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

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

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 is the

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... But

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 GREAT! webpage served in 2 seconds

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

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 802.11b

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 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

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
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
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

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

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 2 seconds 4)