Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:32:36 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <john@packfish.gateway.net.hk> To: Steve <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: progress report on connection problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970129093041.15853A-100000@packfish.gateway.net.hk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970128140035.754B-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Steve wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > > > 1) Contact the vendor for a fix; one probably exists.
> > > >
> > > > 2) If no fix is available, turn extension off on the FreeBSD
> > > > system, and submit a bug report to the vendor so that a
> > > > fix will happen.
> > >
> > > Turning extensions off does not stop the problem.
> >
> > Does the remote system triggering the problem have extensions enabled?
>
> Nope.
>
> >
> > Are extensions off on *both* ends? If so, *exactly* what do you
> > see happening, and for what programs?
>
> Yup - It was with users - only some - same problem as the other guy has..
> They would connect to the news server, and not be able to pull headers -
> or to the web server, and get the text but not the graphics. It would
^^^^^^
sounds like software handshaking enabled
jbeukema
> stall.
>
> The bandaide I put on it was to number all freebsd boxes on class C's
> other than those of my annexes, forcing the packets thru my cisco.
> Everything cleared.
>
>
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