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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 23:02:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      Joel Rosenberg <j1rosenb@ieng9.ucsd.edu>
To:        Adam Crosby <acrosby@ameritech.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: file transfer stalls
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.31.0102062301050.23393-100000@ieng9.ucsd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <KAEGKPOOOCONDIOADNANGEENCCAA.acrosby@ameritech.net>

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Yes, my connection is going from a cable modem to a switch, then to two
computers (each have unique, real IPs). I haven't had a problem with the
other comp in win or freebsd.

- joel

On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Adam Crosby wrote:

> Are you attempting to transfer the files thru any form of gateway device (a
> NAT'd box, a router, a DSL connection?)?  It may be a problem with the MTU
> settings of the interface if that's the case.
> -Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joel Rosenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:37 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: file transfer stalls
>
>
> Hello,
>   I recently set up FreeBSD on a COMPAQ deskpro pentium 133. It seems to
> run perfectly except when I try to transfer large files to it.  Be it
> through NFS, ftp (client and server), or scp, the transfer stalls at a
> particular point for certain files (but unique to each file). No errors
> are given, the transfer rate just slows down exponentially at a certian
> point and stalls. I tried using wget to resume the file transfer, but it
> stalled at the same point. Even after I remembered the point at which it
> stalled, and stopped the transfer manually a few megs before, once it
> resumed, it would be fine until it reached that same point in the
> transfer. This is beginning to get cumbersome as I want to install some
> apps from the ports with file sizes that seem to be affected. Another
> note, I've also seen it happen when I'm uploading a small image to it, and
> it seems to happen mostly (only?) with binary files. Any help/ideas would
> be much apprectiated. Thanks
>
> Joel Rosenberg
> joel@ucsd.edu
>
>
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