rfc1323 problems (was: network problems?)

[Jeremie Le Hen]

Hi list,

On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 08:31:26PM +0100, Rui Paulo wrote:
> At Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:40:16 +0200,
> Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > 7-current uses larger receive windows with a higher scaling factor.
> > If your firewall doesn't correctly track that you get the problem
> > you are describing.  In pf based firewalls it is a common thing to
> > misplace the keep-state rule.
> 
> I have another problem. I'm trying to talk to a host (MontaVista Linux
> based router/AP) that is on the same network segment. If rfc1323 is
> on, I can't browse the router's webpage: after a few bytes transfered,
> I only seep TCP keep alive packets. But a telnet connection works well.
> 
> If I disable rfc1323, everything works as expected.
> 
> Maybe this is related to PAWS, but I don't the router at hand.
> 
> If you need a tcpdump, I can only give it to you during the upcoming
> week.

Same problem here with a Linux-based Linksys router.  I'm running
-CURRENT as of 2007.04.11.20.00.00, disabling rfc1323 solves the
problem.

Thank you.
Best regards,
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Jeremie Le Hen
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