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Re: Linux TCP/IP wedges talking to DG AViiON
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mike@toaster.roan.co.uk)
Wed Jun 5 12:34:51 1996
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From: <mike@toaster.roan.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 11:08:15 GMT
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>We send the block again
>
>> 14:16:41.113796 AViiON.smtp > Linux.1105: . ack 8299 win 963
>
>The aviion fails to ack it again. This looks very wrong behaviour.
>
>> ..... ad infinitum.
>>
>> Any suggestions/help would be gratefully appreciated.
>
>I think you need to refer that tcpdump to AViiON. What Linux does is a little
>unusual but it is correct. If someone in AViiON wants a Linux side contact
>give them my address.
This looks suspiciously like the sort of behaviour I've seen talking
to a SCO OS5 machine. How difficult would it be to put a kludge around
in the Linux code?
Mike
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