Stange sshd problem... bug?

[Darren Tucker]

Pedro Bezunartea Lopez wrote:
> I haven't been able to find any information about this problem, I hope
> someone can help, anyway this is the setup:
> 
> Server:
> - Linux Fedora Core 5
> - kernel 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5smp
> - openssh-server-4.3p2-4
> 
> Client not working:
> - Linux Fedora Core 5
> - kernel 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5smp
[...]
> I should also say that the server is behind a firewall and that it has
> been working fine with previous kernels.
> 
> Any ideas? Anything else I can try? TIA,

Try (as root):
echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling

and if that helps then read this for details:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/6723

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