Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 23:07:42 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: blaqmyst@earthlink.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp problems Message-ID: <199610260607.XAA19975@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <32718B12.1AB0@earthlink.net> from "bLaQmYsT" at Oct 25, 96 10:52:50 pm
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> My problem is as follows. Whenever I connect to my ISP, it keeps > disconnecting me about half way through the downloads while I am > installing FreeBSD. I don't expect you to help me with that problem, but > I just require a little help. I am trying to download the following Your ISP could have an "inactivity timeout" for your account -- if it doesn't see any traffic on the terminal, it logs you out. One way around this is to turn on the "hash marks" reporting in ftp. This also is nice cuz it shows you that things are still chugging along :> Or, you could periodically type a space followed by a backspace. Or, use ncftp, etc. (this all assumes, of course, that your connection isn't being dropped due to other reasons -- LOC, etc.) --don
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