linux-kernel - Re: Window scaling problem?

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Message-Id: <200612111829.49469.MalteSch@gmx.de>
Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:29:44 +0100
From:	Malte Schröder <MalteSch@....de>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Window scaling problem?

On Monday 11 December 2006 11:03, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Is there some test utility I can run that reliably says if there is a
> broken window scaler in the path to an arbitrary host?

Isn't window scaling something that the tcp-stacks on both ends of the 
connection do? AFAIK the routers and firewalls that push the packets around 
have nothing to do with it .. but I could be wrong ;)

BTW. I am seeing similar things when I go through a CheckPoint VPN-1 firewall.

Regards
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