From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 24 17:29:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04626 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:29:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04620 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:29:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA22122; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 01:29:10 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199803250129.BAA22122@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Kyle Mestery cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Userland ppp problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:12:59 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 01:29:10 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Assuming `tcp_extensions=NO' doesn't help in rc.conf, you'll have to try to narrow down the pattern of characters that are causing the problem. Is TCP retrying to send the data over and over ? > Hi, I am running a kernel from March 13, but this problem has manifested > itself in previous kernels from Feb and possibly January. The problem is > that when ftping files while using iijppp the ftping will sometimes stall > and never finish. I say sometimes, because it only happens with what > appear to be random files. For instance, the latest lesttif and gcc .tgz > files both stall at the exact same point in the file. It's as if at that > point in downloading the file, something is causing ijppp to hang that > connection. The connection itself remains up, and I can control-c the ftp > connection and stop it. I can also continue to use the link for other ftp > sessions and telnet, etc. Has anyone else noticed anything similiar to > this? > > I am using a kernel from MArch 13 with a world from March 16, but like I > said it has happened for the last few months. Other information can be > provided upon request. > > Also, the above mentioned files (lesstiff for example) do download okay if > I unzip them, then compress (instead of gzip) them, and uuencode them. Of > course, this makes them twice as big, but it seems as if they no longer > contain the sequence of bits that cause iijppp to stall on them. I know > this sounds weird, but it has been happening for a while, and is trully > repeatable. I can get a tcpdump output if needed. Thanks! > > -- > Kyle Mestery > StorageTek's Network Systems Group > "Keep honking, I'm reloading." > "Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message