Re: 2nd try: Linux 2.0.[0-14] TCP & PI2

John Paul Morrison (jmorriso@bogomips.com)
Thu, 22 Aug 1996 19:20:05 -0700 (PDT)

>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I still can reproduce freezing TCP connections with Linux 2.0.14. The
> problem is most likely related with the PI2 driver.
>
> I have connected two Linux boxes ("oe1xtu" and "venus") with PI2 boards
> and WA4DSY modems. "venus" also acts as a router to a few other hosts on
> a Token Ring ("merkur" among them). All systems have Linux 2.0.14.
>

>
> Does anybody else have this problem?
> Can anybody give me a hint what to try next?
> Or, even better, can anybody suggest a fix?

The PI2 boards and/or driver are buggy - everyone out here with 56kbps
modems and PI boards running under NOS or Linux has problems with them.

They stop working from time to time, and require a reboot to get
working again.

>
> Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with the implementation of the TCP
> stack. And it's not easy to understand it by reading the source.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Klaus
>
> --
> Klaus Kudielka OE1KIB Peter Jordanstr. 165, A-1180 Wien, AUSTRIA
> oe1kib@oe1xtu.ampr.org http://oe1xtu.ampr.org/~oe1kib/
> http://asterix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1kib/
>

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