linux-kernel - Re: server don't accept ip-connections from linux

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Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:12:47 -0600
From:	Pete Harlan <harlan@...select.com>
To:	Dieter Ferdinand <dieter.ferdinand@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: server don't accept ip-connections from linux

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 10:26:38AM +0000, Dieter Ferdinand wrote:
> i don't know, what is the difference of the tcp-packets from windows/kernel 
> 2.2 and linux with kernel 2.4. but with kernel 2.4 i have trouble with some 
> servers.
> 
> i check the packets with an analyser and make some test. if i disable ecn 
> with "echo 0x0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn" it works, with ecn enabled, it 
> don't work.

With kernel 2.6.17.13 or higher, you can limit the scaling factor for
that broken host with:

	THEIR_IP=1.2.3.4
	MY_GATEWAY=5.6.7.8

	ip route add $THEIR_IP/32 via $MY_GATEWAY window 65535

which limits window scaling for that destination without interfering
with your other connections.

--Pete
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