Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:43:23 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: "Jerry Bell" <jbell@stelesys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with strange web server problem Message-ID: <B990F160-981A-4A15-A8B7-2E99C9563F89@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <1716.209.134.164.18.1139835495.squirrel@www.stelesys.com> References: <1716.209.134.164.18.1139835495.squirrel@www.stelesys.com>
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I think I"ve seen this before too... Is it possible that FreeBSD spins down the hard drive after inactivity, and the server doesn't always spin up the HD with a network request like this? On Feb 13, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Jerry Bell wrote: > It's hit or miss, but the first time someone visits the web site, > they get > a "server not found" page. On hitting refresh, they get the page - no > problems. If I wait a while and try again, I get the same problem. > > The problem appears to be something in the initial communication > with the > web server. Using tcpdump, I can see that the PC connects to the web > server and sends the GET request, but the server closes the connection > abruptly. Comparing that flow to a normal session, I see that > there are > some extra packets between the initial SYN and the sending of the GET > phrase that do not exist during a successful session. > > I'm running 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Thu Aug 18 (built > from the > stable source as of that day). > I'm using apache 1.3.34. I was on 1.3.33 and rebuilt the port to > see if > that was the problem. > > I'm not sure if this is an apache problem or a FreeBSD problem. Any > suggestions on further troubleshooting or known issues? > > Thank you! > > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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