From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 22 12:19:51 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id MAA11571 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:19:51 -0700 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA11544 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:19:47 -0700 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA07320; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:18:11 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199508221918.MAA07320@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: Can't connect to FreeBSD hosts To: gibbs@freefall.FreeBSD.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Cc: wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508221451.HAA28674@freefall.FreeBSD.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Aug 22, 95 07:51:14 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 987 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > > >Hi, > > > >I have noticed something awkward. I can't connect to FreeBSD machines > >on the net. I have no problems reaching other hosts (via ppp), but all > >connections to FreeBSD machines seem to succeed, only to hang after > >the initial contact. > > > > Disable RFC1644 and RFC1323 negotiation. The pppd of your service > provider can't handle it. From /etc/netstart: > > if [ -n "$tcp_extensions" -a "x$tcp_extensions" = "xNO" ] ; then > sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0 > sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1644=0 > fi > > You can just set the tcp_extensions sysconfig variable appropriately. Well, this has become the FAQ of the week for too many weeks, I think we need to change the default on tcp_extentions to ``NO'' in /etc/sysconfig as shipped. Those who want these can turn them on. Opinions? -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD