Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-21 Thread edwardp
That setting already was set to true, but it made no difference. -Original Message- From: Matthew Gillen To: discuss@blu.org Sent: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 1:00 pm Subject: Re: Diagnosing connection issue On 02/21/2011 12:47 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > The issue has been resolved by

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-21 Thread Matthew Gillen
On 02/21/2011 12:47 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > The issue has been resolved by not using Mozilla-derived software on > both operating systems. A little late now, but someone earlier pointed out that IPv6 DNS can cause issues because of incomplete support for it. With mozilla-based product

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-21 Thread edwardp
The issue has been resolved by not using Mozilla-derived software on both operating systems. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:56:35AM -0500, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > What's that old joke about the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing ov

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread edwardp
This mobile interface... :( It was through using the current version of Firefox supplied by Ubuntu and SeaMonkey ver. 2.0.11 as wel as a release candidate of 2.0.12 in Linux, and SM 2.0.11 with Fx 3.6.13 in Win Vista. ___ Discuss mailing list D

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/16/2011 07:37 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: >> What remains a mystery...I could not call up the modem >> and router status screens in the browsers using their IP addresses >> (no DNS used), yet both of them sent back immediate ping responses... > While unlikely, especial

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
I am becoming convinced that the problem is /not/ the modem, router, NIC, or cables, but possibly an issue affecting both SeaMonkey and Firefox which is not dependent on any particular operating system. I installed Chromium and have been using it for a good 20 minutes now, no connection issues

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
Bill Bogstad wrote: > > Some more ideas: > > 1. Maybe pings work because they are small packets. Maybe something > is flaky in handling full size packets. Try specifying packet sizes > to ping (ping -s). > 2. Check stats on your network card with "ifconfig" to look for > errored or dropped packe

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
Tom Metro wrote: > edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: >> What remains a mystery...I could not call up the modem >> and router status screens in the browsers using their IP addresses >> (no DNS used), yet both of them sent back immediate ping responses... > While unlikely, especially with two appliances i

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Metro
edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > What remains a mystery...I could not call up the modem > and router status screens in the browsers using their IP addresses > (no DNS used), yet both of them sent back immediate ping responses... While unlikely, especially with two appliances involved, it is possible

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > Bill Bogstad wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:22 AM, wrote: >> >> >>> I have not as yet tried a traceroute when this occurs, but will do so the >>> next time. I have not experienced this same issue on my laptop using a >>> wireless connection. >>>

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:22 AM, wrote: > >> I have not as yet tried a traceroute when this occurs, but will do so the >> next time. I have not experienced this same issue on my laptop using a >> wireless connection. >> >> But even when this occurs, /if/ the problem i

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
..@blu.org> To: discuss@blu.org Sent: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 9:28 am Subject: Re: Diagnosing connection issue On 02/15/2011 03:53 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, <edwa...@linuxmail.org> wrote: >> This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it canno

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
. On the Linux side, the item in the config files relating to IPv6 DNS lookups for both Firefox and SeaMonkey, is set to true - IPv6 DNS lookups are disabled. -Original Message- From: Jerry Feldman To: discuss@blu.org Sent: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 11:32 am Subject: Re: Diagnosing conne

DNS Slowness (Re: Diagnosing connection issue)

2011-02-16 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 06:06:32PM -0500, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > This is one system with both OS' installed, it came pre-installed with > 32-bit Windows Vista, then I installed 64-bit Ubuntu afterwards. > > I bought a new NIC (Netgear) this afternoon and it came right up in > Linux. The

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
Sorry for another blank/dupe message. I saw a blank message go through again. Mobile interface bug. :( ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/16/2011 11:18 AM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > This is a 64-bit dual core CPU. I cannot imagine anything that would > hog up such a processor... I've seen it on my quad-core Opteron. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 EC

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:18:39AM -0500, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > This is a 64-bit dual core CPU. I cannot imagine anything that would > hog up such a processor... There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio... -b -- nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merel

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
This is a 64-bit dual core CPU. I cannot imagine anything that would hog up such a processor... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/15/2011 03:53 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, wrote: >> This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system >> software if two operating systems are involved. > To be fair, both systems could have something wrong with them. Given > that the more st

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/14/2011 08:03 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > David Kramer wrote:. > > >> It sounds to me like it's losing DNS, not connectivity. Try accessing a >> website via IP address instead of domain name next time this happens. >> > The connection just hung again, same result using an IP addre

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread edwardp
Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, wrote: > >> This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system >> software if two operating systems are involved. >> > To be fair, both systems could have something wrong with them. Given > that the more straightforw

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, wrote: > This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system > software if two operating systems are involved. To be fair, both systems could have something wrong with them. Given that the more straightforward causes are being eliminated more atyp

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread edwardp
This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system software if two operating systems are involved. When I pinged both the router and modem during these episodes, both respond to pings without any packet loss from either. I will try a new NIC as the spare I have, is not compatible

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:22 AM, wrote: > I have not as yet tried a traceroute when this occurs, but will do so the > next time.   I have not experienced this same issue on my laptop using a > wireless connection. > > But even when this occurs, /if/ the problem is further downstream, past the

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread edwardp
pages should have no trouble coming into the browsers and they are not even doing that when this problem occurs, yet they ping fine during all this. -Original Message- From: Tom Metro To: edwardp Cc: L-blu Sent: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 1:03 am Subject: Re: Diagnosing connection issue

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread Tom Metro
edwardp wrote: > And even after this, it occurred again, this time it was at least a full > minute before the page(s) started loading in. So when it happens, have you attempted to run trace routes? One approach I've used to catch intermittent problems like that is to do a trace (to www.google.co

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread edwardp
edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > David Kramer wrote:. > > > >> It sounds to me like it's losing DNS, not connectivity. Try accessing a >> website via IP address instead of domain name next time this happens. >> >> > The connection just hung again, same result using an IP address. After >

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread edwardp
David Kramer wrote:. > It sounds to me like it's losing DNS, not connectivity. Try accessing a > website via IP address instead of domain name next time this happens. > The connection just hung again, same result using an IP address. After a delay of 10-15 seconds, the page begins to load

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:12 AM, wrote: > For a while now, I've been having an issue with an Ethernet connection.  The > PC is a 64-bit system, purchased new 15 months ago, so I still consider it > new.  :) > > After being online for a while, the connection "drops", this occurs with both > Win

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread edwardp
Sorry for the blank message earlier. Currently using a quirky mobile interface. It did not matter which DNS was used, it occurred using default Comcast, Comcast DNSSEC, as well as Google's DNS service. This is what makes it more strange... ___ Dis

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread edwardp
Googles DNS was not pinged previously when this happened, so I cannot say if the same loss would have occurred. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread edwardp
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Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread David Kramer
On 02/14/2011 06:12 AM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > For a while now, I've been having an issue with an Ethernet connection. The > PC is a 64-bit system, purchased new 15 months ago, so I still consider it > new. :) > > After being online for a while, the connection "drops", this occurs with

Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-14 Thread edwardp
For a while now, I've been having an issue with an Ethernet connection. The PC is a 64-bit system, purchased new 15 months ago, so I still consider it new. :) After being online for a while, the connection "drops", this occurs with both Windows Vista (32-bit, pre-installed when I bought it) an