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   In article <26782998-9070-47dd-a23f-52cf3b276db5@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,   
   	"sgifford@suspectclass.com"  writes:   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > I'm having a weird problem accepting a TCP connection on my Linux Web   
   > server from a Blackberry client.  Linux server is kernel   
   > 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 from Fedora Core 6.  The initial SYN packet from the   
   > client arrives as I expect.  The server then sends its SYN/ACK and the   
   > client sends the final ACK in the 3-way handshake, again as I expect.   
   > But after that, the server keeps retransmitting its SYN/ACK, and the   
   > client continues to respond with an ACK.  It's as if the server isn't   
   > accepting the ACK from the client, but I can't figure out why.  After   
   > awhile the client starts to send data,   
      
   Why does it take four minutes for the client to start sending data?   
   I would expect a typical http client to send its first request as soon   
   as it receives SYN/ACK.   
      
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