From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 18:09:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789141065677 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:09:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA728FC28 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:09:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.214]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K2Q00LE12BTRNC0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:07:05 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.147]) by pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K2Q006D92BSXDE0@pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:07:05 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K2Q00BN12BPRJ00@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:07:04 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C75B839 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:06:50 -0700 From: prad In-reply-to: <756CEF47-ACD5-481D-8B5B-C0E0A9D32730@identry.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080619110650.702ccdda@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <20080616001840.0d0e8fe9@gom.home> <20080616082332.02b87114.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080617220514.1ebdabef@gom.home> <20080618083654.GB71985@osiris.chen.org.nz> <20080618091609.b987bf37.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080618115609.09acaadb@gom.home> <20080618153149.24ae6b56.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080618130919.39c55de6@gom.home> <756CEF47-ACD5-481D-8B5B-C0E0A9D32730@identry.com> Subject: Re: internet slowdown X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:09:22 -0000 On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:23:26 -0400 John Almberg wrote: > Do you have PF installed? pftop is a quick way to see what's > happening on the network interface. > thanks john that's a good utility! also, thanks bill for the explanation of the ssh problem. we've found the problem we think after a lot of testing and working with the fellow from the cable company. it was our old 10T hubs and nics. we'd put together our server with bits and pieces given to us or bought from the salvation army or value village. it was a homeschooling project for my son and me. it's worked just fine for us until this media blitz that started recently. normally, our most active sites might get 10000 hits a month, but what's been happening is we're exceeding that per day. june 11 was 35000+ and yesterday was 44500+ that's what seemed to be bogging everything down. so we bought some 100T switches and nics. we also went to cat6 cabling from cat5 and it looks like we're keeping up with the demand nicely now. now we're thinking about replacing our old 700MHs servers (one has 192M the other 128M), with something more powerful. but that's going to be a subject for another thread. all the assistance here is very much appreciated! -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's