netdev - Re: TCP connection stalls under 2.6.24.7

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:47:55 +0200
From:	Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com>
To:	Dâniel Fraga <fragabr@...il.com>
Cc:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Sven Riedel <sr@...urenet.de>,
	Netfilter Developer Mailing List 
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: TCP connection stalls under 2.6.24.7

On Thursday, 31. July 2008 14:44:36 Dâniel Fraga wrote:
> > Ok. Please try the latest patch Ilpo CC:ed you. Here's a link to the
> > post: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121699478406378&w=2
>
> 	Before I try could this issue be related to some of these
> kernel parameters?

If your problem is really FRTO related (that what the patch is for),
you could try to disable FRTO temporarily:

echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_frto

> > Where is the NNTP server located? At your provider?
>
> 	It's my nntp server:
>
> nntp://news.abusar.org
>
> 	You can post test messages on grupo "u-br.teste".

Nice, so Ilpo can "test" (=bombard) it with big messages ;-)

Thomas
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