Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:16:09 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Subject: Re: internet slowdown Message-ID: <20080618091609.b987bf37.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080618083654.GB71985@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20080616001840.0d0e8fe9@gom.home> <20080616082332.02b87114.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080617220514.1ebdabef@gom.home> <20080618083654.GB71985@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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In response to Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:05:14PM -0700, prad wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:23:32 -0400 > > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > > > > > Is the console responsive when this happens? > > > > > when it bogs it takes ages to even ssh into the server. > > You do realise that this particular symptom usually points to reverse-lookup > errors. I would examine your DNS server logs. It could be, but it depends. I've also seen this problem as a result of high load and sshd taking a long time to spawn a child process because of the load. Prad, once you _are_ logged in, is the server responsive? Or does the sluggishness persist? -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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