ping problems

salama · Post by **salama** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:34 pm

for some unknown reason, the irc server started to ignore configured ping frequencies and now only does 1 ping every 10 minutes on all classes (i have it set up various per class in .conf) i tried /restart but didn't help. all other server's functions work normally. what is wrong?

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:00 pm

I'm no expert, but doesnt the IRCd not ping an active client? Maybe it just does more rarely? Maybe I'm completely wrong?

salama · Post by **salama** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:40 pm

first, i've been told about this from mirc users(obviously, not hiding ping-pong events shows this quite fast), then i tried to test by telnet and after the first connect pong response, next ping comes after 10 minutes and if i don't respond, the ping timeout comes after another 10 minutes.

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:15 pm

Could you paste the output of /stats Y please?

salama · Post by **salama** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:26 pm

here it is

22:25:44 -!- Y servers 90 100 10 1000000 8000
22:25:44 -!- Y restricted 60 0 20 50000 5000
22:25:44 -!- Y web 600 0 1000 30000 4000
22:25:44 -!- Y opers 90 0 10 300000 10000
22:25:44 -!- Y adv_users 90 0 1000 150000 9000
22:25:44 -!- Y users 90 0 1000 100000 8000
22:25:44 -!- Y default 120 0 100 3000000 8000
22:25:44 -!- Y End of /STATS report

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:30 pm

Ok, I think the problem is that all users get in the "web" class instead of the correct one (users?).
Check your allow blocks.

salama · Post by **salama** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:50 pm

allow {
ip *@*;
hostname *@*;
class users;
maxperip 18;
};

allow {
hostname *@localhost;
ip *@127.0.0.1;
class web;
maxperip 1000;
options {
noident;
};
};

this seems to be ok in config file, i had also idea about increasing ping frequency for web users but the time is still around 10 minutes(and no class has it set to this time)

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:53 pm

Are those your only allow blocks?

salama · Post by **salama** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:05 pm

yes, only these 2 (there are some others but they are commented out and have never been used)

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:05 am

Hmm strange.... Paste the output of "/stats allow" too, just to be sure...

salama · Post by **salama** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:24 am

11:18:47 -!- I *@127.0.0.1 * *@localhost 1000 web my.irc.server 6667
11:18:47 -!- I *@* * *@* 18 users my.irc.server 6667
11:18:47 -!- I End of /STATS report

anyway, i deleted and re-installed the whole ircd and now it seems the pings are ok...as mysteriously the problem appeared, so same way it is gone...