Forum has been very slow 2 days now...

[smatovic]

because I am continually getting booted out of password mode and into guest mode

Did you try to check the "Remember Me" checkbox when logging in?

If you login your session is bound to your, one, IP-address, you can not switch your session between IPs from different providers for security reasons, session hijacking.

Strange, I never need to log in again after an IP change. But I also tick the "Remember me" checkbox when logging in.

....maybe I got it wrong, and I do not know, what the 'Remember me' checkbox does.

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Srdja

[towforce]

...what the 'Remember me' checkbox does.

I would be very surprised if it does anything other than add a login cookie to the browser accessing the website.

[ernest]

Again slow...

[syzygy]

Again slow...

Yes, for many days now (with some periods of normal speed).

[smatovic]

Again slow...

Yes, for many days now (with some periods of normal speed).

Some periods of slow here, guess some bots have too many requests running for a period....

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Srdja

[Frank Quisinsky]

The NN file is to big.
Back to Hand Crafted Enter, lesser Elo-messages = more fun.

[Paloma]

Again slow...

[Joerg Oster]

Again slow...

Almost unusable again.
More than 4,000 guests atm. Ridiculous.

According to AI, it should be no problem to limit the amount of guest logins.

Yes, it is possible to limit the number of allowed guest accounts in a PHP forum. The implementation depends on whether you are using a ready-made forum system or programming your own forum.

Solution for off-the-shelf forum systems (e.g., phpBB, WoltLab, XenForo)
Global settings: Many systems offer options in the admin panel (ACP) to limit the maximum number of concurrent online users or guests.
Extensions/Plugins: If there is no built-in feature, this can almost always be added via official plugins or add-ons (e.g., “Guest Limit” or “Session Control”).
Permission Restrictions: Alternatively, you can block guests from accessing computationally intensive features (such as the forum search) to reduce server load.

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Has this ever been tried?

[dkappe]

Again slow...

I have two Wi-Fi networks at home. One connects directly to my ISP with no VPN, while the other routes all traffic through a VPN over the same internet connection.

When accessing TalkChess, the direct (non-VPN) connection is excruciatingly slow. Surprisingly, the VPN connection—using a gateway in Chicago, where I'm located—is noticeably more usable, although it's still far from fast.

[syzygy]

Again slow...

Almost unusable again.
More than 4,000 guests atm. Ridiculous.

According to AI, it should be no problem to limit the amount of guest logins.

Yes, it is possible to limit the number of allowed guest accounts in a PHP forum. The implementation depends on whether you are using a ready-made forum system or programming your own forum.

Solution for off-the-shelf forum systems (e.g., phpBB, WoltLab, XenForo)
Global settings: Many systems offer options in the admin panel (ACP) to limit the maximum number of concurrent online users or guests.
Extensions/Plugins: If there is no built-in feature, this can almost always be added via official plugins or add-ons (e.g., “Guest Limit” or “Session Control”).
Permission Restrictions: Alternatively, you can block guests from accessing computationally intensive features (such as the forum search) to reduce server load.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Has this ever been tried?

Almost impossible to even log in now.

If this cannot be fixed, maybe the chat thingy on the home page can be disabled. I think that's connected to people getting logged out so easily and so frequently (I could be wrong, but I think it is at least increasing the frequency).