Mike Dresser wrote:
>echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
>or remove ecn from your kernel compile.
Several people have made this suggestion.
However ECN has never been part of my kernel
(hence /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp-ecn does not exist.
Thanks, anyway, for your suggestion.
Roger Young.
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> It concerns the behaviour of Netscape after upgrading from kernel
> 2.2.16 to 2.4.0. With the new kernel Netscape locates and connects to
> a URL, and sometimes begins to download, but then it just sits there
> indefinitely (without downloading any data). This happens quite
> consistently since I upgraded to 2.4.0 (about 2 weeks ago). ppp,
> telnet, ftp all function satisfactorily as far as I can determine
> (however that's not to say that the problem doesn't originate with
> ppp in the kernel). There are a few packet errors (about 1 per 1000).
> Netscape continues to function well with Linux kernel 2.2.16 -- but
> not with 2.4.0.
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
or remove ecn from your kernel compile.
It's a known problem with Cisco PIX firewalls
Hope this helps,
Mike Dresser
sysadmin,
Windsor Machine & Stamping
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