In <98122908011100.01921@angus>, on 12/29/98
at 07:50 AM, Ken Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>From time to time I have experienced downloads that would stall at the
>2-6% of file stage. I have been watching the mailing lists for over a
>year and have never seen the subject addressed before. I have been
>trying to download XFree86-devel-3.3.3-10.i386.rpm and it continuously
>stalls at 6%. I have tried it from "rufus", redhat, sunsite and others
>with the same result. I have even tried it with Netscape, ncftp, ftp
>and xmftp. Is it a problem with the file or is it on my end?
This is a usual symptom of incorrectly configured hardware at your ISP:
some switches or routers they use. I am experiencing it now due to
poorly compatible/misconfigured ATM equipment my provider is using for
traffic management via our main link to the outside world. In theory,
things like frame-relaying or traffic shaping should work completely
transparent for a user. In real life, using these techniques often
causes many network clients to hang or stall. Ftp clients are among the
most affected, due to the nature of FTP protocol. Just my $.02, I'm not
an expert... Try to lower MTU size if you are using PPP link, this may
help. I said 'may'...
Cheers,
Ivan
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