slow load times over LAN using domain versus IP address

My setup: Mac OS X and Windows 2000/98 machines on LAN with RH9 Linux
server running Apache, BIND, Sendmail.

If I browse http://192.168.0.9 (the IP of the server), everything
works well, very snappy response, all is good. However, if I browse
http://monkeymatic.com, which is the same server and web site, the
HTML file loads quickly, but all the graphics take 60 to 90 seconds to
load! If I use any computer OUTSIDE my LAN, it works fine. Go ahead,
try http://monkeymatic.com (I'm on DSL).

How can I diagnose this problem?

-aaron

aaronlyon wrote:

> My setup: Mac OS X and Windows 2000/98 machines on LAN with RH9 Linux
> server running Apache, BIND, Sendmail.
>
> If I browse http://192.168.0.9 (the IP of the server), everything
> works well, very snappy response, all is good. However, if I browse
> http://monkeymatic.com, which is the same server and web site, the
> HTML file loads quickly, but all the graphics take 60 to 90 seconds to
> load! If I use any computer OUTSIDE my LAN, it works fine. Go ahead,
> try http://monkeymatic.com (I'm on DSL).
>
> How can I diagnose this problem?

By examining the difference between the DNS resolution you run on your
LAN and the way your domain is resolved on the Internet.

Hint: the solution will involve setting up BIND in moderately smart
ways, to do different things in different circumstances.

You probably have the 'monkeymatic" thing resolved to the public address
on your LAN as well - which causes the delays.

If you have a recent enough version of BIND (8.x or 9.x) then look into
the "views" directive - this allows you to do split DNS on one server,
which is what you probably want.

--
Jeroen Geilman

Analog bits courtesy of adaptr.

On 26 Jan 2004 17:55:19 -0800, aaronlyon
<aaron@monkeymatic.com> wrote:
> My setup: Mac OS X and Windows 2000/98 machines on LAN with RH9 Linux
> server running Apache, BIND, Sendmail.
>
> If I browse http://192.168.0.9 (the IP of the server), everything
> works well, very snappy response, all is good. However, if I browse
> http://monkeymatic.com, which is the same server and web site, the
> HTML file loads quickly, but all the graphics take 60 to 90 seconds to
> load! If I use any computer OUTSIDE my LAN, it works fine. Go ahead,
> try http://monkeymatic.com (I'm on DSL).
>
> How can I diagnose this problem?
>
Is there really a problem, or was this a ploy to advertise your site? :)
Assuming the former, you might try "traceroute monkeymatic.com" from
inside the LAN.


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