2.0.36 masqing weirdness

Matthew Vanecek (mev0003@unt.edu)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:57:31 -0500 (CDT)


I run kernel 2.0.36 on my masq box. So far, I've about exhausted all
the other avenues for finding answers, so here goes...

There are certain sites which simply will not make it through the masq
box to my internal net. I'm at a loss as to why, as most sites work
fine. This is a problem with Netscape, Amaya, IE, Lynx, and Opera, so
I've discounted the possibility of a foobared browser (well, aside from
IE). And it's only http which causes a problem. ftp, irc, ssh,
telnet, all work fine.

>From what I can see, headers come back just fine. I can grab a header
every time with webgrab. But the bodies don't make it through.

Note that all the problem sites work just fine if I browse them from
the masq box; it's only when I try them on the internal net that I
experience problems. And since my workstations are where I browse
from, it is a fairly irritating problem.

Here's an example of tcpdump. This is from when I first try to browse
the site. The browser just sits there, waiting for a response. I've
let it go overnight before, just sitting there waiting.

root:/root $ tcpdump -i ppp0 host cpwright.villagenet.com
tcpdump: listening on ppp0
22:47:26.664274 pras43.local.premium.dialup.unt.edu.61268 > cpwright.com.http: S 1029192881:1029192881(0) win 32120 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 10531216 0,nop,wscale 0> (DF)
22:47:26.854274 cpwright.com.http > reliant.voyager.home.1156: S 1157282183:1157282183(0) ack 1029192882 win 32736 <mss 1460>
22:47:26.854274 pras43.local.premium.dialup.unt.edu.61268 > cpwright.com.http: . ack 1157282184 win 32120 (DF)
22:47:26.864274 pras43.local.premium.dialup.unt.edu.61268 > cpwright.com.http: P 0:91(91) ack 1 win 32120 (DF)
22:47:27.074274 cpwright.com.http > reliant.voyager.home.1156: . ack 92 win 32736 (DF)
22:47:27.084274 cpwright.com.http > reliant.voyager.home.1156: F 2868:2868(0) ack 92 win 32736
22:47:27.084274 pras43.local.premium.dialup.unt.edu.61268 > cpwright.com.http: . ack 1 win 32120 (DF)

Is there something in the kernel that starts dropping packets or
sommething? What would cause something liike this to happen?

Aany ideas would be welcome.

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Matthew Vanecek
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