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    Default Speedtest.net issue

    For the last couple of days when I try to do a speed test the page gets to "Finding optimal server" then freezes.

    Anyone else having this issue?

    EDIT: Tried with the app on my tablet and it works as expected.

    If it helps I am using Puppy Linux 5.2.8.
    Last edited by Guiseppe; 09-10-19 at 12:40 PM.
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

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    Works ok for me with Win 10 and Firefox.

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    try the 1st link here


    less bloatware
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philquad View Post
    try the 1st link here


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    That takes me to the page that I use.

    A further "if it helps" is that I run a very large hosts file to stop ads loading - I wonder if something in that file is preventing completion of the test?
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guiseppe View Post
    That takes me to the page that I use.

    A further "if it helps" is that I run a very large hosts file to stop ads loading - I wonder if something in that file is preventing completion of the test?
    Disable the hosts file and try again is probably the easiest way to answer that question.


    This might help narrow it down somewhat...it works fine with only the green coloured domains allowed:





    Needs all 3 of them allowed otherwise it doesn't work

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    Works fine for me here - running Mint and Firefox.
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jma View Post
    Disable the hosts file and try again is probably the easiest way to answer that question.


    This might help narrow it down somewhat...it works fine with only the green coloured domains allowed:





    Needs all 3 of them allowed otherwise it doesn't work
    No hosts file and it works - but - I cannot live with the ads. How do I narrow down the item(s) in the file that is/are causing the problem?
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

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    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    I haven't used Puppy for quite some time so not sure how it's hosts file setup works, on my current system (MX-Linux) there's a file /etc/hosts
    What I've done in the past is search that file for the line containing the problem domain and removed it, but I found when the hosts file was updated again it would be added again with the update.
    The solution was to add the problem domain to the hosts.allow file that's also in the /etc folder.
    It has precedence so any domains entered into it are always allowed.

    The domains to look for to allow would be the 3 green entries in my pic, speedtest.net, cdnst.net and ooklaserver.net.
    The others were unneeded apparently as it worked fine with them still blocked.

    Another option is to disable the hosts file and use a browser extension blocker like uBlockOrigin, though the disadvantage with them is they only block crud via the browser & not systemwide like a hosts file.

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    you can use this premade slush puppy of a host file, gauranteed to block all your favourite porn sites
    can even do it on the imfamous "linux"





    you could just get a popup blocker? but thats a bit easy

    you could just not use that site, theres still 999 speed test sites left
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    Weird! Reinstated the hosts file, powered down and rebooted and damn me all good.
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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