I have had the same problem here.
I do not know when it started exactly (it wasn't the when I first installed
Ubuntu but suddenly some websites (like google maps) started to display half
maps. Then I was able to pinpoint to a problem with wireshark.
First I added the line "net.ipv4.tcp_window_sca
Well,
Having a second look it seems it is not completely gone (actually, the
https connection to this website still shows the checksum errors but at
least the problem is now not noticeable any more
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Cannot connect to router/server/proxy with bad TCP Wscale implementation
https://bugs.launchpad
I has been solved by me.
After checking my firewall I noticed it was complaining about a syn flood when
I was unable to connect to a website. In my setup at home this firewall is not
really needed so I turned it off. All the problems are gone since that moment.
So, obviously Ubuntu makes my fire