--- Daniel Lawson <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >Only the 2.6.6 will access http://www.carsdirect.com/ > >The other two will just hang. > >I used the same config file for each with a 'make oldconfig' > > > >I tried Firefox 0.9.1, > >Konqueror 3.2.2-4 (kde 3.2.2-6 Red Hat), > >and Mozilla (no version available while running Firefox). > > > >I thought the site was down but accessed it from XP using Firefox > 0.9.1 > >Then I rebooted to the lowest kernel and it worked in Linux. > > > > > >What in the kernel could posibly cause this with only this site? > > > > > > Having ECN enabled can cause this. Some routers see the ECN bit and > for > some unknown reason, drop packets with them enabled on the floor. > > cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > [mick@athlon mick]$ su - Password: [root@athlon root]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn 0 > If the result is 1, you have ECN enabled. If it's 0, you don't, Thanks for the reply; I am going to look at the .config files very carefully. Although I doubt the problem is there. Mick M. ===== Dogs have Masters - Cats have Staff! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
