Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-10 Thread Nicolas Parpandet
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 01:32:49PM +, Alan Cox wrote: > > > If I were packaging a Linux distribution, I'd be sure to have ECN disabled > > > by default, FWIW. > > > > Probably the case. However the more people who pester the faulty sites the > > better. Did you ask the person how many report

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-09 Thread Gerhard Mack
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > Nicolas Noble wrote: > > [...] > > As others have told already, this is the ECN problem. > > > > > I noticed the same bug. This is very weired, I can send a list of sites > > > which I can't connect any

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-09 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 01:32:49PM +, Alan Cox wrote: > > If I were packaging a Linux distribution, I'd be sure to have ECN disabled > > by default, FWIW. > > Probably the case. However the more people who pester the faulty sites the > better. Did you ask the person how many reports he needed

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-09 Thread Alan Cox
> trouble report. The person I spoke with did NOT try to defend their > setup, but it was made clear that they'll do nothing until Windows breaks. > > If I were packaging a Linux distribution, I'd be sure to have ECN disabled > by default, FWIW. Probably the case. However the more people who pe

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-09 Thread Steven N. Hirsch
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Helge Hafting wrote: > Nicolas Noble wrote: > [...] > As others have told already, this is the ECN problem. > > > I noticed the same bug. This is very weired, I can send a list of sites > > which I can't connect anymore. > > You have a list? Send all of them a message stat

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-09 Thread Helge Hafting
Nicolas Noble wrote: [...] As others have told already, this is the ECN problem. > I noticed the same bug. This is very weired, I can send a list of sites > which I can't connect anymore. You have a list? Send all of them a message stating that they ought to upgrade their firewalls which cause

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread J Sloan
Nicolas Parpandet wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm testing 2.4 series for few weeks, > even the last prerelease > > I've seen stranges things : > > I cannot access to some ips adresses ! : > in http or in smtp using "konqueror", "netscape", > "mail", "telnet 25". > > I cannot login to hotmail (in the w

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Graham Murray
Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Note that, on the Internet, there are many broken firewalls which > refuse connections from ECN-enabled machines, and it may be a while > before these firewalls are fixed. Until then, to access a site behind > such a firewall (some of which

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Nicolas Noble
> Turn off the TCP_ECN option from your configuration, > or do: > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > (as root) > > For foreseeable future, the world will be full of firewalls > doing wrong thing when they see TCP ECN bits in TCP header's > for

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Nicolas Noble
> I cannot login to hotmail (in the web page:http) > or send mail (smtp) to hotmail users (don't blame me !!) > All the others network things works well, the network in general seems > good only very few sites like hotmail doesn't works. By the way, I just tried to connect to hotmail without my

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Nicolas Noble
> > Hi all, > > I'm testing 2.4 series for few weeks, > even the last prerelease > > I've seen stranges things : > > I cannot access to some ips adresses ! : > in http or in smtp using "konqueror", "netscape", > "mail", "telnet 25". > > I cannot login to hotmail (in the web page:http) > or

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Richard Rak
Try typing "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn" at a shell to disable TPC ECN support. On 05 Jan 2001 15:34:07 +0100, Nicolas Parpandet wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm testing 2.4 series for few weeks, > even the last prerelease > > I've seen stranges things : > > I cannot access to so

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 03:34:07PM +0100, Nicolas Parpandet wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm testing 2.4 series for few weeks, > even the last prerelease > > I've seen stranges things : > > I cannot access to some ips adresses ! : > in http or in smtp using "konqueror", "netscape", > "mail", "telnet

Re: kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
You have to take a look at ENC: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) allows routers to notify clients about network congestion, resulting in fewer dropped packets and increased network performance. This option adds ECN support to the Linux kernel, as well as a sysctl (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

kernel network problem ?

2001-01-05 Thread Nicolas Parpandet
Hi all, I'm testing 2.4 series for few weeks, even the last prerelease I've seen stranges things : I cannot access to some ips adresses ! : in http or in smtp using "konqueror", "netscape", "mail", "telnet 25". I cannot login to hotmail (in the web page:http) or send mail (smtp) to hotmail