SLOW network on FC3 (2nd)

JonVO jonvo at comcast.net
Fri Dec 17 22:42:43 UTC 2004


Bill Gradwohl wrote:

> JonVO wrote:
>
>> Please translate?
>>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/92727/
>
> -------- Start /etc/sysctl.conf additions ------
> # Disable TCP ECN which some routers and servers cannot handle.
> net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0
>
> # Disable TCP window scaling which some routers and firewalls cannot 
> handle.
> net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0
> -------- End /etc/sysctl.conf additions ------
>
> Then activate the change:
> sysctl -p
>
>
>
>
Thanks Bill for the tip. Unfortunately I succesfully implemented the 
sysctl change to little effect. Download speed now a whopping 1KB/sec on 
the Sun website, close to 196K on the Win2k box. 
ifconfig says my eth0 is running multicast, no errors or collisions.
JonVO




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