From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Slusarz Subject: Re: 2.6.27 seems to break something with DSL Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:02:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20081011140240.GA5985@joi> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Philip Stark Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 02:53:16PM +0200, Philip Stark wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry, I didn't lurk before making my first posting to this list, > but it seemed to me that this might be an important problem/bug (if it > is one). > > first off, my network infrastructure: > > "internet" --(magic*)-- DSL Modem --(DHCP)-- Router --(DHCP)-- Computer > * PPPsomething i guess... > > My observations so far: > > with kernel =< 2.6.26 i can connect to the rest of the world perfectly > (ping works and i can browse "the internet") > > now with kernel 2.6.27, i.e with all the release candidates and also > with the final version from yesterday i can ping anything just fine, > but i can't browse. that is when i 'wget kernel.org' it resolves the > address into the correct IP and then goes on to 'connecting' just to > grind to a complete halt. after some time of course it times out. > it seems to be related to the packet size because ping only seems to > work because it uses small packets. if i increase the ping size up to > 1000 bytes, it fails as well. (while it does work on 2.6.26) > > oh and it is the same problem on the wireless and the wired interface. > on 2 different laptops and on my desktop (which have different > networking chips, two intel and one realtek) > > best Regards > Philip Stark > > PS: if i horribly misposted, please slap me across the face and ignore me :) CC'ing netdev