Search Again: Re: Load balance not working... From: listaccount@starionline.com Date: Saturday, October 6, 2001 Time: 9:15:12 am > Note that QuickDNS Load Balancer's "interval" checks don't show up in > the log because Load Balancer doesn't send an HTTP request. It just > establishes a connection at the TCP level, without sending any data > over that connection. Apparently WebStar still counts it as a "hit" as I have many hits in the status window, but no entries in the log. > If you want to load balance, for example, www.starionhost.net, you'll > need perform the following two steps: > > - Remove the A record named www.starionhost.net. It currently looks like: > www.starionhost.net. A 209.248.156.138 > > - Create a CNAME record named www.starionhost.net that looks like this: > www.starionhost.net. CNAME lbr.starionhost.net. Okay. Did this. Still no go. Restarted machines, re-checked records. And what would I do if I wanted to also included the shortened form of just starionhost.net in the load balance? Jeff J. Starion Systems, Inc. > At 11:37 AM -0500 10/5/01, <listaccount@starionline.com> wrote: >> Okay, the issue with the LB tester is resolved. I am now getting correct >> readings from it. However, with a 50/50 setting, I should be seeing a log >> entry on the backup server every other refresh or so? >> >> In other words, the LB tester is showing distribution, but in reality, >> requests are still only hitting the primary web server. I have had the >> backup server up all week with this LB configuration, and it hasn't taken >> any hits at all. >> >> So, bottom line is, load balancing is still not working. >> >> Jeff J. >> Starion Systems >> >>>>> Yes, well, the LB Tester utility doesn't connect to the web servers. >>>>> It connects to QuickDNS. >>>>> >>>>> Is it still showing a "non-LB response"? Or does it have a different >>>>> error message? Or what? >>>> >>>> It's not returning any kind of error. It's just showing a 100% >> count to one >>>> IP, main web server machine. From any machine. Inside or outside the >>>> network. >>> >>> That's very odd, given the results I got from it. >>> >>> Exactly what are you entering into the utility? For the name, you >>> should be entering lbr.starionhost.net; for the server, either >>> ns1.starionhost.net or ns2.starionhost.net. >>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>> Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>> cbuxton@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >>> >

Messages In This Thread: Re: Load balance not working... by listaccount@starionline.com on Oct 1, 2001 at 11:45:34 am Re: Load balance not working... by Men & Mice Support on Oct 1, 2001 at 12:20:12 pm Re: Load balance not working... by listaccount@starionline.com on Oct 1, 2001 at 3:22:18 pm Re: Load balance not working... by Men & Mice Support on Oct 1, 2001 at 11:23:40 pm Re: Load balance not working... by listaccount@starionline.com on Oct 5, 2001 at 9:38:14 am Re: Load balance not working... by Men & Mice Support on Oct 6, 2001 at 1:10:27 am Re: Load balance not working... by listaccount@starionline.com on Oct 6, 2001 at 9:15:12 am Re: Load balance not working... by Men & Mice Support on Oct 7, 2001 at 8:07:47 pm Re: Load balance not working... by listaccount@starionline.com on Oct 7, 2001 at 8:19:27 pm Re: Load balance not working... by Men & Mice Support on Oct 7, 2001 at 8:24:27 pm