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Date:      Thu, 01 Mar 2001 17:10:49 -0600
From:      Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com>
To:        "Derick J. Fernando" <derick@xenocex.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ftpd hangs on "blocking call cancelled"
Message-ID:  <3A9ED6F9.362DA3CE@journalstar.com>
References:  <3A9ECEC9.9248E69E@journalstar.com> <3A9ED3EE.6030005@xenocex.com>

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Thanks.  I'll give this a try.  (I try and remain as blissfully
ignorant of MS stuff as is humanly possible.)

"Derick J. Fernando" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The "blocking call cancelled" error is actually from within WS_FTP and
> your local computer.
---^
You're correct, I should've been more clear.
> 
> WS_FTP suggests the following solution if you receive one or more
> "Blocking call cancelled" messages and the file transfer is incomplete:
> 
> If you are using the Microsoft TCP/IP stack, part of the Windows 95 and
> NT operating systems, try setting the Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU) to 576.
> 
> For more information on this error see IpSwitch's Knowledgebase article:
> http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/WS-19980612-BK21.htm
> 
> --------
> Derick Fernando
> 
> Tony Wells wrote:
> 
> > When trying to ftp multiple files from a Win200 machine using WsFTP,
> > eventually the ftp daemon just hangs with an error message "blocking
> > call cancelled".  It usually takes a little while before this
> > happens.  I can see the daemon trying to STOR the file, but the
> > process shows idle.
> >
> > The server is a 4.2-RELEASE, running the standard ftpd through inetd.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has any ideas what is causing this?  Is
> > WsFTP a load of cr*p, since I can't ever get this to happen ftp'ing
> > from my FreeBSD box?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Tony Wells
> >
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