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Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:27:04 +0200
From:	"H. Willstrand" <h.willstrand@...il.com>
To:	"M. Istehbab" <hariskhan@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP connection failure in kernel 2.6.25

On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 17:16 +0500, M. Istehbab wrote:
> Yes, after a while (it can be a few seconds, minutes, or 1+ hour) the
> proxy server starts accepting connections again. I don't need to
> reboot the box when this happens.
> 
> This happens randomely to anyone behind it. Then, after a while, it
> starts working again by itself.
> 
Well, there are too many possibilities for failures... the Linux
distribution (RHEL 3 workstation) was built for 2.4.21 (around year
2003) and you try 2.6.x

Maybe you should stick to one of the later 2.4.x kernels or even better
upgrade the Linux distribution.

Cheers,
H. Willstrand
  
> M. Istehbab
> 
> On 4/26/08, H. Willstrand <h.willstrand@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > Is the proxy server accepting connections after the issue has occurred?
> > Or do you need to re-boot? Or do you have to wait for a number of
> > seconds or what?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > H. Willstrand
> >
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