Bizzare FC2 test 1 networking issue

[Tim Hawkins]

Paul Gear wrote:

>Tim Hawkins wrote:
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>>>Have you tried with ECN disabled?  I have a netgear router that doesn't
>>>work with ECN... but mine doesn't freeze.  ECN was enabled by default in
>>>FC2 and it took me awhile to figure out why only TCP was broken on my
>>>FC2 system.  Disable ECN by running:
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>>>echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
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>>Is that a permement change Nathan, or will I have to put that into the
>>rc scripts to ensure its disabled on boot?
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>To make those changes permanent, put a corresponding entry in
>/etc/sysctl.conf.
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That seems to fix the problem Paul, laptop boots ok now without killing 
router
I'll get onto Netgear and findout why tcp_ecn cause the router so much 
distress. Im running
the latest firmware on the box, and its a very popular brand/model.