AIX client randomly fails to connect to RHEL server

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Issue

  • An AIX client is unable to consistently make a TCP connection to a RHEL server. Sometimes the connection works fine, but other times the RHEL server appears to ignore the connection request or takes longer than expected to respond.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • AIX 6.1 or greater

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