Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268254AbUIBL7a (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:59:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268263AbUIBL7a (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:59:30 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:62093 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268254AbUIBL73 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:59:29 -0400 Subject: Re: Weird Problem with TCP From: Alan Cox To: Rohit Neupane Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <93e09f0104090202216403c08d@mail.gmail.com> References: <93e09f0104090202216403c08d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1094122617.4966.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:56:59 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 18 > * Everything works fine for about 5-10 mins then all of a sudden TCP services > are not accessable. > * For some reason TCP times out. However at the same time ping,traceroute and > dns trace works without any problem. > * The connected TCP sokets keeps working without any problem. I verified this > by using Msn chat. I observerd that I chat session ( which I had started > when everything was normal) continued without any problem however I was not > able to initiate a new chat session. Are you using session tracking. The symptoms you describe are classically those of session tracking nat/firewalling/whatever running out of table entries and being unable to allow new connections. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/