Re: pre-2.0.30, ether tcp stalling

bofh@snoopy.virtual.net.au
Tue, 25 Mar 97 15:57:28 +1000


I've been having similar problems on a PPP link since about 2.1.27. I can get the problem to go away by using the program "strobe" on the machine I'm receiving data from.

Russell Coker

>> I have a 3com 3c509B, and a Lance PCNet32 as my ethernet cards for
>> my two-computer network. With both systems running David Miller's
>> pre2.0.30 kernel, I experience frequent TCP stalls. If I ping the
>> other host, TCP flows quickly. For a short while. Then it stalls
>> again. NFS (UDP) filesystems are unaffected by this, except again,
>> it stalls during the 'mounting remote filesystems' of my bootup, which
>> negotiates TCP connections for the portmapper.
>>
>> If one systems reverts back to 2.0.29, TCP works smoothly.
>> I have reverted both my systems back to vanilla 2.0.29.
>>
>> --
>> Myles Uyema
>> myles@puck.nether.net

>I have had the same problem too. I am using PPP though but still the
>symptons are the same. I am in the process of downloading a file and it
>just stalls out and never picks up. I was runnin kernel 2.0.25 but now I
>just compiled kernel 2.0.29, but I haven't got a chance to test it yet.
>If anyone knows how to fix the problem or knows what is going on could you
>please let me know. Thank you!!