Omachonu Ogali - omachonu.ogali@softhome.net
--- What's small furry and bites? It sure ain't a penguin.On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Greg wrote:
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:16:20 -0500 (EST) > From: Greg <damin@cleveland.lug.net> > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: 2.2.1 and Win95 TCP Problems? > > Hello all, > I recently updated my corporate masquerading box to 2.2.1 using > IPchains and IPmasqadm. Everything works fine from Linux clients behind > the box, but occasionally Win95 boxes just stop sending packets. We > originally thought this might be related to ARP requests, but I'm not sure > anymore. I think that something might be getting munged in the TCP packets > causing the Win95 TCP stack to crash, but I can't be sure. > Win95 workstations seem to work fine for a random amount of time, > and then they just stop sending packets. A reboot fixes the problem on the > Win95 side of things, but they just eventually die. > I haven't had the opportunity to get a detailed TCPdump or any > other information at this point, because I've had to revert the production > box back to 2.0.36 to stop my phone ringing from pissed off employees > having to reboot their workstations. > Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? If so, are there > any pointers or clues as to where this problem might lie? > If not, I may be able to setup a test case in our LAB here and > capture some TCPdumps for the gurus. > I've heard rumblings of 2.2.1-ac6 fixing some TCP related issues > and have been pointed towards that, but I don't have any specific > information on what it fixes.. Pointers would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Greg > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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