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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:17:55 +0300 (EEST)
From:      "Iassen Anadoliev" <korio@korio.org>
To:        "David Samms" <dsamms@nw-ds.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTP - Large file transfers (6.1)
Message-ID:  <60226.84.21.222.6.1149599875.squirrel@webmail.korio.org>
In-Reply-To: <1149594683.16884.9.camel@freeBSD.internal>
References:  <1149594683.16884.9.camel@freeBSD.internal>

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On Tue, June 6, 2006 2:51 pm, David Samms wrote:
> I am having repeated FTP failures while transferring a 4G file across a
> LAN. Swapped out the switch, cables, and NIC's so don't believe hardware
> is involved.  Have tried the default FTP server as well as vsftp and
> pure-ftp with the same results.  NICs tested are em, sk, and rl.
>
> How to duplicate failure:  Take two 6.1 machines with a 100M lan or
> x-talk cable and try to FTP a DVD image.  The transfer fails around 90%
> of the time with
> 	"450 Error during write to data connection"
>
> We have a similar problem when using samba.  The failure is not as
> consistent but always occurs under heavy load.  Here is the error:
>
> [2006/06/04 22:20:02, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(557)
>   write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.163.41. Error
> Host is down
>
> It appears, that the network connection on the server is being reset,
> but why?  And where or how do I find more information?
>


Can you look here:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=110247+0+archive/2006/freebsd-net/20060205.freebsd-net
The attached patch solved my problem. A temporary workaround was to use
ProFTPD.

-- 
WWell by
Iassen Anadoliev







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