network problems with kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5

[George Avrunin]

>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:19:37 +0100, "JW" == James Wilkinson <fedora at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote:

  JW> George Avrunin wrote:
  >> I've just updated to the 2139 kernel and I'm encountering some
  >> network problems.  Connections inside my department seem fine but
  >> connections to anywhere outside (other departments on campus, the
  >> rest of the world) lock up after some fairly small amount of
  >> traffic.  The problems disappear if I reboot back into the 2133
  >> kernel.
  JW> 
  JW> This link might help: http://kerneltrap.org/node/6723.
  JW> 
  JW> If it does, then note that "fixing" your box may impair its
  JW> network performance.
  JW> 
  JW> Hope it does,
  JW> 
  JW> James.
  JW> 
  JW> -- 

Thanks very much for the pointer.  I'll see if I can track down the
box in the middle that's causing the problem, but I suspect I'll be
stuck disabling window scaling for a while.

  George