2001-10-04 04:12:39

by Stephen Torri

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Subject: Re: HTTP problem running v2.4 kernel (fwd)

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Oden Eriksson wrote:

> torsdagen den 4 oktober 2001 05.56 skrev Stephen Torri:
> > Has anyone noticed that certain websites that use to load reliable are no
> > longer accessible? I used to be able to get into http://www.nvidia.com and now it
> > doesn't load. The reason I believe this might be a kernel problem is what
> > happened when I changed on the same system to kernel 2.2.19-7.0.8smp
> > (RedHat 7.0 kernel). When I switched to that kernel the website loaded
> > with out problems. Nothing changed on the same. Same software used with
> > all the kernels I have used.
> >
> > The kernel version that I have noticed the problem:
> >
> > 2.4.10-ac4
> > 2.4.9-ac16
> >
> > Not sure if I noticed it on earlier versions. I will check again.
> >
> > How can I track down the what is really causing the problem.
>
> Check if:
>
> echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
>
> Helps...
>
> Chears

Nasty little buggar. I had CONFIG_INET_ECN set to 1 in my config. I turned
off ECN. Thanks for the help. I will recompile the kernel so I don't have
this problem. I guess it will be a bit more for ECN enabled firewalls like
nvidia.com to get fixed.

Stephen