Look at 'server-status' and see how many workers you have available. Maybe you also have a bunch of 'zombie' threads that need to killed. URL: http://servername/server-status You may need to enable the server-status in the httpd.conf file. ######################################################################## #################### Apache Server Status for esystems.bankofamerica.com Server Version: Apache/2.0.48 (Win32) mod_perl/1.99_13-dev Perl/v5.8.3 PHP/4.3.4 Server Built: Nov 2 2003 23:31:38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Current Time: Tuesday, 21-Mar-2006 15:10:54 Eastern Standard Time Restart Time: Thursday, 16-Mar-2006 05:05:06 Eastern Standard Time Parent Server Generation: 0 Server uptime: 5 days 10 hours 5 minutes 48 seconds Total accesses: 618854 - Total Traffic: 7.4 GB 1.32 requests/sec - 16.6 kB/second - 12.5 kB/request 12 requests currently being processed, 238 idle workers ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________W__K__K__KK_K_KK__K_K_KK__...... ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Wagener [mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 14:56 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [users@httpd] Connection refused, most times. > > I am having problems with my local webserver, where 9 out of > 10 times when > I try to access page, I get connection refused, but if I come > back an hour > later 1 out of 10 times it does work. The clients are windows XP, and > apache is running on gentoo Linux. At first I thought maybe > a firewall > was to blame, but as you see below, the traffic is getting > through. Can > anyone see anything from looking at the tcp logs below? > > Thanks in Advance, > Brian > > > On server using tcpdump on Gentoo Linux: > > 08:41:29.556167 IP 10.0.0.147.1092 > 10.0.0.1.80: S > 3674532880:3674532880(0) win 65535 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> > 08:41:29.556232 IP 10.0.0.1.80 > 10.0.0.147.1092: R 0:0(0) > ack 3674532881 > win 0 > 08:41:30.017045 IP 10.0.0.147.1092 > 10.0.0.1.80: S > 3674532880:3674532880(0) win 65535 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> > 08:41:30.017129 IP 10.0.0.1.80 > 10.0.0.147.1092: R 0:0(0) ack 1 win 0 > 08:41:30.517615 IP 10.0.0.147.1092 > 10.0.0.1.80: S > 3674532880:3674532880(0) win 65535 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> > 08:41:30.517692 IP 10.0.0.1.80 > 10.0.0.147.1092: R 0:0(0) ack 1 win 0 > > On client using Ethereal in WinXP: > > 54 13.030348 10.0.0.147 10.0.0.1 TCP > 1092 > http [SYN] Seq=0 Ack=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 > 55 13.030637 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.147 TCP > http > 1092 [RST, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=0 Win=0 Len=0 > 59 13.491376 10.0.0.147 10.0.0.1 TCP > 1092 > http [SYN] Seq=0 Ack=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 > 60 13.491911 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.147 TCP > http > 1092 [RST, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=0 Len=0 > 64 13.992120 10.0.0.147 10.0.0.1 TCP > 1092 > http [SYN] Seq=0 Ack=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 > 65 13.992676 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.147 TCP > http > 1092 [RST, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=0 Len=0 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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