beeer is my hero :)

Right after Christmas we replaced the hme card in the 2nd search.cpan box due to a really high number of TCP retransmissions in spite of tuning the box and trying other ways to nail down the problem. Initially after replacing the network card the problem subsided but returned again about a week later. Ben Hockenhull caught up with me on #perl earlier today and asked me if I was still seeing the same behaviour as he had found something rather odd on the network....and it would appear the problem has been solved :) This brings me great relief as I was already considering shipping him a new box to replace the current one in lieu of wasting a lot of time tracking down the problem with the box remotely. THANK YOU BEN! :) So you may notice the search engine being a bit zippier now. :)

permalink Ω 15 February 2002, Helsinki