Bug#269388: kernel-source-2.6.8: TCP sessions hang
Hi,
On 2004-10-03 23:11:49 -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> This is most likely due to /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_win_scale
> being set to a value other than 0. If you manually set this, it
> should fix problem. The newest kernel-source upload (-7) also
> defaults this to 0; so that will fix the problem for you. Please
> ensure that this fixes the problem.
I had the same problem (HTTP connections to www.testdrive.hp.com
didn't work on 2.6.8 machines) and an
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_win_scale
has just solved the problem. Thanks.
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