Need help optimizing the server for faster load time

[Rhett]

I am experiencing the same problem, my page loads are around 2 seconds.

It's very annoying, I have a server hosted on comcast 50 Mbps down and like 20 Mbps up.

IIS, I am looking into MySQL/PHP configuration problems.

Hosting a server at home is like camping, its fine for a weekend, but you dont want to live like that forever.

[SubStrider]

Thanks for the inputs so far, will explore them over this weekend.

You should note, for me, your time to first byte was around 700~800ms. If you shaved off 300ms by removing that bad plugin (classifieds), you're at 400~500ms. You are already nearing the good-as-you-get with IPB. Comparatively, this website is at 300~400ms for me. IPB is a big software, you should remember that.

That 300ms was shaved off before you tested it out. So it will probably still be 800ms for you. I had done this on Saturday I think.