On Monday 08 October 2001 07:22 am, Jean-Paul Smets wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a debian/woody + some sid packages which includes a very strange
> issue. Whenever I connect to certain site with opera, netscape, konqueror,
> lynx or links, I never get an ackgowledge packet. Therefore, the http
> connection always fail with a "no answer" kind of message. The sites which
> show this behaviour are
> www.sun.com
> www.zdnet.com
> www.voyages-sncf.com
> www.canon.co.jp
>
>[snip]
> I tried also on a friend's debian system (woody/sid). Everything got fine
> for him including sun and zdnet.
>
> Does anyone have an idea ? How should I proceed to understand what is
> happening ?
>
> Regards,
>
> JPS.
I had the same problem. In researching the message archives, I discovered
that entering the following into the /etc/sysctl.conf file fixed the problem.
net/ipv4/tcp_ecn=0
I don't remember why. Maybe someone else can explain that.
Logan Bear
