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 1EgtrH-0007nA-NV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:00:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAT0xZuo031042; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:59:35 GMT Received: from flower.jolet.net (cpe-24-27-31-221.austin.res.rr.com [24.27.31.221]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAT0tpmH020187 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:55:51 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by flower.jolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22ACF18037 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:55:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from flower.jolet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (flower.jolet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22696-04-3 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:55:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.1.51] (unknown [192.168.1.1]) by flower.jolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6C118036 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:55:49 -0600 (CST) From: John Jolet To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Why is Gentoo so slow when internet is out? + question Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:56:24 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <438B7E75.8020103@exceedtech.net> <20051129121433.480C.NICK@rout.co.nz> <1133222281.10280.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> In-Reply-To: <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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511281856.24344.john@jolet.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at jolet.net X-Archives-Salt: 6e435256-e184-4151-be14-5a982a03e65c X-Archives-Hash: ce5ea68b3f77500443b06ad9e462c369 On Monday 28 November 2005 17:58, Michael Sullivan wrote: > 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. > ifplugd works, at least at the ethernet level. > > > 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. -- John Jolet Your On-Demand IT Department 512-762-0729 www.jolet.net john@jolet.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list