Help with strange web server problem

[Gerard Seibert]

Jerry Bell wrote:

> I didn't want to spam the link out, but it's www.musiclodge.com.  I will
> gather the capture data from working and non working sessions and send it
> out.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > Path MTU 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.
> >
> > The details would help.  :-)  Or you could tell us what the server is
> > so we could try hitting it ourselves...
> >
> > --
> > -Chuck

I just tried visiting the site five times in the past few minutes
without incident. That probably does not help you very much though. I
am using FF, the latest version if that means anything.

-- 
Gerard