Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756811AbYJKODY (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:03:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753149AbYJKODN (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:03:13 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.24]:14738 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752434AbYJKODM (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:03:12 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=Hzk0PcjM4LWYz9QbGUxV92DoKB3fDQRfBi7lJDR+pD5F64zzCRInjQFg0gzJ4BFMTG mbgi9QLvKnVzg+j8edUGJh2opSyXspltj8pCBXe5x0T6ysiTOllnHaBRV3MzPgu28A/7 5BDyKLJb2R7JpMP0/WtdB/AIwEAcZL6ACYkrs= Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:02:45 +0200 From: Marcin Slusarz To: Philip Stark Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.27 seems to break something with DSL Message-ID: <20081011140240.GA5985@joi> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1653 Lines: 41 On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 02:53:16PM +0200, Philip Stark wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry, I didn't lurk before making my first posting to this list, > but it seemed to me that this might be an important problem/bug (if it > is one). > > first off, my network infrastructure: > > "internet" --(magic*)-- DSL Modem --(DHCP)-- Router --(DHCP)-- Computer > * PPPsomething i guess... > > My observations so far: > > with kernel =< 2.6.26 i can connect to the rest of the world perfectly > (ping works and i can browse "the internet") > > now with kernel 2.6.27, i.e with all the release candidates and also > with the final version from yesterday i can ping anything just fine, > but i can't browse. that is when i 'wget kernel.org' it resolves the > address into the correct IP and then goes on to 'connecting' just to > grind to a complete halt. after some time of course it times out. > it seems to be related to the packet size because ping only seems to > work because it uses small packets. if i increase the ping size up to > 1000 bytes, it fails as well. (while it does work on 2.6.26) > > oh and it is the same problem on the wireless and the wired interface. > on 2 different laptops and on my desktop (which have different > networking chips, two intel and one realtek) > > best Regards > Philip Stark > > PS: if i horribly misposted, please slap me across the face and ignore me :) CC'ing netdev -- 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/