Re: telnet hanging issues in kernel 2.6.16

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Mon Jan 28 2008 - 11:11:26 EST



On Jan 28 2008 10:02, Roy Zacharias wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This is my first time posting on this list. Currently, I am working
>on a powerpc board and I encounter some problems. When I do the
>following:
>
>1. Login to my card from pc as root
>2. Run command (i.e. ls, ps, etc.)
>3. Wait 30 min-1hr
>4. Run command
>
>After the fourth step, I only see the partial output of the command
>and my telnet session becomes unresponsive and I have to connect
>again.

Hm, could it be an MTU/MSS/SACK/Window Sizing issue?
When you see the partial output, the window is enlarged because of the bulk
output you get from the command.
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