From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264929AbUGGGbF (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:31:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264931AbUGGGbF (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:31:05 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:50851 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264929AbUGGGbA (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:31:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:31:00 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Redeeman Cc: LKML Mailinglist , Horst von Brand Subject: Re: quite big breakthrough in the BAD network performance, which mm6 did not fix Message-ID: <20040707063100.GA18382@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Redeeman , LKML Mailinglist , Horst von Brand References: <200407061930.i66JUpqI009671@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> <1089160973.903.1.camel@localhost> <200407061812.24526.lkml@lpbproductions.com> <1089179186.10677.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1089179186.10677.8.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 07:46:26AM +0200, Redeeman wrote: > this must be some misunderstanding, i do not want to complain, and i > dont hope people get that impression, i am trying to do feedback, so > that issues can be fixed. Redeeman - your firewall is broken, or somebody's firewall. Look at /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_win_scale , if it currently contains 7, do: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_win_scale and retry. > downloads with 200kb/s from http://kernel.org, and 2.6.7 only 50kb/s, > this should be able to prove its some issues with 2.6.7, but thats just > my opinion Things can be more complicated than they appear. Currently all evidence for these changes points to firewalls messing with TCP options, TCP options which used to have more default versions in older kernels. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO