Sorry about the HTML, I'll keep an eye on that in the future. The box is a
DELL with an Intel PPRO 180, 64Mb of Ram, and a 125Mb swap file. I used
two other machines to test against it a Dual processor PPRO 180 running
RedHat 5.2 and a Dual PPRO 166 running UnixWare, both with 256Mb or more of
Ram.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 10:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Large file transfers
>
>
> On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > >%_I installed Mandrake 6 which seemed to work fine until I
> tried to ftp a
> > 128Mb file from another server to the new install box where networking
> > locked up. Tried rcp and ftp client and had the same problems,
> small files
> > transfer fine large ones lock networking. The FTP of large
> files works fine
> > with RedHat 5.1 or 5.2, I reinstalled and it still works so its not a
> > hardware problem but I changed cards and all cables anyway. I
> installed Red
> > Hat 6.0 with various kernels (2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.2.12) and have the same
> > problem. The network card is a 3com 3c905 tried compiling and using the
> > latest driver but that didn't help either. Does anyone have a
> new direction
> > for me to try?????
> >
> First, PLEASE turn off HTML. It makes it hard to read in
> some non-MS mail clients. :-)
> Second, how much RAM do you have and what brand (AMD,
> Intel, etc) and speed processor are your two machines?
> Also, how much swap space do you have? I'm suspecting that
> it may be a speed/memory problem.
>
>
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