TCP connection stalled

[Fabian Keil]

Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf at shopzeus.com> wrote:

> Hello, I have this setup:
> 
> Remote computer <---> Internet <----->  Gateway <---->  NAT-ed local
> network <---> Internal computer
> 
> The gateway is a  11.0-RELEASE-p8 running natd + ipfw.
[...] 
> If I try to copy something to a remote server with this command:
> 
> scp local_file user at remote_computer:~
> 
> Then the following happens: the first few 100K data goes through
> quickly, then the connection becomes stalled. I have tried different
> remote computers on different ports, but the result is always the same.
> I have also tried passive mode FTP instead of SCP with the same result:
> stalled.
> 
> If I do the same from the internal computer behind NAT, then all uploads
> and downloads are fast and responsive. The connection is stalled only
> when I connect from the gateway (or to the gateway). (E.g. copy from
> internal computer -> remote computer is fast and reliable.)
[...]
> But there was no effect at all. SCP and FTP connections are both
> stalled. (I can send an example tcpdump if required, but I could find
> nothing special in that.)
> 
> What else can cause this? What should I look for?

You may be affected by this regression:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=209680

You could check the "vmstat -z" output and try the patches.

Fabian
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