network stalls on Fedora Core 3
Tom Trebisky
tom at mmto.org
Sun Apr 24 18:17:36 UTC 2005
On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 11:04:02PM -0700, Keith Fetterman wrote:
> Tom,
>
> The problem isn't limited to ssh or scp. I also tested large files
> using FTP and the problem existed there too in the data channel. Before
> I detected the problem with ssh, I had been experiencing problems with
> updating my system (both FC2 and FC3) using up2date. It would
> periodically hang. I had to continually cancel the up2date process and
> restart it to get uddates downloaded. I had thought the problem was due
> to slow FC3 mirrors. Now, I realize that this problem was due to the
> network stalls.
Yep, I am sure it is due to some TCP issue and it seems to mainly affect
slow links (like my DSL or your cable modem). I never see it at work
with fast ethernet.
> I am surprised no one else is experiencing this problem. The computer
> that is experiencing the problem is a stock Dell T700r (I think that is
> the right model number) that we bought back in 2000. It isn't new but
> it isn't really old either.
It just shut down my prior attemtp to respond to this email.
I hate that! I suspect lots of people are seeing this but dismissing
it to ISP problems or flakey mirrors and such.
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