Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753393AbYJKPJx (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:09:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751472AbYJKPJq (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:09:46 -0400 Received: from relay03.mail-hub.dodo.com.au ([123.2.6.238]:60054 "EHLO relay03.mail-hub.dodo.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751357AbYJKPJp (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:09:45 -0400 From: Grant Coady To: "Philip Stark" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.27 seems to break something with DSL Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:09:43 +1100 Organization: http://bugsplatter.id.au/ Reply-To: Grant Coady Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1263 Lines: 32 On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:53:16 +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... Well I connect via rp-pppoe to a bridged ADSL modem. One recent gotcha is that iptables userspace has to be updated to match the latest kernel, how old is your distro? What version iptables? Last I checked 1.4.1.1 was latest available from netfilter.org. >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. This could be due to your firewall rules? More people would have noticed if their networking died ;) (Unless you're running a e1000, all bets off). Grant. -- 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/