Comments on: Internet Explorer 6 Hangs with Multiple Connections http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/ from one codemonk to another Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: irv http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-4162 irv Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:25:28 +0000 http://blog.owensperformance.com/?p=218#comment-4162 I recently had to recommend Firefox to a family member for exactly this reason. Videos take forever to load in IE. I can't believe that they still haven't fixed this problem. Its been around since IE 5.5! I recently had to recommend Firefox to a family member for exactly this reason. Videos take forever to load in IE. I can’t believe that they still haven’t fixed this problem. Its been around since IE 5.5!

]]> By: Mark http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 Mark Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:59:24 +0000 http://blog.owensperformance.com/?p=218#comment-4127 I re-edited the registry which fixed 90% of the hang problem in IE8 so, thankyou irv! :) I've since heard of many people using Firefox for Facebook gaming to avoid this "IE problem". I re-edited the registry which fixed 90% of the hang problem in IE8 so, thankyou irv! :)
I’ve since heard of many people using Firefox for Facebook gaming to avoid this “IE problem”.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-4116 Mark Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:18:17 +0000 http://blog.owensperformance.com/?p=218#comment-4116 I'm an end user with a similar hang problem, (using WinXP with IE7 then 8) while playing games on Facebook. I have several pages open at the same time and after a few clicks on each it starts to hang.Task manager shows many instances of IE running (most are endable) or I restart pc to fix problem for another 10-15 mins. Connections already set to 10 and 10 (using a's) in registry. I got around it by using Firefox for these applications but, (being an admin in training) I'm still looking for why. I’m an end user with a similar hang problem, (using WinXP with IE7 then 8) while playing games on Facebook. I have several pages open at the same time and after a few clicks on each it starts to hang.Task manager shows many instances of IE running (most are endable) or I restart pc to fix problem for another 10-15 mins. Connections already set to 10 and 10 (using a’s) in registry.
I got around it by using Firefox for these applications but, (being an admin in training) I’m still looking for why.

]]> By: irv http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-445 irv Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:58:40 +0000 http://blog.owensperformance.com/?p=218#comment-445 Nico, What is interesting is that I didn't write the code, Macromedia did. I just want to use an XHR alongside a flash remoting channel. In an ideal world, remoting would not use a persistent connection to Apache, instead it would disconnect after a timeout. The real solution is to not use Ajax and Flash Remoting at the same time, but if you have to, use the flash to JavaScript bridge to disconnect remoting. We did heavy load testing with scripts coming in from around the world, literally, and found no problem with garden variety hardware. Nico,

What is interesting is that I didn’t write the code, Macromedia did. I just want to use an XHR alongside a flash remoting channel. In an ideal world, remoting would not use a persistent connection to Apache, instead it would disconnect after a timeout. The real solution is to not use Ajax and Flash Remoting at the same time, but if you have to, use the flash to JavaScript bridge to disconnect remoting. We did heavy load testing with scripts coming in from around the world, literally, and found no problem with garden variety hardware.

]]> By: Nico http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Nico Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:26:55 +0000 http://blog.owensperformance.com/?p=218#comment-419 Dont use these settings in a big environment. You can easily flood a proxyserver having 500 users going from 2 connections to 8 or even 24. You posted a solution of the problem, but never got into the reason of the problem. Actualy, its not a solution, its a 'workarround' for damn ugly coding. The cause is that numerous connection to a proxy or nat router stay in time_wait.(pls look that up if you dont know what that means, time_wait is the time a connection needs to 'die on the internet' so that the port used for a TCP/IP stream isn't reused by another application causing possible security threads). So, because the huge number of images to download by your javascript (generated by Coldfusion), to manny connections remain in time_wait, flooding your isa server or NAT router. Or even the webserver itself. The reason your IE looks like it is hanging is because it is waiting to re-use the connections in time_wait. This, to my knowledge only happens on https secured sites. Firefox somehow handles it differently. Even with the standard settings firefox rox on. IMO, the real solution is to clean the code. The solution you propose isn't a solution you can ask al your website's visitors to implement. Nico. Dont use these settings in a big environment. You can easily flood a proxyserver having 500 users going from 2 connections to 8 or even 24.

You posted a solution of the problem, but never got into the reason of the problem. Actualy, its not a solution, its a ‘workarround’ for damn ugly coding.

The cause is that numerous connection to a proxy or nat router stay in time_wait.(pls look that up if you dont know what that means, time_wait is the time a connection needs to ‘die on the internet’ so that the port used for a TCP/IP stream isn’t reused by another application causing possible security threads). So, because the huge number of images to download by your javascript (generated by Coldfusion), to manny connections remain in time_wait, flooding your isa server or NAT router. Or even the webserver itself.

The reason your IE looks like it is hanging is because it is waiting to re-use the connections in time_wait. This, to my knowledge only happens on https secured sites. Firefox somehow handles it differently. Even with the standard settings firefox rox on.

IMO, the real solution is to clean the code. The solution you propose isn’t a solution you can ask al your website’s visitors to implement.

Nico.

]]> By: Karl C http://blog.owensperformance.com/1969/12/internet-explorer-6-hangs-with-multiple-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Karl C Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://blog.owensperformance.com/?p=218#comment-65 Thanks dude! I have been suffering from this weird IE known bug for weeks! Thanks dude! I have been suffering from this weird IE known bug for weeks!

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