From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:02:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:02:29 -0500 Received: from kea.grace.cri.nz ([131.203.4.51]:65292 "EHLO kea.grace.cri.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:02:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:00:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200101171900.OAA11477@whio.grace.cri.nz> From: roger@kea.grace.cri.nz To: mdresser@windsormachine.com CC: roger@kea.grace.cri.nz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3A65BBDA.229D9A2F@windsormachine.com> (message from Mike Dresser on Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:35:54 -0500) Subject: Re: Linux v.2.4.0 and Netscape 4.76? Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. ....................................................................... > 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/