mrdee 1 Report post Posted July 6, 2010 For a while now I have been experiencing something odd when surfing one particular site.This happens in all browsers I have tried (Google Chrome, Firefox and IE8):when I surf to http://www.kvo.be/, the site either loads very slowly, but more often than not, it loads only partly, or the taskbar just says "Loading", and a blank screen just stays up. Related to that site, there is also a forum, it has a different URL, but I think it is hosted on the same web space, the forum is at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, and on the forum, the same thing happens.I have asked a number of people, and according to them, everything runs normally, apart from one, who seems to be experiencing the same glitch.The funny thing is: although I am not aware of an IP ban or anything (they don't ban on a normal website anyway, sometimes they do on a forum, but that is not the case here), when I use a proxy, to have an anonymous IP address, both sites run fairly normally and I can surf the site and use the forum normally.Does that phenomenon ring any bells with anyone, or should the owners of the site/forum get in touch with their hosting company?Also: I have only began to experience that problem a few days ago.My ISP provides me with a dynamic IP address.Can anyone shed some light on this, please?Thank you in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob86 2 Report post Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) I have on rare occasions experienced this phenomenon. A page wouldn't load for me, and it would load for other people. I _think_ (I have no idea to be honest) that there is some temporary break in the connection between your isp and the destination website.If you run a traceroute (http://www.traceroute.org/) on the website, you will see that there are many stops enroute to the destination website. It isn't direct. I assume there must be a problem somewhere on that route causing the website not to load. I'd wait a couple days and see what happens. Edited July 6, 2010 by rob86 (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rpgsearcherz 5 Report post Posted July 6, 2010 Try using a CGI based proxy to load the site. That's how I usually test whether or not I'm blocked from a site. If the site loads through the proxy, it is definitely on your end. If it doesn't, it's probably their end.As for the two links -- they could be on different servers. If it's a major site (I didn't check it out) they probably host the site/forums separately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
comp2 1 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 One question are you and the other person with the problem using the same ISP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadmad7 4 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 Try using a different DNS like OpenDNS. Sometimes some sites don't work to the DNS server which your ISP is using, so if you use a another dns like openDNS, you could view sites that other people might now be able to view because they have DNS which has a lot traffic or just a really bad dns hoster. Update us if it is working now or not! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
web_designer 7 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 i tried them, both the site and the forums work fine for me. and both load very fast. so i thought that maybe the website and the forums are using some features that not supported in your browser like javascript, both of them using javascript so check if javascript enabled in your browser. other than that i can't think of any reason. and i don't think they ban your IP because then you won't be able to enter the whole site i guess not loading it slow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rpgsearcherz 5 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 i tried them, both the site and the forums work fine for me. and both load very fast. so i thought that maybe the website and the forums are using some features that not supported in your browser like javascript, both of them using javascript so check if javascript enabled in your browser. other than that i can't think of any reason. and i don't think they ban your IP because then you won't be able to enter the whole site i guess not loading it slow. It could just be that you tried to access it during a low period (when there aren't that many people online), in which case it would be faster. He/she may be attempting to load the page during peak hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrdee 1 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 One question are you and the other person with the problem using the same ISP?No, we are not using the same ISP at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
