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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!206.154.70.8!news.webspan.net!usenet From: gpalmer@SPAM.webspan.net (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Annex - problem with TCP sessions Date: 19 May 1997 18:10:01 EDT Organization: WebSpan Inc., New Jersey Lines: 13 Sender: gpalmer@mutara.noc.webspan.net Message-ID: <5lqj3p$dhs@news.webspan.net> References: <5kmp6g$mbs$1@tiger.jet.msk.su> <5kn8hd$76g@raptor.mtc.ti.com> <5l6hae$nab$1@tiger.jet.msk.su> <01bc5eac$e93546e0$16143ccb@clementc.ans.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mutara.noc.webspan.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41274 In article <01bc5eac$e93546e0$16143ccb@clementc.ans.com.au>, "Clement Cheung" <clement@ans.com.au> writes: > I just brought the FreeBSD v2.2.1 up and have some trouble with my Annex > 4000. I cannot finger the Annex from the FreeBSD v2.2.1. Finger works > fine in a FreeBSD 2.1.7 and BSDI. Is this something that you experienced? FreeBSD 2.2.x and later use Transaction TCP more extensively in the system. One utitility to benefit is the finger program. Unfortunately, it has shown a number of systems which cannot handle the SYN and FIN flags being set in the same packet, and it looks like the Annex is one of them. Try using finger with the -T flag to disable T/TCP Gary