Unresolved Connectivity Issue Between Cloudflare and ISP A user in Gujarat, India faced issues accessing a website built on Formon’s infrastructure due to videos not loading. Debugging revealed that the problem was isolated to traffic routed through Cloudflare's network for this specific location. Other websites using Cloudflare also experienced slow performance for the same user, indicating an issue with intermediate routers or ISPs rather than Formon's backend systems.
Tracing Network Traffic Reveals Routing Problems Using tools like traceroute showed multiple hops between the user's computer and servers hosted via Cloudflare. The fault likely lies within one of these intermediary routers affecting only certain routes through Gujarat while other locations functioned normally. Switching networks resolved the issue temporarily by bypassing problematic routing paths.
Cloudflare Warp Exacerbates Speed Issues Testing speeds with and without enabling Cloudflare Warp VPN highlighted significant drops in connection speed when active—up to 100x slower for affected users compared to normal conditions elsewhere. This further confirmed inconsistencies tied specifically to how packets were being routed under particular circumstances involving local ISPs or regional nodes.
'Orange Proxy' Removal Temporarily Fixes Performance but Raises Security Concerns Disabling Orange Proxy from DNS settings improved site performance drastically as it bypassed problematic connections; however, security features provided by keeping proxies enabled necessitated reverting changes quickly after testing concluded potential fixes remain elusive pending collaboration among stakeholders including cloud providers & developers alike