[Catalyst] Catalyst test server response times.

[Matt S Trout]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:41:35AM +0000, Ian Docherty wrote:
> Ash Berlin wrote:
> >
> >On 30 Jan 2008, at 09:51, Andrew Payne wrote:
> >
> >>On Jan 30, 2008 9:14 AM, Ian Docherty <catalyst at iandocherty.com> wrote:
> >>>It is frequently (but not always) taking 20 seconds or so to display a
> >>>page in my browser
> >>
> >>The only times I've had this happen, it's been DNS issues -- in my
> >>case, dhcpd putting a duff entry in resolv.conf
> >>
> >>YMMV, but worth checking.
> >>
> >>Andrew
> >
> >Also possible is that the Catalyst test server is trying to lookup 
> >your reverse DNS. Are you running with or with out debug enabled on 
> >the builtin server?
> I have also tried running a Catalyst app from another server and it does 
> not have the same delay.
> 
> I am running with debug enabled. (what difference will that make to my 
> issue?)
> 
> I have also tried it with the IP address in the URL so that DNS is not 
> (should not be ?) used.
> hang on... 'reverse' DNS?
> 
> YUP. turning debug mode off has a *big* difference.
> so, what is this reverse DNS thingy doing and how can I turn it off but 
> leave the other debug on?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup

Incidentally, you are not RMS, so I see no reason why you need to send mail
to read google for you. Please stop asking trivial, unrelated questions on
the list, it's a bit unfair to expect people to do basic research for you
- I'd have left it if you only did it occasionally but it's becoming a habit
and I'm hearing people bitch about it regularly now.

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