I think it is the Etisalat proxy that is caching the webpages and as the cache gets re-freshed, you see the site.
On 8/23/07, penguinforce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having a problem which is really testing my understanding of the > Internet (my sanity as well). > > I have a PHP-based web site running on a remote server. When I edit a > file on that server, and I try to load the file using HTTP from my > browser, I don't see the changes I just made. > > I definitely cleared my browser cache, and to be double-sure it's not > a browser issue, I've used lynx and wget. > > If I use another computer on my home network, through the same ADSL > connection, again I _do not_ see the changes to the file. > > If I log in to a shell account on a computer outside the UAE, and try > wget'ing that file before and after the modification, I _do_ see the > changes. > > If I go shopping at Mercato Spinney's, come back 3 hours later and try > it from my home PC again, I _do_ see the changes to the file. > > I noticed that if I cycle the power on my ADSL modem/router very > quickly, I still _do not_ see the changes. Co-incidentally, my > Internet-facing IP address granted by Etisalat remains the same during > a quick reboot. > > If I leave my ADSL modem powered off for several minutes and then > reboot it, Etisalat gives me a different IP address, and now I _do_ > see the changes to the file. > > So it feels like some computer between the web host and my home > computer is caching those files, based on my IP address. But they > don't get cached for the computer where I have a shell account. > > For the hell of it, I tried clearing a cache table that my website > scripts use occasionally to speed things up - that made no difference. > This problem affects only static files that get served up from the > webhost. I don't have a problem with any dynamic content that gets > generated by the site's scripts (even random numbers on a single page > that change on every page reload). > > I'm sorry if my rambling has obscured the issue. Does anybody have > any ideas what's going on? > > >
