Reverse DNS does not work. Could that be it? David On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:51:35 -0500 Greg Scott <GregScott@InfraSupportEtc.com> wrote: > Or maybe some kind of DNS issue is going on. > > - Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Koski [mailto:david@KosmosIsland.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 10:31 AM > To: LARTC > Subject: [LARTC] long delays with NNTP after switching T1 to other > servcie provider > > > After moving a Linux server serving as a wireless gateway/router to another > ISP, > I noticed a problem with NNTP. When attempting to communicate NNTP through > the > Linux server, there are long delays that often result in timeouts. For > example, > when using the newsreader pan, I get the following errors in the log file, > in > reverse chronological order: > > Connect Failure > NNTP handshake failed: Error reading from socket. > Handshake failed: Error reading from socket. > NNTP handshake failed: Error reading from socket. > Timed out waiting to read from the server. > > > The Linux server is fed with a T1 from a different source. Before changing > over, there was no problem with NNTP. The only other difference that would > seem > to matter is the reconfiguration of the server. I only took some services > off > line (qmail for example) and reconfigured the routing. All other traffic > through the server works well, with the exception of dhcp which I haven't > resolved yet. > > I suspect a QoS control issue from upstream. Is it possible that NNTP > requests > are sitting in a queue somewhere waiting for a the "right" time to dequeue? > If > so, would there be something I could do with the TOS that might help? Or Am > I > on the wrong track? > > TIA, > David Koski > david@KosmosIsland.com > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
