Re: Debian packaged 2.4.9 kernel prevents internet access to ISP ONLY?!?
Iain Smith <iain.smith@mclsoftware.co.uk> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:11:00AM -0400, Scott_Patterson@AndersonsInc.com wrote:
> >
> > I've have a strange problem here...
> >
> > On my system I have various Debian packaged kernels (2.2.19 and 2.4.9).
> > When I boot into my 2.2.19 kernel, my internet connection is fine. I can
> > access all sites and download my email.
> >
> > However, when I boot into 2.4.9, I can access all sites EXCEPT my ISP. It
> > just hangs there. I'm not too interested in viewing the webpage as much as
> > I am getting my email! How or why is this happening? Any ideas how to
> > debug/fix it?
> >
> > Oh yeah, I can compile my own kernel, but I need the stock kernel to test
> > various pieces of hardware that are not usually on my machine (everything
> > is compiled for the stock kernels vs my custom kernel just containing my
> > normal hardware setup).
> >
>
> I really can't see it being enabled in a stock kernel, but it could be ECN
> I suppose...
>
Yes, it actually is enabled in debian's stock 2.4.x kernels... as I
found out a while back after installing 2.4.5 :-)
>
> If its enabled I would think a 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn' would
> kill it off! :)
>
Worked for me...
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