wb2oyc wrote:
> 
> OK, I think I've asked this question before; quite awhile ago actually,
> but I'm also sure I did.
> 
> Here it is: I often use a Linux box as my router when connecting to work.
> Under certain circumstances, attempting to telnet from this Mac running
> NetBSD to a system at work, crashes the link (PPP) between that Linux box
> and work.
> 
> Now, before you say my Linux box is broke, consider this: this connection
> stays up all day when I work from home, supporting connections from my 
> home network (ethernet) to work.  I use Mac's running MacTCP, Mac's 
> running
> 8.0/OpenTransport, Linux or FreeBSD running on other Intel boxes or 
> laptops,
> Windows for Workgroups running on a notebook using MicroSoft's supposedly
> broken tcp/ip stack, and sessions from Win95 and NT as well, all use this
> Linux box as their router.  
> 
> THE ONLY SYSTEM THAT CRASHES THE LINK IS NETBSD!  Does anyone know why 
> this
> happens, or can take a stab at it?  I'd really like to resolve this, since
> I work from home several days a week due to a medical problem, it is more
> than just a passing interest, to say the least.

What version of the kernel are you running?  If you look at the 'dmesg'
output, it's usually the top couple of lines.  There were briefly some
problems with path discovery in TCP a month or so ago, perhaps you have
one of the affected kernels?

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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