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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:13:03 -0700 (PDT)
To: Sridhar Samudrala <samudrala@us.ibm.com>
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Sridhar Samudrala writes:
 > oss.software.ibm.com is running linux 2.2.19. I guess linux should by
 > default ignore ECN bits if it is not enabled. Do you think this ECN problem 
 > has something to do with the server or some router on the way the server?

As Jamal and Jeff have mentioned, it's not a Linux problem.  Rather
it's the buggy firewall products IBM is using.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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