From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Aug 6 21:09:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA03933 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA03913 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:09:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA21108; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:09:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608070409.VAA21108@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie) cc: admin@mail.multinet.net (graydon hoare), freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strangest error I've ever seen In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 06 Aug 96 12:11:02 -0700. Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 21:09:05 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> When they connect to the bsd machine >> that has their web pages, it takes about 2-5 minutes to serve a single page, >> and about 2 minutes to give a login prompt if they telnet or FTP. >Which version of bsd are you running? This describes exactly the case when >the incoming connection queue is full, but most Unixes fixed the queue size It also sounds exactly like the case where hostnames resolves timeout. Make sure your /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.con, and DNS stuff is all working correctly on the server (and client, if applicable). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------