From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EgsyV-0006QY-Ve for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:04:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAT02xoq003625; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:02:59 GMT Received: from bullet.espersunited.com (24-117-226-93.cpe.cableone.net [24.117.226.93]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jASNvtqL031834 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:57:56 GMT Received: from camille.espersunited.com (camille.espersunited.com [192.168.1.3]) by bullet.espersunited.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jASNvteD032716 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:57:55 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Why is Gentoo so slow when internet is out? + question From: Michael Sullivan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20051129121433.480C.NICK@rout.co.nz> References: <438B7E75.8020103@exceedtech.net> <438B87F5.7020509@mailshack.com> <20051129121433.480C.NICK@rout.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:58:01 -0600 Message-Id: <1133222281.10280.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: dc776c04-2d6c-4cc4-94f9-654c8722efa1 X-Archives-Hash: f54ec829cbd3262d67ab01c16c56dd2e On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 12:24 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:43:01 +0000 > Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > > > > > I have a gentoo system (Actually I have four of them) and they dont > > experience a slowdown when my internet connection goes down (which it > > invariably does because my ISP reboots its servers every 28 days as a > > policy, thereby disconnecting me ). Chances are its a particular program > > thats trying to connect to the net and failing, thereby using cycles in > > new attempts. > > > > While we are at it, does there exist a program that can monitor my > > internet connection and run a script if the net is down (like a restart > > script)? I dont want to have to come home and ssh in to restart > > everytime my ISP reboots its M$ Servers. > > many programs do a dns lookup on connection, to see who is trying to > connect. It should be managed on your lan with /etc/hosts if you have it > sorted properly. > > can you ping via name to other machines on your lan? Yes I can. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list