(Original Post: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3745)
Here is my problem: I am trying to install a software (Steam), and from time to time during the update (it gets the files from the net), it ends up either with "Connection reset by Peer" or it just hangs. I am not behind a router. Here's how I'm connected to the net: I have a DSL connection with a modem set up in bridge mode. I am sharing the connection using three computers: 1 linux router (Astaro), and 2 linux servers (Knoppix and E-Smith based on Red-Hat aka "other linux box"). Also, instead of "Connection Reset by Peer", I can also get "Connection Reset" (without "by peer") or it can just hang. I tried to reinstall knoppix on 3 different computers total: the original one, the other linux box, and my own PC (i used the same HD every time). And unfortunately, it NEVER worked. I re-installed knoppix for like the 7th time (because of switching back and forth between different hardware), and I tried again. Here are the output of Steam and tcpdump (It couldn't even get the first file!!!): STEAM ==== Checking bootstrapper version ... Updating Installation No installation record found at /var/soft/steam/cstrike Updating 'Linux HLDS binaries' from version 0 to version 2 TCPDUMP ====== 15:01:44.205439 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: S 3009394555:3009394555(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 90716 0,nop,wscale 0> (DF) 15:01:47.199496 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: S 3009394555:3009394555(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 91016 0,nop,wscale 0> (DF) 15:01:53.199496 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: S 3009394555:3009394555(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 91616 0,nop,wscale 0> (DF) 15:01:53.661751 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1054: . ack 3009394556 win 64240 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774654 91616> (DF) 15:01:54.430271 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1054: S 1169343781:1169343781(0) ack 3009394556 win 64240 <mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,timestamp 0 0,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF) 15:01:54.430352 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 1 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 91739 0> (DF) 15:01:54.430691 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: P 1:5(4) ack 1 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 91739 0> (DF) 15:01:54.962969 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1054: P 1:2(1) ack 5 win 64236 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774666 91739> (DF) 15:01:54.963125 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 91792 8774666> (DF) 15:01:54.963303 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: P 5:10(5) ack 2 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 91792 8774666> (DF) 15:01:55.495769 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1054: P 2:72(70) ack 10 win 64231 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774671 91792> (DF) 15:01:55.496085 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: F 10:10(0) ack 72 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 91845 8774671> (DF) 15:01:55.497169 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1054: F 72:72(0) ack 10 win 64231 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774671 91792> (DF) 15:01:55.497251 209.250.30.32.1054 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 73 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 91845 8774671> (DF) 15:01:56.050814 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1054: . ack 11 win 64231 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774677 91845> (DF) 15:02:02.681979 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: S 3023444865:3023444865(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 92564 0,nop,wscale 0> (DF) 15:02:03.320538 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: S 1193779811:1193779811(0) ack 3023444866 win 64240 <mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,timestamp 0 0,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF) 15:02:03.320621 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 1 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 92628 0> (DF) 15:02:03.320940 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: P 1:5(4) ack 1 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 92628 0> (DF) 15:02:04.044181 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: P 1:2(1) ack 5 win 64236 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774755 92628> (DF) 15:02:04.044336 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 92700 8774755> (DF) 15:02:04.044513 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: P 5:30(25) ack 2 win 5840 <nop,nop,timestamp 92700 8774755> (DF) 15:02:04.831352 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 2:1450(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774762 92700> (DF) 15:02:04.852293 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 1450:2898(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774762 92700> (DF) 15:02:04.852452 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2898 win 11584 <nop,nop,timestamp 92781 8774762> (DF) 15:02:05.597146 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 4382:5830(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774770 92781> (DF) 15:02:05.597287 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2898 win 11584 <nop,nop,timestamp 92855 8774762,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {4382:5830} > (DF) 15:02:05.618328 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 5830:7278(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774770 92781> (DF) 15:02:05.618464 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2898 win 11584 <nop,nop,timestamp 92857 8774762,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {4382:7278} > (DF) 15:02:05.639553 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 7278:8726(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774770 92781> (DF) 15:02:05.639682 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2898 win 11584 <nop,nop,timestamp 92860 8774762,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {4382:8726} > (DF) 15:02:06.149566 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 8738:10186(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774777 92855> (DF) 15:02:06.150041 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 2898 win 11584 <nop,nop,timestamp 92911 8774762,nop,nop,sack sack 2 {8738:10186}{4382:8726} > (DF) 15:02:06.192193 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 2898:4346(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774777 92857> (DF) 15:02:06.192339 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 4346 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92915 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 2 {8738:10186}{4382:8726} > (DF) 15:02:06.192809 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 4346:4382(36) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774777 92857> (DF) 15:02:06.192942 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92915 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:10186} > (DF) 15:02:06.215092 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 10186:11634(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774777 92860> (DF) 15:02:06.215228 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92917 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:11634} > (DF) 15:02:06.215750 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 11634:11658(24) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774777 92860> (DF) 15:02:06.215868 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92917 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:11658} > (DF) 15:02:06.663790 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 11658:13106(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774783 92911> (DF) 15:02:06.663876 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 13106:13118(12) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774783 92911> (DF) 15:02:06.664035 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92962 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:13106} > (DF) 15:02:06.664083 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92962 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:13118} > (DF) 15:02:06.750023 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 13118:14566(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774784 92917> (DF) 15:02:06.750150 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92971 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:14566} > (DF) 15:02:06.771208 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 14566:16014(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774784 92917> (DF) 15:02:06.771336 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 92973 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:16014} > (DF) 15:02:07.111747 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 16014:17462(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774788 92962> (DF) 15:02:07.111875 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 93007 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:17462} > (DF) 15:02:07.132930 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 17462:18910(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774788 92962> (DF) 15:02:07.133057 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 93009 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:18910} > (DF) 15:02:07.196498 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 18910:20358(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774788 92971> (DF) 15:02:07.196626 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 93015 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:20358} > (DF) 15:02:07.217698 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 20358:21806(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774789 92973> (DF) 15:02:07.217826 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 93017 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:21806} > (DF) 15:02:07.570172 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 21806:22596(790) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774793 93007> (DF) 15:02:07.570304 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 93053 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:22596} > (DF) 15:02:07.622456 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 22596:23206(610) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774793 93009> (DF) 15:02:07.622796 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 8726 win 14480 <nop,nop,timestamp 93058 8774777,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:23206} > (DF) 15:02:09.683636 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 8726:10174(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774815 93058> (DF) 15:02:09.683657 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 10174:10186(12) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774815 93058> (DF) 15:02:09.683900 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 23206 win 17376 <nop,nop,timestamp 93264 8774815,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {8738:10174} > (DF) 15:02:09.683950 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 23206 win 17376 <nop,nop,timestamp 93264 8774815,nop,nop,sack sack 1 {10174:10186} > (DF) 15:02:10.111635 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 23206:24654(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774818 93264> (DF) 15:02:10.111791 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 24654 win 20272 <nop,nop,timestamp 93307 8774818> (DF) 15:02:10.133059 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 24654:26102(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774818 93264> (DF) 15:02:10.133203 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 26102 win 23168 <nop,nop,timestamp 93309 8774818> (DF) 15:02:10.154256 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: . 26102:27550(1448) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774818 93264> (DF) 15:02:10.154395 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: . ack 27550 win 26064 <nop,nop,timestamp 93311 8774818> (DF) 15:02:10.186621 207.173.177.13.27031 > 209.250.30.32.1058: FP 27550:28321(771) ack 30 win 64211 <nop,nop,timestamp 8774818 93264> (DF) 15:02:10.187347 209.250.30.32.1058 > 207.173.177.13.27031: R 30:30(0) ack 28322 win 28960 <nop,nop,timestamp 93314 8774818> (DF) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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