[ale] Kernel 2.4.x and FTP

[Chris Egolf]

If you've already enabled this in a running kernel, you can turn it off by 
doing something like this in a startup script:

echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

James Kinney wrote:

> during the make {x|menu}config make sure that
> explicit congestion notification is disabled (not even a module)
> It is in the network stuff.
> 
> If only the other people on the net would _use_ the good tools...
> ECN, IPv6, etc.
> 
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Joseph A. Knapka wrote:
> 
> 
>> Michael Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> Wasn't something implemented in 2.4 that will only allow you to go to web
>>> sites or  ftp sites if the site supported a certain protocol.  I remember
>>> someone mentioning that this option needed to be turned off when you compile
>>> your 2.4 kernel or you couldn't surf to certain sites.
>>> 
>>> Anyone remember this thread of conversation about 2.4?
>>> 
>>> I think this could solve your problem.....
>>> 
>> 
>> Explicit Congestion Notification. 2.4 supports it, many routers
>> don't; you have to disable it in the kernel to play nice with
>> everything on the Internet. I don't know how to do that offhand,
>> but Google is your friend.
>> 
>> 



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