Re: [PROBLEM]: Strange network problems with 2.4.0 and 3c59x.o

[Miles Lane]

Make sure your kernel build .config file contains the line:

	# CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set

not

	CONFIG_INET_ECN=y

Here's what the kernel configuration help has to say:

  Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) allows routers to notify
  clients about network congestion, resulting in fewer dropped packets
  and increased network performance. This option adds ECN support to the
  Linux kernel, as well as a sysctl (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn) which
  allows ECN support to be disabled at runtime.

  Note that, on the Internet, there are many broken firewalls which
  refuse connections from ECN-enabled machines, and it may be a while
  before these firewalls are fixed. Until then, to access a site behind
  such a firewall (some of which are major sites, at the time of this
  writing) you will have to disable this option, either by saying N now
  or by using the sysctl.

Shawn Starr wrote:
> 
> Here's something strange that i've been noticing with 2.4.0. Some websites I am
> unable to access now. For example:
> 
> http://www.scotiabank.ca/simplify/index.html

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