Giles Lean wrote:
> 
> > just can't understand...  Something in the kernel config doesn't like
> > chatting with these sites????  I don't know.  Help please.
> 
> Mmm ... as a wild guess, and assuming that 1.4.2 has this variable:
> 
>     # sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0

I did this and it did not seem to help.  Though I get ->0 response, is
it possible this will not take affect for a while???

> If you don't see a change, then it will be time to get out tcpdump.
> But perhaps someone else can comment on those particular sites, too.

I just ran tcpdump on my ppp0 interface and tried to connect to
http://www.ask.com, and here is the sum total output.  208.185.160.9 is
www.ask.com.

---------
09:32:48.121922 199.4.98.59.50666 > 208.185.160.9.www: S
2924857543:2924857543(0) win 16384 <mss 1460>
09:32:48.299051 208.185.160.9.www > 199.4.98.59.50666: S
739269912:739269912(0) ack 2924857544 win 8760 <mss 1460> (DF)
09:32:48.299304 199.4.98.59.50666 > 208.185.160.9.www: . ack 1 win 17520
09:32:48.301637 199.4.98.59.50666 > 208.185.160.9.www: P 1:109(108) ack
1 win 17520
09:32:48.614420 208.185.160.9.www > 199.4.98.59.50666: P 1:542(541) ack
109 win 8652 (DF)
09:32:48.630181 199.4.98.59.50666 > 208.185.160.9.www: . ack 542 win
17520
09:32:48.738567 208.185.160.9.www > 199.4.98.59.50666: P 2002:2655(653)
ack 109 win 8652 (DF)
09:32:48.738813 199.4.98.59.50666 > 208.185.160.9.www: . ack 542 win
17520
09:32:51.930166 [|ip]
09:32:52.013775 [|ip]
09:33:06.940169 [|ip]
09:33:07.022514 [|ip]
09:33:21.950315 [|ip]
09:33:22.032077 [|ip]

Then it goes on and on like this indefinitely...  Any idea what this
means?