goal is to provide the very best LQ experience for as many members as possible. While we'd certainly never purposely give any particular member a worse experience, using a CDN should demonstrably provide a better experience for the vast majority. We'll look into an whether we can provide an alternative for the few members who seem to have issues with our CDN (and of course if it ends up that this CDN is not the best solution for the majority of users, we'll do what it take to switch CDN providers...again).

* A couple people have noticed a CDN slowdown over the last 24-36 hours. We'll see if there's a known issue on their end that's currently being worked on.

As always, thanks for the feedback.

--jeremy

Jeremy,
Just out of interest were there any outstanding issues?.
It seems a number of us are still getting problems.

jeremy · 12-08-2009, 02:09 PM

There were no reported outstanding issues. To further diagnose the issue, can anyone who's experiencing slowness post exactly where they are browsing from? Thanks.

--jeremy

the trooper · 12-08-2009, 02:29 PM

Quote:

To further diagnose the issue, can anyone who's experiencing slowness post exactly where they are browsing from?

I'm posting from England.
My isp is Zen internet,and i'm currently browsing with Iceweasel(3.5.5) on a Debian Testing/Sid box.

Let me know if i can help with any further info.