Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Eugene Crosser) | Subject | Re: 2.4.0 tcp over firewall - no connection | Date | 11 Jan 2001 00:38:36 +0300 |
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In article <m3itnnru8n.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org>, Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> writes:
>> I noticed rather strange behavior: stock 2.4.0 with old ISA 3Com >> on UP compiled as UP cannot open TCP connection to hosts behind a >> firewall. E.g. it is impossible to go to http://www.etrade.com/ - >> connect just never finishes. 2.2.17 on the same hardware works >> right. 2.4.0 on SMP over PPP connection works right too. MTU >> is 1500 in both cases. In both cases, kernel is compiled with >> netfilter as modules, but those are not loaded. > > Known problem, exhaustively discussed on the list, and not related > to your NIC. Disable ECN (explicit congestion notification), either > in your kernel compile or in /proc/sys/<something>.
This really was ECN, sorry for noise in this list...
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