Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-24 Thread Eric Lammerts
On 24 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: > It turned out that this was caused by using autofw to forward a range > of ports (2300-2400 in this case.) It seems that these ports aren't > reserved in any way, so eventually the server tries to use one as a > local port on an outgoing connection. > > I'm

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-24 Thread Martin Josefsson
On 24 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: > Mark Longair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [..] > > I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection > > it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, > > but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X)

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-24 Thread Mark Longair
Mark Longair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [..] > I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection > it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, > but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are > broken. The machine does IP

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-24 Thread Mark Longair
Mark Longair [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [..] I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are broken. The machine does IP masquerdading with

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-24 Thread Martin Josefsson
On 24 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: Mark Longair [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [..] I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-24 Thread Eric Lammerts
On 24 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: It turned out that this was caused by using autofw to forward a range of ports (2300-2400 in this case.) It seems that these ports aren't reserved in any way, so eventually the server tries to use one as a local port on an outgoing connection. I'm

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: > On Thursday 11 January, Richard B. Johnson wrote ("Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections >getting stuck in SYN_SENT"): > [...] > > You probably compiled your kernel with "CONFIG_INET_ECN" set. > > If so,

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: On Thursday 11 January, Richard B. Johnson wrote ("Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT"): [...] You probably compiled your kernel with "CONFIG_INET_ECN" set. If so, you need to turn it OFF in /proc/sys/

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Longair
On Thursday 11 January, Richard B. Johnson wrote ("Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT"): [...] > You probably compiled your kernel with "CONFIG_INET_ECN" set. > If so, you need to turn it OFF in /proc/sys/net/...something_ecn. I don't ha

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-11 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: > I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection > it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, > but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are > broken. The machine does IP masquerdading

[2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Longair
I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are broken. The machine does IP masquerdading with ipchains, and masqueraded connections through

[2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Longair
I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are broken. The machine does IP masquerdading with ipchains, and masqueraded connections through

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-11 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Mark Longair wrote: I'm having a problem where twice a day or so, any new tcp connection it gets stuck in SYN_SENT. Eventually this situation rights itself, but obviously in the meantime many services (e.g. squid, X) are broken. The machine does IP masquerdading with

Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Longair
On Thursday 11 January, Richard B. Johnson wrote ("Re: [2.2.18] outgoing connections getting stuck in SYN_SENT"): [...] You probably compiled your kernel with "CONFIG_INET_ECN" set. If so, you need to turn it OFF in /proc/sys/net/...something_ecn. I don't have an