Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 09:18:15 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "flaggaccio@libero.it" <flaggaccio@libero.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Random net errors: any guru out there? Message-ID: <20000927091815.T9141@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <G1JOTM$IdQ74uRKknZWifNn1crMyvTp8SiyaD1cjaxLoezlKS5jQmN@libero.it>; from flaggaccio@libero.it on Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:17:46PM %2B0200 References: <G1JOTM$IdQ74uRKknZWifNn1crMyvTp8SiyaD1cjaxLoezlKS5jQmN@libero.it>
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* flaggaccio@libero.it <flaggaccio@libero.it> [000927 05:19] wrote: > I've some random net problems using my FreeBSD 4.1 STABLE (i'm using > dial-up connection). > > A lot of site seems to be unreachable. > I get a lot of timeout errors when i try to wget, to connect to irc > server, to use www, etcetc but: > > -ping, nslookup & traceroute give me a positive response: the site is up > and running, and i'm unable to reach it > > -the errors are random: in the first connection www.slashdot.org is > unreachable. > So i disconnect and redial, now i can see slashdot but another one site > that previously was ok, now is unavailable, and so again...i'm really > sad...=( > > -all is ok under windows, so it's not an error of my isp, it's the bsd > side that is wrong > > I hope that anyone can help me... > > Paolo > > p.s. apologize me for my bad english Your english is fine, no need to apoligize. I remeber coming across this problem with FreeBSD several years ago, someone told me to turn on or off the rfc extentions, try this: sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0 if that works then you can add: tcp_extensions="NO" to /etc/rc.conf. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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