Bug#494341: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: cdc_ether USB based cable modem icmp works, tcp sockets connect but no data flows through

[AlbertoP <albertop@aol.it>]

Package: linux-2.6
Followup-For: Bug #494341


>> ping & DNS work, sockets establish connection, but data isn't
>> recieved (w3m shows "Waiting for site.com...")
>> This happens only when connected through the modem's USB interface.
>> Same modem connected via ethernet works fine.
>> With kernel version 2.6.18, the USB interface works fine aswell.
>> With kernel version 2.6.22 the same problem is also present.
> Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions, such
> as the current Lenny kernel?

Now I'm using cdc_ether without problems, but I have a different router 
even if I  use the same connection and the same driver.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash