excellent networking in 2.1.77
rjc@snoopy.virtual.net.au
Sat, 3 Jan 1998 21:38:45 +1100 (EST)
2.1.77 is working really well for me. I had some problems with UDP packets
not being received over the PPP interface in 2.1.76 which made it impossible
for me to use that kernel. With 2.1.75 things mostly worked but I had big
problems doing file transfers to a machine over a bad modem link (I think that
the variation in delays between the packets triggered some kernel bug which
resulted in lots of sockets stuck in TIME_WAIT or FIN_WAIT states and no data
being transferred). This problem seems to be gone in 2.1.77 (I'm doing a large
FTP now and getting a reliable 2700CPS - which is the best that a 2400bps
modem link can handle).
I'm reporting this as I couldn't find any significant networking changes in
2.1.77 and nothing in 2.1.76 that could account for what I'm seeing. I figure
that if you knowingly fix a bug then you don't need to know, but if you fix
some bad code which just happens to fix some seemingly unrelated problem then
you may want to know about it.
Russell Coker