"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>
> It looks like the IP address of
> new.povray.org is
> 203.29.75.35
>
> ( https://www.nslookup.io/domains/news.povray.org/webservers/ )
> so maybe try using that directly and see if it works better for you.
>

[Sorry for the long delay; real-life reared its head again...]

I gave that IP address a try; the results are...interesting:

The first page that comes up (a Firefox page, probably) says:

"Secure sight not available, continue to http instead?" Like what I had seen
before, on occasion.

By simply refreshing the page, this more ominous warning appears:
"Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead"

I've tried it multiple times on different days; same result.

So I went to the nslookup.io site. Under "all DNS records", the info is:

news.povray.org
hosted by NETPLEX,  in the U.S (New York)
iPv4 (not iPv6)
Hallam Oaks Pty. Ltd
("Some DNS servers may return different IP addresses based on your location.")

Cloudflare is mentioned in this line:
povray.org.  1800  SOA andronicus.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com

Anyway, it was a curious result, since the hosting site *seems* legitimate(?).
Although, I didn't follow through with connecting to  203.29.75.35  because of
the warning.

But as to my own wifi-signal slowdown, I'm thinking that it might instead be due
to my older wifi USB dongle (which I've been using on my desktop Windows 10
machine for years.) I get my wireless signal from my landlord's modem in his
house next door, and he gets true 'hi-speed' throughput.  My own signal
*strength* seems adequate, but my 'receive' speed tops out at about 500 Mbps
now. On a *good* day. That's *bits*, not bytes. :-(

This is a relatively new development; mine used to be *much* faster. Earlier
this year, the cable company had to install some new (and upgraded) equipment
outside the landlord's house; a lightning strike apparently fried something
important. But maybe the change resulted in my wifi dongle being technically
out-of-date now.

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