Just send the header info then.. I don't need to see the packet contents.

user tethereal, if you have it... else just tcpdump and send the ascii output.. Don't 
use the '-x' flags, and I won't see the packet contents..

 - jim
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:32:39 -0700 
"Robinson, Eric R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> I looked at the trace in question, and it appears to contain some HR
> information, so I'd have to get an NDA on file to send the pcap. It's not
> HIPAA PHI, so I would not need a business associate agreement or a patient
> release, thankfully. 
> 
> If you want to go through that much trouble to help me, more power to you.
> Would you rather just give me a hint of what you're looking for and let me
> be your eyes?
> 
> --Eric
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Washer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [RLUG] [OT] TCP/IP Weirdness
> 
> what sequence number is being acked ( in the repeated acks ) , what it the
> sequence number and size of that 'last' packet, and what get's acked after
> the client receives that last packet....
> 
> mail me the pcap file if you care to.
> 
>  - jim
> 
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:55:01 -0700
> "Robinson, Eric R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > This is OT because none of the participating equipment runs Linux, but I
> > figured it was worth asking anyway since some of you are network geeks.
> >
> > I have an application called ProLaw that runs off a NetWare server on the
> > other side of a PIX firewall. (The client is inside, the server is
> outside.)
> >
> > Most of my Win2K workstations perform fine. But two or three of them slow
> > way down after a few hours of use, to the point that queries that normally
> > take 10-15 seconds take 1.5 minutes! Meanwhile, other clients on the same
> > switch keep working fine.
> >
> > Ethereal traces show that during the slow periods, the client retransmits
> a
> > lot of ACKs of the same data. It will transmit the same ACK maybe 9 or 10
> > times in a row with only about 0.000002 seconds between. Then the server
> > finally retransmits a packet of its own.
> >
> > Finally, the client ACKs all of the previously received data at once and
> > catches up (about half of its window size). It does this over and over
> > again, slowing down the overall communication.
> >
> > Can somebody please offer some insight on what could be happening here?
> >
> > --Eric
> >
> >
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