topic Slow response from homepage in Operating System - Linux

Slow response from homepage

Bruce Smith_2 — Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:15:44 GMT

My server is running Radhat 6.2, 2.2.14 with Apache 1.3.14. I am unable to display the home page without waiting for about 1 minute. Can anybody suggest what to do to stop the delay?

Re: Slow response from homepage

Mike McKinlay — Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:51:30 GMT

Bruce -- a lot of things can cause such a problem. We're going to need more information.

Are you attempting to display the homepage from the server, from a local area network connection, or the Internet?

Do telnets or FTPs into the system encounter similar delays?

What does the homepage look like? Lots of graphics? If you use a simple "Hello World" homepage is the response time just as bad?

What browser are you running?

Re: Slow response from homepage

RikTytgat — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:17:28 GMT

Hi,

This does seem like a DNS problem.

Maybe your system first tries you r ISP's DNS servers before checking your local hosts file. If your IP addresses or not 'official' IP addresses, the resolver times out and check your hosts file.

This order (first DNS, then files) is specified in the file /etc/host.conf. Reversing the order to hosts,bind might solve your problem.

Hope this helps,
Rik.