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SubjectRe: 2.2.1 and Win95 TCP Problems?
Try running tcpdump to find the offensive packets that
are floating around the LAN/WAN.

Omachonu Ogali - omachonu.ogali@softhome.net
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What's small furry and bites? It sure ain't a penguin.

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Greg wrote:

> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:16:20 -0500 (EST)
> From: Greg <damin@cleveland.lug.net>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: 2.2.1 and Win95 TCP Problems?
>
> Hello all,
> I recently updated my corporate masquerading box to 2.2.1 using
> IPchains and IPmasqadm. Everything works fine from Linux clients behind
> the box, but occasionally Win95 boxes just stop sending packets. We
> originally thought this might be related to ARP requests, but I'm not sure
> anymore. I think that something might be getting munged in the TCP packets
> causing the Win95 TCP stack to crash, but I can't be sure.
> Win95 workstations seem to work fine for a random amount of time,
> and then they just stop sending packets. A reboot fixes the problem on the
> Win95 side of things, but they just eventually die.
> I haven't had the opportunity to get a detailed TCPdump or any
> other information at this point, because I've had to revert the production
> box back to 2.0.36 to stop my phone ringing from pissed off employees
> having to reboot their workstations.
> Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? If so, are there
> any pointers or clues as to where this problem might lie?
> If not, I may be able to setup a test case in our LAB here and
> capture some TCPdumps for the gurus.
> I've heard rumblings of 2.2.1-ac6 fixing some TCP related issues
> and have been pointed towards that, but I don't have any specific
> information on what it fixes.. Pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
>
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