On 10/11/05, S R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi :) > > This is probably a quite advanced problem cause I have > asked around a lot. Most people have adviced me to > post this interresting question here. > > Setup: > FreeBSD 5.4 server behind a D-Link DI-604 router > together with two XP-machines. Server runs Fluxbox in > Xvnc and Samba. > 0.5Mb ADSL-connections, not PPPoE. > > Problem: > If I try to download a larger file from ftp (for > example a game-demo from gamershell or fragzone) with > a browser, it just stops after approximately 130 > minutes. > No errors, nothing in /var/log/messages. Doesn't > matter what speed I download with, its around 130 > minutes anyway. > Regular http-downloads works, and ALL downloads works > from the both XP-machines. > ftp from the terminal works, both from VNC and from a > normal ssh-login without VNC. Problem is some links > cant be reached with the terminal ftp, so would be > great if the browsers could start working. > > I have tried: > Switching ports on the router. > Two different NIC's (Realtek and Intel 10/100 PRO). > Mozilla and newest Firefox and newest Opera. > Tried both Fluxbox and KDE. > Just noticed that Opera actually lets me resume the > download, so at least its useable, but would like to > solve this anyway, and kind of interrested what the > problem could possibly be. > > All installs are build from Ports, and they're all > pretty standard installations (like the whole system) > since I'm a real BSD n00b. > > This is the outcome of ifconfig for my Intel-NIC. > ----------------------------------------------- > fxp0: > flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu > 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet6 fe80::203:47ff:fead:695f%fxp0 prefixlen > 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast > 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:03:47:ad:69:5f > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX > <full-duplex> ) > status: active > ----------------------------------------------- > > Thanks a lot if anyone can help me discover why I cant > download ftp from the browsers, when it works from the > terminals ftp-command. Beats me, and everyone else I > asked on BSD-forums all around. > > Best regards > /Sebastian (from Sweden) > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
It's really very interesting, but personally I wouldn't trust any browser with a 2h+ download. Try installing Flashgot for firefox, or mozex for Mozilla/Firefox, and handle all the heavy downloads with wget, curl or one of a dozen other nice downloading tools. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
