Network Problem

[Warren Block]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Chris Kelly wrote:

> FreeBSD www.piyeepress.com 4.8-RELEASE

Pretty old...

> Server version: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix)

Quite old for Apache, and with some known security vulnerabilities, I 
think.

> When accessed via a web browser, it will return pages for a few minutes.
> Eventually access is super super slow, as if some TCP state table is
> filling up.  I reboot the server and it returns web pages as it should,
> but only for five or so minutes, when it won't return any more pages, or
> it returns pages but very slowly.

It may not be a network problem.

> The output of netstat -ap tcp doesn't show too many open
> states.  I swear that some tcp state table is filling up;
> otherwise I have no clues.  Here's something too: if I use lynx to access
> the site, and I access the site from another server in the same rack, the
> page is returned instantly.  Here's some more confusion: non-Windows
> machines seem to do better at getting pages from the server than do
> Windows machines.

A router choking?  Some kind of firewall problem?  Either way, I'd 
still suggest updating to 4.10 and Apache 1.3.33 for a start.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA