Package: debian-installer Version: 20061102 Severity: important This is really a feature more than a bug, but the adverse effects are so devastating that it would be nice to have a workaround in debian-installer, or have it properly documented in the install manual.
It seems there is a buggy router between me and the Internet. As a result, apt-get does not work at all (it hangs, waiting for who knows what). Needless to say, this is very bad if one wants to install Debian via the Internet. I found a thread in the linux kernel mailing list which explains *exactly* my problem: http://www.gatago.com/linux/kernel/9440712.html Short summary: A change introduced in Linux 2.6.17 makes the network not to work properly in some cases, due to buggy routers. There is a trivial workaround: echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling However, I had to spend several afternoons to *diagnose* this problem and realize what exactly the nature of the problem was. Considering that the number of systems potentially affected is very big, it would be nice if this were at least documented somewhere. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
