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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Firefox's "Connecting"
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:32:40
Message-Id: 8cd1ed20706090926r347d5ed5l8eb8d3b11c8963d5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Firefox's "Connecting" by Grant
1 On 6/10/07, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > > > > Can anyone tell me what Firefox is doing when it says it is
3 > > > > "Connecting" to a particular website? My site is periodically hanging
4 > > > > at that point, and I'd like to track down the problem. Is it just
5 > > > > waiting for apache2's first response to the HTTP request?
6 > > >
7 > > > No, Firefox is propably waiting for the TCP connection to be
8 > > > established. Use something like wireshark or tcpdump to find out for sure.
9 > >
10 > > I was trying to login (via ssh) to a virtual server and it was taking ages (19
11 > > secs or so). Apparently there was something wrong with the way the sysadmin
12 > > had set up DNS. Once fixed I would be asked for a passwd with 1-2 seconds.
13 > > It could be that something like this is wrong with your server?
14 >
15 > I'll check that out. Thanks guys.
16 >
17
18 Try it with 'curl'
19 ie:
20 curl -v www.google.com
21
22 If it doesnt find an IP, its a DNS problem, if it finds an IP but
23 doesn't connect, it may be a routing problem, if it works for all
24 sites, but not a particular site, that site might be broken, and
25 'curl' might be able to help you see where.
26
27 :)
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31 --
32 Kent
33 ruby -e '[1, 2, 4, 7, 0, 9, 5, 8, 3, 10, 11, 6, 12, 13].each{|x|
34 print "enNOSPicAMreil kdrtf@×××.com"[(2*x)..(2*x+1)]}'
35 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Firefox's "Connecting" Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>