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From: "B. Scott Michel" <scottm@CS.UCLA.EDU>
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Scott Michel wrote:
> - tcpdump-ing the pn0 interface shows that the host thinks that it's
>   sending data. tcpdump-ing elsewhere in the network shows that pn0
>   isn't actually transmitting anything into the wire.

The host appears to be doing retransmissions but nothing goes out
on the wire.

> - This really is a TCP or interface bug because NFS connections don't
>   freeze using UDP.

It's not just NFS. I can duplicate this behavior with scp and
cvsup (things that do bulk data transfer.)


-scooter


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