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Date:      Sat, 5 Jun 1999 20:02:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Socket Problem in 3.2?
Message-ID:  <199906060302.UAA14094@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199906051457.KAA10189@etinc.com> from Dennis at "Jun 5, 99 09:53:29 am"

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Dennis writes:
> I'm willing to investigate this, but I need some pointers on where to start.
> 
> There seems to be a socket-level problem with 3.x...I havent tested it in
> 3.1 yet but I do see it in 3.2.
> 
> 2 Freebsd boxes connected back to back with a serial line..it happens to be
> a T3 but the results are the same with any PTP line..one is 2.2.8 and the
> other is 3.2.
> The 2.2.8 machine is pinging the 3.2 machine...the link is brought down.
> The 2.2.8 machine starts printing "sendto: network down" messages until the
> 3.2 machine is brought back up, and then pinging resumes normally.
> 
> However, when pinging from the 3.2 machine, the 2.2.8 machine is brought
> down and the 3.2 machine just stops (no messages as if it doesnt detect the
> link down)....then when the 2.2.8 machine is brought back up the ping does
> not resume. A new ping session from the 3.2 box works normally indicating
> the the link is working properly.

I know that there were some changes/fixes to "ping" recently relating to
this... you might want to check the CVS logs for clues.

-Archie

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