Are you behind a firewall or proxy of some kind? If so, you might want to try using passive FTP mode.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Pi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: wget hangs or downloads end up incomplete in Windows 2000 & X P. FYI. I noticed if I ctrl-c to get out of the hanging part and try to resume, my FTP seems to be broken and hangs. I tried manually with ftp.exe command in command line and it froze with dir command: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\phillip_pi>ftp 192.168.14.18 Connected to 192.168.14.18. 220 USSM-CPD Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0). User (192.168.14.18:(none)): domain\username 331 Password required for domain\username. Password: 230 User domain\username logged in. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. [stuck forever until I ctrl-c to break out of it] I either have to reboot the computer OR wait maybe ten minutes to try again with the FTP connection. -- "This is the ant. Treat it with respect. For it may very well be the next dominant lifeform of our planet." --Empire of the Ants movie /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant) @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx | |o o| | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ _ / Be sure you removed ANT from e-mail address if you get ( ) a returned e-mail. On Wed, 12 May 2004, Phillip Pi wrote: > > On Wed, 12 May 2004, Herold Heiko wrote: > > > > > > OK, I did more tests. I noticed -v is already enabled by > > > > default since the > > > > > > you probably have verbose=on in your wgetrc file. > > > > Good idea. Should I delete wgetrc? I doubt that will fix my problem > > since > > I tried on two different Windows machines. > > FYI. I don't have wgetrc file anywhere. I only have sample.wgetrc file > on the machines I used so it sounds like verbose is enabled by default > regardless of wgetrc file. > > > > > > 5250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... > > > > > > > > > > > > The timestamp was from almost an hour ago (I was in a > > > > meeting) during the > > > > download test. Notice it never timed out to retry or abort! Please > > > > > > What happens if you restart wget again with mirror-like options on > > > the same directory tree ? Does it hang again on the same file ? If > > > yes, what if you > > > > Which wget parameter options are they? I never noticed it hangs on > > the same file for each hang in different tests. Please remember > > sometimes I have missing files when downloads are complete. It is > > either hang, finish but incomplete, or perfect. Those are the three > > results I have seen from many tests. > > > > > > > try to download that file only ? > > > If not, could you for any chance run a sniffer on that machine > > > (ethereal is > > > free) ? > > > > I do not know how to use this network tool. If you can give me > > instructions I can try! > > > > > > > It would be useful to know if really everything is freezed, or if, > > > for example, for some reason the data is just trickling down at > > > 1byte/minute or something similar (stuck in retrasmission?). > > > > I have no idea. Does wget have a bytes/bits per second statistics? > >
