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Firewall Affecting Website Page Load Speed? Kevin G. 05-30-2007
Posted by Kevin G. on May 30, 2007, 12:29 pm
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Hello,

I am in the process of creating a website for my wife's clothing
embroidery business. I am close to pushing it to "production" on the
Web. The site is already sitting on the Web, but users are re-
directed to an "Under Construction" page when they access my URL.

One issue that concerns me is page load speed. When I try accessing
my site at work (within my company's firewall), almost all of my pages
take 2-3 minutes to load. One of the pages contains many images, but
all of the others have one or two images on the page. Almost all of
my pages connect to a database (SQL Server 2005), but do basic queries
to retrieve data for dropdowns, strings for image names, etc.

The reason I think this may be firewall-related is because I have had
several friends and acquaintances access the site (providing them
direct links to specific pages within my site) from their homes and/or
work locations and all of the pages will return in five (5) seconds or
less.

What, if anything, could be restricting my ability to access my
website's pages from work in a timely manner? Why am I not
experiencing this "phenomenon" with any other sites?

I am hosting this website at home on a machine running Windows XP Pro
using IIS.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Kevin G.


Posted by Jens Hoffmann on May 30, 2007, 12:49 pm
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Hi,

> I am hosting this website at home on a machine running Windows XP Pro
> using IIS.

And now you wanted to start to tell us, what the firewall and internet
conneciton setup at your workplace is.

Else we have to use the crystal balls.

Cheers,
Jens

Posted by Kevin G. on May 30, 2007, 1:03 pm
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What specific information would you need to help diagnose the problem?

Is there any information that I could retrieve from the command line
that would help you diagnose?

At work, we use a proxy server for our Internet connection.

Thanks,
Kevin

> Hi,
>
> > I am hosting this website at home on a machine running Windows XP Pro
> > using IIS.
>
> And now you wanted to start to tell us, what the firewall and internet
> conneciton setup at your workplace is.
>
> Else we have to use the crystal balls.
>
> Cheers,
> Jens



Posted by Leythos on May 30, 2007, 1:05 pm
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KevinGravelle@gmail.com says...
> What specific information would you need to help diagnose the problem?
>
> Is there any information that I could retrieve from the command line
> that would help you diagnose?
>
> At work, we use a proxy server for our Internet connection.

If your site is fast outside the company, and your friends confirm that,
then why do you care if it's slow from your office? Unless you are
building the site for the company you work for you are wasting company
time on personal business.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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Posted by Kevin G. on May 30, 2007, 1:15 pm
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It's for peace of mind, that's why I care.

> KevinGrave...@gmail.com says...
>
> > What specific information would you need to help diagnose the problem?
>
> > Is there any information that I could retrieve from the command line
> > that would help you diagnose?
>
> > At work, we use a proxy server for our Internet connection.
>
> If your site is fast outside the company, and your friends confirm that,
> then why do you care if it's slow from your office? Unless you are
> building the site for the company you work for you are wasting company
> time on personal business.
>
> --
>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
> spam999f...@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)



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