Re: pre-2.0.30, ether tcp stalling

Eric.Schenk@dna.lth.se
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:21:30 +0100

Dave Dunston <dunston@netins.net> writes:
>I have had the same problem too. I am using PPP though but still the
>symptons are the same. I am in the process of downloading a file and it
>just stalls out and never picks up. I was runnin kernel 2.0.25 but now
>I just compiled kernel 2.0.29, but I haven't got a chance to test it
>yet. If anyone knows how to fix the problem or knows what is going on
>could you please let me know. Thank you!!

Please send me a tcpdump trace of a stalling session. Also note that
stalls _may_ be due to an overloaded network beyond your machine.
If you can exhibit stalls between your machine and the gateway machine
you connect to with PPP or some other machine on the same subnet
as your gateway then we likely have a problem. In any case all
tcpdumps are usefull to me, if only for archive purposes, but tcpdumps
of a stall against a machine on the same subnet as the gateway will more
likely lead me to the real problem, if any.

Thanks,

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