From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 13 18:43:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B59B016A420 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:43:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [209.67.223.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B866E43D7C for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:43:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D195A730A4; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:43:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 82647-08; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:43:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from [129.79.115.14] (jauty.journalism.indiana.edu [129.79.115.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5477303E; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:43:25 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1716.209.134.164.18.1139835495.squirrel@www.stelesys.com> References: <1716.209.134.164.18.1139835495.squirrel@www.stelesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Joe Auty Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:43:23 -0500 To: "Jerry Bell" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with strange web server problem 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: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:43:59 -0000 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"