QNetworkAccessManager causes network traffic spike every 5 seconds in wireless network

xuy_98

Previously I asked a similar question on network traffic spike every 5 seconds in wireless network. At that time I thought it's caused by QWebKit. Later I created a small download program - actually I only instantiate QNetworkAccessManager and don't do anything with it. The program causes 'pinging' the router to take more than 100 ms every 5 seconds. When the program does not run, the pinging takes less than 1 ms.

I used WireShack to check the packet and it seems the program tried to resolve some address. I don't why it does that and how to stop it.

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

You should also add which version of Qt you are using and on what OS.

Without a code sample on how you are using QNetworkAccessManager, it's impossible to help you search a solution

xuy_98

Thanks for your reply. I just tested on 64bit Windows 7 with Qt 5.3. Here is the code (same for earlier releases like 4.8):
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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QNetworkAccessManager manager;

QApplication a(argc, argv);
MainWindow w;
w.show();

return a.exec(&#41;;

}
@
Here is pinging results with the program is running:
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Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255
Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=255
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When I stopped the program, the pinging result is always
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Reply from 10.144.55.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
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I figure QNetworkAccessManager tries to contact the server to resolve address but I don't know how to stop it.

BTW, I also tried dynamically created QNetworkAccessManager and deleted it after a few minutes. It proves QNetworkAccessManager caused the ping delay.

Thanks.

xuy_98

BTW, Qt example: fancybrowser and browser have the same behavior.

SGaist

The first thing that strikes me is that you are creating the QNAM before the QApplication, which is wrong. QApplication must always be created first to allow proper library initialization.

xuy_98

Thanks for helping. I switched the sequence of QNAM and QAPP. The results are the same.

andreyc

You can try to use "Wireshark":http://www.wireshark.org/ to monitor the network activity.

[EDIT] I don't see any abnormal network activity when the example app is running. But there is no wireless interface on my computer.

xuy_98

The issue appears in wireless environment only. Thanks for your comments.