[users@httpd] Apache2 broken as a proxy server under WindowsXP

[TJC Ward <tj...@us.ibm.com>]

I'm using Apache as a cacheing proxy on a WindowsXP system (the upstream
link is Starband satellite, the downstream link is a wireless LAN around my
house). Apache2 breaks with messages below in the log; the web browsers get
some rather disjointed sessions. Apache1 works fine (except that it
discards cookies ...). I get notices about Apache wanting to notify
Microsoft about the problem, which I duly allow it to do.
I'm not sure whether the problem is related to Apache on WindowsXP, the
Starband upstream http proxy, or 'mod_proxy' etc.
At the moment, I'm running through Starband's http proxy (they run http
over a private protocol between my PC and their base station via the
satellite); I can try turning this off and running TCP; Starband have a
strange scheme involving running half the TCP stack on my computer and the
other half back that their satellite base station, but it works most of the
time.

If anyone knows what is broken, or has this or a similar configuration
working, or has a similar problem, or can help diagnose the problem with a
view to resolving it, I'd be glad to hear from you.

[Tue Aug 27 08:33:11 2002] [notice] Parent: child process exited with
status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:11 2002] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4684
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:11 2002] [notice] Child 4684: Child process is running
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:11 2002] [notice] Child 4684: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:11 2002] [notice] Child 4684: Starting 250 worker
threads.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:15 2002] [notice] Parent: child process exited with
status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:15 2002] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3768
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:15 2002] [notice] Child 3768: Child process is running
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:15 2002] [notice] Child 3768: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:15 2002] [notice] Child 3768: Starting 250 worker
threads.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:19 2002] [notice] Parent: child process exited with
status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:19 2002] [notice] Parent: Created child process 5728
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:19 2002] [notice] Child 5728: Child process is running
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:19 2002] [notice] Child 5728: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:19 2002] [notice] Child 5728: Starting 250 worker
threads.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:24 2002] [notice] Parent: child process exited with
status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:24 2002] [notice] Parent: Created child process 1576
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:24 2002] [notice] Child 1576: Child process is running
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:24 2002] [notice] Child 1576: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Aug 27 08:33:24 2002] [notice] Child 1576: Starting 250 worker
threads.
[Wed Aug 28 19:46:30 2002] [notice] Parent: Created child process 1536
[Wed Aug 28 19:46:31 2002] [notice] Child 1536: Child process is

T J Chris Ward
Application Development, Computational Biology Center
IBM T J Watson Research Center
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email: tjcw@us.ibm.com



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