Rogers Wave newsserver response

Newsserver Response

These pages are moving to the @Home server

Recent graphs.

The timeout was increased to 500 seconds, so posts to the ON server eventually make it except during the dead period. The rep. rate was halved to once/20 minutes.

All times are Pacific Daylight Time

Results for news.bc.rogers.wave.ca

Results for news.on.rogers.wave.ca

These graphs are from trying to post a small message to can.test over a period of 4 days between 6-9 August 1997. The script attempts to connect to the server, post a message, and wait for a reply. If no reply is received, a timeout is recorded. Initially the timeout was set to 60, then 90, and finally 120 seconds. In the graphs, errors are mapped as follows:

Not found (DNS): -5
Timeout: -10
Unreachable: -15
Connect refused: -20
Other: -25

A distinct pattern is clear: both Rogers servers refuse to accept posts between about 11pm and 3am. The server apparantly accepts the posting, but no reply is received within 2 minutes.

Results for news.bc.rogers.wave.ca

Results for news.on.rogers.wave.ca

For comparison, results from nntp.ucs.ubc.ca for a similar period.

Andrew <advax@triumf.ca>