Re: bizarre TCP behavior

From: Dave (daveo@osdn.com)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 18:01:16 EST


This did fix my problem. Thanks very much, I'll be sure to send a polite
message to the admins at sites where I notice this problem! Any detailed
info you might have on why this was failing?
        dave

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On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Gregory Maxwell wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:24:46PM -0400, Dave wrote: > > I am having a very strange problem in linux 2.4 kernels. I have not set > > any iptables rules at all, and there is no firewall blocking any of my > > outgoing traffic. At what seems like random selection, I can not connect > > to IP's yet I can get ping replies from them. Most IP's reply just fine, > > but certain ones fail to send even an ACK. This problem disappears when I > > boot into 2.2. Here is a brief example of what I am talking about: > > echo -n 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > Fix it? > > If so, please tell the sites your are trying to connect to to upgrade their > $I#$@#%@(%)@%$ firewall and/or loadbalencer (usually Localdirector or PIX). > >

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