Good evening, Harley and all,
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Harley Privitera wrote:
> I noticed this problem as well; it seems to have vanished after an
> # echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
Oh my gosh! I just used a modem connection for the first time in
a long time today and the connection was horrendously slow; ping time up
as high as 50 seconds round trip. I just tried out the ecn disable and
Linux returned to normal. Ping times average .7 seconds now, just about
right for a heavily used modem line. Email and web pages actually arrive
in a reasonable amount of time again.
2.4.0-pre7-test2, ppp-2.3.11 (sorry, perhaps 2.4.0 would have
fixed it - sheepish grin), unmaskirq on or off didn't affect the problem.
Plenty of memory, 56k external modem. Backing down as low as 2.4.0-test4
didn't fix the networking problem.
I'll gladly provide more details or test things if needed.
Harley - thanks for the fix, even if it only masks the real
problem.
Cheers,
- Bill
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