NG technical issues: Is it just me?

[Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 23:37:25 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> *Looks* like a server/network issue but behaves like a screwy 
>> local issue.
>
> Started happening more in recent weeks.
>
> I don't select automatic checking for messages. I just click on 
> a newsgroup and it fails at differing rates. (Pretty good in 
> the last couple of days.) When it fails, for me the cure is to 
> click on another D newsgroup to make a successful connection 
> and then come back to the failed one; then it always succeeds.

It would be helpful if someone could record a packet capture log 
(e.g. with Wireshark) of the problem. The information therein 
could be the first step towards diagnosing the problem.