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.
>
> Thanks Kent.  When I'm browsing my site and it hangs, I ping the
> domain and the times are normal even though I'm having trouble
> connecting at the exact same time.  The pings are really slow in
> coming back, but the reported times are normal.  Does that sound like
> a problem with apache2 then?
>

Sounds like a routing problem of sorts to me, apache  ( afaik ) has no
impact on /ping/ times. My favourite tool for finding traffic problems
is "mtr" , see packet loss and route and where packet loss is occuring
all at once :)   Sometimes it will report 100% packet loss on a middle
step if that server ignores pings tho, .. .so...

does curl respond properly? , or does it just sit there waiting for  response?



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