IB Downtime

Originally posted by SethArb
3 X disconnect

then up again ... same silly message about MEFF trading

I am not in Spain so I do not care about MEFF now

I only want a solid connection to my TWS

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yup dwn 3 or 4 times today. Not fun.
 
Question, I'm used to Realtick automatically reconnecting. Does IB automatically reconnect, or must you manually either logoff and log back on, or must you manually close the software and then start it back up (which brings up the logon box)? Thanks.
 
It automatically reconnects but if you're out for more than a few attempts I find it doesn't auto reconnect. You have to exit TWS and re-start and THAT is a royal pain in the ass. Just keep the java browser window open and your buy and sell order lines will still be intact.

Java is IB's biggest weakness. It's a clumsy platform at best. It's OK for websites but I'm not crazy about it for a trading platform.

If IB had a dedicated windows (or even better, Linux) based app it would be super. Many of the problems I've had were traced to some f*cken java script issue or another.

 
I think Java (version 1.3.x and up) is a robust programming language and environment. However, Java applets running inside IE are less robust. Javascript is a programming language supported by your browser; It has nothing to do with Java.

You should really be running TWS as a standalone application; That would eliminate any issues with your browser. Re: problems with reconnect, it is much more likely that problems are related to logic bugs in IB's TWS source code.

I hope people aren't using Java as a scapegoat. The benefit of Java is that TWS can run under both windows, linux, etc. without a recompilation. If they would offer a standalone API (that doesn't require TWS running), then it would be simple to write applications on different OS like Linux.

Fleance
 
5 disconnects today.the most ever.maybe 20-60 seconds each.not sure why but everything else kept running so dont think it was an isp problem.im not bashing ib. i still love ib overall but hope they get it fixed.
 
My TWS was fine, but eSignal stumbled a little bit - didn't disconnect, but paused for about 10-15 seconds a couple of times (if TWS does that, I think it automatically disconnects). Good luck.
 
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