[off-topic] Bad web page rendering

[Jim Householder]

Could be, although before the NBN I was using Westnet's satellite 
service and did not have the problem.  I suspect it probably is related 
to timeouts or dropped packets.


On 12/15/12 11:04, Garry wrote:
>
> 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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