Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Firefox's "Connecting"

["Kent Fredric" <kentfredric@gmail.com>]

On 6/10/07, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Can anyone tell me what Firefox is doing when it says it is
> > > > "Connecting" to a particular website?  My site is periodically hanging
> > > > at that point, and I'd like to track down the problem.  Is it just
> > > > waiting for apache2's first response to the HTTP request?
> > >
> > > No, Firefox is propably waiting for the TCP connection to be
> > > established. Use something like wireshark or tcpdump to find out for sure.
> >
> > I was trying to login (via ssh) to a virtual server and it was taking ages (19
> > secs or so).  Apparently there was something wrong with the way the sysadmin
> > had set up DNS.  Once fixed I would be asked for a passwd with 1-2 seconds.
> > It could be that something like this is wrong with your server?
>
> I'll check that out.  Thanks guys.
>

Try it with 'curl'
ie:
curl -v www.google.com

If it doesnt find an IP, its a DNS problem, if it finds an IP but
doesn't connect, it may be a routing problem, if it works for all
sites, but not a particular site, that site might be broken, and
'curl' might be able to help you see where.

:)



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