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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: TCP Queuing problem
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:30:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw1mc5f5hzvLChkxUybx_B95hLjPhHXjBVd6ptWhpikrug@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160921060118.759d94ba@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de>

>> >> It looks like the TCP Queuing spike itself was due to imapproxy
>> >> which I've now disabled.  I'll post more info as I gather it.
>> >
>> >
>> > imapproxy was clearly affecting the TCP Queuing graph in munin but I
>> > still ended up with a massive TCP Queuing spike today and
>> > corresponding http response time issues long after I disabled
>> > imapproxy.  Graph attached.  I'm puzzled.
>>
>>
>> I just remembered that our AT&T modem/router does not respond to
>> pings.  My solution is to move PPPoE off of that device and onto my
>> Gentoo router so that pings pass through the AT&T device to the Gentoo
>> router but I haven't done that yet as I want to be on-site for it.
>> Could that behavior somehow be contributing to this problem?  There
>> does seem to be a clear correlation between user activity at that
>> location and the bad server behavior.
>
> If that device behaves badly in router mode by blocking just all icmp
> traffic instead of only icmp-echo-req, this is a good idea. You may
> want to bug AT&T about this problem then. It should really not block
> related icmp traffic.


Hi Kai, yesterday I switched my Gentoo router over to handling PPPoE
and pings seem to be working properly now.  The AT&T device is now
functioning as a modem only and passing everything through.  Today
I'll find out if it helps with TCP Queuing and (supposedly) related
http response slowdowns.

- Grant


  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-21 14:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-17 21:13 [gentoo-user] TCP Queuing problem Grant
2016-09-19 17:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant
2016-09-19 21:25   ` Grant
2016-09-20  0:38     ` Grant
2016-09-20 13:08       ` Grant
2016-09-21  4:01         ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-21 14:30           ` Grant [this message]
2016-09-21 19:29             ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-21 19:37               ` Grant
2016-09-21 20:06                 ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-21 20:28                   ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-21 19:41               ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-21 19:53                 ` Grant
2016-09-21 20:18                   ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-21 20:47                     ` Grant
2016-09-21 21:44                       ` Michael Mol
2016-09-22  0:30                         ` Grant
2016-09-22  7:06                       ` Kai Krakow
2016-09-25  0:25                         ` Grant
2016-10-01  9:57                           ` Grant
2016-09-20 13:50       ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-20 14:53         ` Grant
2016-09-20 18:06           ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-20 19:52             ` Grant
2016-09-20 20:19               ` Alarig Le Lay
2016-09-22 16:58               ` Volker Armin Hemmann

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