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Date:      Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:25:24 +0200
From:      Marek Sulovsky <skeeve@popelka.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Network stalls
Message-ID:  <20050720152524.GA9446@popelka.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20050720075030.M5505@wonkity.com>
References:  <20050720114351.GA30720@popelka.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <20050720075030.M5505@wonkity.com>

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> >But when I started to update the system and ports - another problem
> >appeared:
> >
> >when I am downloading a file (I noticed the problem only during ftp
> >downloads - but I have had almost no other traffic) sometimes (about
> >every 2-5 MBs on average) the transfer stops (command line ftp says
> >"stalled", fetch shows nothing and does nothing).
> 
> "Stalled" is shown when the FTP server just stops sending.  For FreeBSD 
> files, it usually means the server is too busy.  Try using a different 
> server, or one that's closer to you.

The problem is not in servers. This happens on various servers which are
nearby and have a very good connectivity (and I never experienced
problems with them). I can even connect to them from another ftp client
and start downloading something else while the first ftp is stalled.

Marek



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