Re: 2.6.17 regression: Very slow net transfer from some hosts

From: John Heffner
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 16:54:54 EST


This is almost certainly due to a buggy firewall that doesn't understand TCP window scaling. I've usually seen this in the past with OpenBSD firewalls. Do you have one of these in your path?

Thanks,
-John
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