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 1EgtS8-0007TC-2r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:34:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAT0X4Hp028977; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:33:04 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAT0Lnl3030449 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:21:49 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id r28so607608nza for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:21:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=cjjUUhi2TvIRFoxui67ba7VpA0veG2XjpoWDAiGVazQnvq6oILMPpuGFHptHZ8/ZCV/HGtzBfThzdl207iZEpyQ8CySmAQYQC2jKaXpakY34CmtP2KfiIE7+aQPzSSve836qK4Dniz7ZVa2B4YeQ2L1d4/fU9QQle7egUeG5I/s= Received: by 10.36.36.16 with SMTP id j16mr3839296nzj; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:21:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.18.23 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:21:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7225537e0511281621u25d0a2f4i11c8f7b3f9e76d1f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:21:49 +0000 From: Shawn Singh To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Why is Gentoo so slow when internet is out? + question In-Reply-To: <20051129121433.480C.NICK@rout.co.nz> 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_20241_30648624.1133223709095" References: <438B7E75.8020103@exceedtech.net> <438B87F5.7020509@mailshack.com> <20051129121433.480C.NICK@rout.co.nz> X-Archives-Salt: 482244c5-e222-4edc-9b5e-16aa83056961 X-Archives-Hash: 9acf36b4da93157c2b2c2467bef73388 ------=_Part_20241_30648624.1133223709095 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I've experienced a few outages (mainly due to inclement weather), but not seen my Gentoo system slow down at all; however, I have seen my Fedora Core 4 and Mandrake 9.2 boxes slow down when their connection to the Internet is lost, but that is normally due to some service / app that relies on Interne= t connectivity. I'd check to see what services and applications are running and determine which of them may be causing the problem. On 11/28/05, 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 progra= m > > 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? > > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > Nick Rout > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Shawn Singh ------=_Part_20241_30648624.1133223709095 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I've experienced a few outages (mainly due to inclement weather), but not seen my Gentoo system slow down at all; however, I have seen my Fedora Core 4 and Mandrake 9.2 boxes slow down when their connection to the Internet is lost, but that is normally due to some service / app that relies on Internet connectivity.

I'd check to see what services  and applications are running and deter= mine which of them may be causing the problem.

On 11/28/05, Nick Rout < nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:43:01 +0000
Ognjen Bezano= v wrote:

>
> I have a gentoo system (Actually I have four of them) = and they dont
> experience a slowdown when my internet connection goe= s 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 p= rogram
> thats trying to connect to the net and failing, thereby usin= g 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 re= start
> script)? I dont want to have to come home and ssh in to resta= rt
> 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 i= t
sorted properly.

can you ping via name to other machines on you= r lan?

>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

--
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>

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gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
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Shawn Singh
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