massive hits to a single page from 1 IP

help interpreting log message

[ypsites]

Hello! First time poster here . . . .

Question: I'm seeing repeated hits (hundreds in a row) in my logs from a single IP accessing a single page. (Actually, I'm seeing this same behavior from multiple IPs -- all accessing the same page over and over -- my logs are ballooning.) I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the page, but I can't see a problem.

The page is reached by 301 redirect, and the log is showing 301 280 (instead of 301 200) . . . does 280 indicate some kind of problem that causes the browser to try again and again to grab the same page?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Dreamquick]

Assuming you actually have "301 280" on one line in your raw logs...

Isn't the number after HTTP status code the size of the request/response in bytes? I'd suggest checking how you have your logging setup so you can work out exactly what the number following the 301 means.

- Tony

[ypsites]

Thanks Dreamquick!
I figured out the problem -- an error in my .htaccess file. It wasn't producing an error in the error log, so it didn't occur to me to check there.
Thanks for your help.