Initial nonresponse of the pi as web server

[lilzz]

Did a ifconfig and check its IP address there.
Bring up the Pi as web server.

From nearby client computer trying to connect to Pi which supposed to serve up the web pages.

Web pages not found!

From my client computer I did Ping to Pi, first 5 seconds request time out then after that, communication is established.

Now the web pages are served correctly.

It happens periodically,I need to use ping to re-establish the communication and have the Pi server back on.

So annoying, What cause this to happen?

[DougieLawson]

Check the web server is running on the RPi.

sudo apt-get install wget curl lynx # those three are the best tools to test any web server
netstat -tln # we're looking to see that something is listening on 0.0.0.0:80
lynx http://127.0.0.1:80 # try to fetch your home page

Check the RPi is connected to your LAN and can reach your gateway
ping -c3 8.8.8.8

If all is well then it's something external to the RPi.

[Richard-TX]

It sounds like the Raspi is using a WIFI connection and that the wifi card is going to sleep. If so then
try adding the following to /etc/rc.local

iwconfig wlan0 power off

another option is to add the following to the interfaces file.


wireless-power off

power refers to power management.