G'Day,
    I've notice that on all of the machines that I administer that are 
using a 2.4 kernl I'm unable to connect to some websites. The sites 
include www.ibm.com and www.moneymanagement.com.au. This occurs on both 
workstations and server - ie loading the page in IE through an squid proxy 
and loading the page in Mozilla on my home machine. If I bypass the proxy 
server, the page loads fine. I am able to telnet to port 80 of said site 
from a windows client or a 2.2 kernel linux system, but 2.4 simply times 
out after a couple of minutes.

    Is it something to do with the settings in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/? All 
linux systems are running debian - either potato with the bunk 2.4 
packages or woody. Connections vary from an ADSL to a dody 33.6k home 
connection.

    I thought for a while it was my ISP, but last night I managed to load 
the page on a windows computer and failed to load it on my woody machine, 
while both were behind the same connection/firewall.

    Its becoming a problem as it prevents me from using a proxy server, 
reducing the efficiency of the connection.

    Any suggestions welcome.

Regards,
Adrian Woodley

