On 22 January 2011 13:15, Carcharoth <carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
I may try that. But if it helps, the bit it seems to
keep getting
stuck on is where the browser says:
"waiting for bits.wikimedia.org"
I've Googled that and some information is coming up, but not much that
I understand.
Serves up other bits of the page. Traceroute:
$ traceroute
bits.wikimedia.org
traceroute to
bits.wikimedia.org (91.198.174.233), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 SpeedTouch.lan (192.168.1.254) 1.695 ms 1.956 ms 1.890 ms
2 losubs.subs.dsl3.th-lon.zen.net.uk (62.3.84.25) 27.030 ms 29.020
ms 30.595 ms
3
ae0-116.cr1.th-lon.zen.net.net (62.3.84.193) 32.464 ms 33.869 ms
36.009 ms
4
linx-2.init7.net (195.66.226.175) 37.908 ms 40.463 ms 42.259 ms
5
r1ams1.core.init7.net (77.109.128.149) 50.549 ms 52.696 ms 54.103 ms
6 * * *
7
te-8-2.csw1-esams.wikimedia.org (91.198.174.254) 66.265 ms
39.420 ms 39.557 ms
8
bits.esams.wikimedia.org (91.198.174.233) 41.382 ms 43.235 ms 45.353 ms
Different machine, but probably in the same rack!
I'd suspect it's your ISP. Do the traceroute and email it to your ISP
tech support. You may want to attach my messages as what it looks like
from zen.co.uk, so they can see it works for another UK ISP but not
for you.
- d.