From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 29 19:54:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA09496 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:54:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA09478 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:54:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA16083; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 22:53:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 22:53:45 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Andrew Short cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: tcp_extenstions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Check out "sysctl", it lets you change many things that are done by the startup scripts. For example: sysctl -a |grep rfc shows: net.inet.tcp.rfc1323: 0 net.inet.tcp.rfc1644: 0 sysctl -w lets you write values, while the system is running, including tcp extensions: sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0 sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1644=0 It's a neat little interface to kernel doodads... Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Andrew Short wrote: > > Had one person tell me to disable tcp_extensions in /etc/rc.conf. > (oh...btw...THANK YOU!) While I had to reboot for the change to take > effect, the problem with me connecting to www.freebsd.org and > www.apache.org (I suspect that is a FreeBSD site?) is fixed. > > I suppose a little research is in order for me. Gotta figure out what > process uses that option so I won't have to bounce the box just to get ONE > process to bounce. =) > > Anyway...I am happy that I can now search the mailing list archives and > wont' have to be a pest anymore (I HOPE!). =) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Short Colossians 3:23 > ashort@concentric.net http://www.concentric.net/~ashort/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message