This makes a lot of sense. I believe the default timeout for DNS lookups is 5 seconds, and the system will attempt it twice by default as well. There is your 10 second delay. Something may be doing lookups. > -----Original Message----- > From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:18 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [users@httpd] HTTPD pausing? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:cameronc@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Dienstag, 15. März 2005 07:42 > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; eimantas.vaiciunas@xxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] HTTPD pausing? > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:30:34 +0000, Eimantas Vaičiūnas > > <eimantas.vaiciunas@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Maybe HostnameLookup is turned on and it slows down things > > with hostname > > > conversions from clients' ip addresses? > > > > I considered that, but HostNameLookups is off in the httpd.conf file. > > Yes... but that's not the only place apache can be caught looking up > hostnames. Are you using hostnames as arguments to VirtualHost or > NameVirtualHost? > > > There's no traffic on the box but me, and it happens sporatically > > where a page will load, and 3 or 4 images on that page will load, then > > an image or two will not load right away - pausing 10 or more seconds > > before finally loading. > > Check the access_log and look at the delivery time of each image in the > page - does it confirm what you experience in the browser? Is your > client using HTTP/1.1? Do you have KeepAlive on? Are all images on the > server? Are any images dynamically generated? > > Apache doesn't usually dither so there must be something it is trying to > do... > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > -- > > Cameron Childress > > Sumo Consulting Inc > > http://www.sumoc.com > > --- > > cell: 678.637.5072 > > aim: cameroncf > > email: cameronc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > > Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persnliche Kommunikation. Sie hat > keinen Bezug zur B rsen- bzw. Geschftst tigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This > e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the > exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le prsent e-mail est > un message priv et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activit boursi re du > Groupe SWX. > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. > If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently > and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your > system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. > You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, > or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. > The sender’s company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail > communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this > message are those of the individual sender, except where the message > states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the > views of the sender’s company. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx