[ale] Kernel-2.4.0 oddness

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (Thompson Freeman)]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Chris Ricker wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Scott Nolde wrote:
> 
<<snip>>
> 
> Congratulations, you've hit the #1 FAQ with 2.4 kernels ;-)
> 
> Disable ECN, either by recompiling the kernel after disabling it under
> networking options, or by
> 
> echo "0" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
<<snip>>

Possibly a truly dumb RTFM question, but what is ECN, why does ECN trip up
the routers as often configured, and how should/can I check to make sure
that I don't contribute to the misconfiguration?

Well, that may count as three questions - please assume I'm a heavy tipper
8-)

In any event, my thanks in advance

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Thompson Freeman          tfreeman at intel.digichem.net

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