[off-topic] Bad web page rendering

[Garry]

Could it be some sort of timeout problem with the increased transit time 
of the satellite?

Garry

On 15/12/12 09:52, Jim Householder wrote:
> Thanks, Tim.
>
> Regarding mtu, it appears that eth0 is getting 576 while wlan0 gets
> 1500.  I changed  eth0 to 1200 and 1500 but still have the problem.
>
> I will check on the acceleration and packet loss now.
>
> I used wireless on the road, but normally use a wired connection at
> home.  I'll check the wireless side for the problem.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 12/15/12 08:17, Tim White wrote:
>> Hey Jim
>>
>> Something to find out would be if you are using HTTP Acceleration or
>> only TCP Acceleration. I've seen comments that HTTP Acceleration can
>> cause problems, but as it's not enabled for me, I don't know if it does
>> or doesn't. (I'm on Skymesh)
>>
>> It sounds like the pages aren't fully loading the CSS before they
>> display. The refresh loads the CSS and all is good.
>>
>> Something to check would be if you have any packet loss issues. Even a
>> small amount of packetloss can be enough to stall the connection that is
>> fetching the CSS
>>
>> You might want to try a Squid proxy (local) to see if that helps.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 14/12/12 21:21, Jim Householder wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Since switching to the NBN Satellite service I have had a really bad
>>> run of pages not being displayed properly.
>>>
>>> The usual scenario is images are OK, but all the links and menus are
>>> underlined text down the left margin.  If I reload the page it usually
>>> displays correctly.
>>>
>>> Sometimes if there are thumbnails on the page, some will display and
>>> others only get the broken image icon.  A reload sometimes fixes it
>>> and sometimes not.
>>>
>>> I have recently been in the USA and Canada and had no problems there.
>>>
>>> I compared the page source of one page before and after reload, and
>>> there was no difference.  Considering the number of bits and pieces
>>> loaded for each page I suspect the difference was in those that may
>>> not have been displayed in the source window.
>>>
>>> I have contacted Westnet several times back in September before I left
>>> for the other side of the world but they could not find anything
>>> wrong.  I have yet to call them now that I'm back.
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can look at before I call again?  I'm using the
>>> latest firefox.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jim
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