Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-12-02 Thread Paul Boddie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The server runs fast when one computer is the server, but slow when the > other computer is the server. > How can this be, given that this asymmetry does not exist when both > computers are wired. Probably because the way your wireless interfaces are configured may be di

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-12-02 Thread jojoba
Hello again everyone, First, I want to thank all those who have contributed to the unravelling of this server-slow-down mystery. But unfortunately, either: 1) i have not made my point clear about what my question is 2) i do not understand the responses given So, let me briefly reiterate what the

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-12-02 Thread Paul Boddie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Could the above server-speed assymetry that i spoke of above be caused > by this reverse dns lookup? I think so. You stated that you use "a fairly simple HTTP server", although that's not exactly specific enough to diagnose the problem, but if that were the standard libr

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-12-01 Thread jojoba
> Just a guess: could it be that your server is doing reverse-dns lookups? > (i.e. it does socket.gethostbyaddr to get names by ip addresses, > perhaps for logging or whatnot) > This call is expensive. Sometimes this call takes ages to complete, > if you have a broken DNS config. Interesting...

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-12-01 Thread Irmen de Jong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi again Istvan, > > Good suggestion. > I have tried another server and it works flawlessly, regardless of the > computers being wireless or wired. Excellent. > However, i am still intrigued as to why the server is fast when both > computers are wireless and the desktop

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread jojoba
Hi again Istvan, Good suggestion. I have tried another server and it works flawlessly, regardless of the computers being wireless or wired. Excellent. However, i am still intrigued as to why the server is fast when both computers are wireless and the desktop is the server (while the laptop is the

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread Istvan Albert
> But if it's a problem with the software, why does the server work > great when wired (i.e. not wireless)...that's the weird part. Don't be so quick to eliminate software error ... when it comes to bugs there are few rules. You are using a recipe that is *known* to produce weird behavior. Make

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread jojoba
Thanks Istvan, But if it's a problem with the software, why does the server work great when wired (i.e. not wireless)...that's the weird part. Thanks again, jojoba -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread Istvan Albert
> The server is almost entirely based on the server found at: > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/259148 Try using a different python based webserver. This recipe might have some problems that cause the weird behavior. (The Karigell webframework uses a server based on this r

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread jojoba
Hello again! Heres the CLIENT info you requested: === Interface List 0x1 ... MS TCP Loopback interface 0x20002 ...00 09 5b 41 0c b7 .. NETGEAR MA311 PCI Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport ==

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread Paul McNett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please excuse any ignorance here. > I would love to show you what you are asking for, but I am not sure > what you are asking for (newbie here). > > All these connections (i.e. client-server connections) are within my > local area network. > > I have a simple linksys 80

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread jojoba
Hi again, Please excuse any ignorance here. I would love to show you what you are asking for, but I am not sure what you are asking for (newbie here). All these connections (i.e. client-server connections) are within my local area network. I have a simple linksys 802.11b router. My server is set

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-30 Thread Timothy Smith
Paul McNett wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>1) >>Laptop wired, client >>Desktop wired, server >>GREAT! >>webpage served in 2 seconds >> >>2) >>Laptop wired, server >>Deskop wired, client >>GREAT! >>webpage served in 2 seconds >> >>3) >>Laptop wireless, client >>Desktop wireless, server >>

Re: an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-29 Thread Paul McNett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) > Laptop wired, client > Desktop wired, server > GREAT! > webpage served in 2 seconds > > 2) > Laptop wired, server > Deskop wired, client > GREAT! > webpage served in 2 seconds > > 3) > Laptop wireless, client > Desktop wireless, server > GREAT! > webpage served in

an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

2005-11-29 Thread jojoba
Hi, I hope this post is ok for this group. Here's my deal: I have two computers on my LAN at home. One desktop. One laptop. Both computers are wireless enabled (and wired enabled too). I have running a fairly simple HTTP server (written in python) that i can run on either computer. When the comp