Of course it could be something really simple; like a MTU mismatch...
... which normally results in the symptoms he is seeing...
-JMS
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Civileme
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Subject: Re: [expert] Problems downloading files
Tim Hammerquist wrote:
>
> My setup: Mandrake 7 Complete kernel version 2.2.14-15mdk on Pentium III
> 450MHz
>
> Regardless of the software and protocol I use (Netscape Nav., gFTP,
> /usr/bin/ftp), I can't seem to download large files on my linux box. Web
> pages download fine, faster than my Win98 installation. But I've tried
> to download the latest build of apache from
> AdvancedExtranet/NetRevolution and it always hangs (stalls) at 25-30k. I
> have no problem downloading via Windows. I've rulled out the server
> discriminating against non-MS clients cuz it's on an apache server. My
> ISP's sysadmin said it might be the kernel needs a patch. I was
> wondering if any of you had heard about this and know what I could do.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. TIA.
>
> --
> -Tim Hammerquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> For every problem, there is one solution
> which is simple, neat and wrong.
> - H. L. Mencken
If it were happening in windows as well, I would tend to blame
the modem's catching an "exploit string", that is a specific
string script kiddies use to punt many people from online
services by hanging the modem. The string doesn't work against
USR modems with TI chipsets or older Hayes ISA v.90s but hits
most others rather well.
I have DLed files up to 282Mb using 7.0 with 2.2.14, so I would
tend to discount the idea that the kernel needs patching.
Netscape occasionally hangs at 100% Dl when working through a
firewall and saving to an NFS share, but I don't DL with Netscape
any longer. One question, does your ISP run NT servers with
"anti-spoofing software?" Some of that will hang you up if it
doesn't see periodic (per quota) responses from port 139, and of
course linux doesn't supply it.
My first advice though is to get a really good DL program. Try
this one:
http://server51.freshmeat.net/download/1194/nt-1.16.tar.gz
D4X is designed to download against almost anything, and it will
pick up a broken DL and in fact blow by hangups by taking what it
has and reconnecting/resuming.
Now on to the other possibilities. Your hardware is subjected to
less leeway from specs by Pentium (vs 386) code. Its timing has
to be much closer to spec. This is not an issue to be dismissed
lightly.
If you can DL in windows, then get that tarball and just move it
to the ext2 filesystem from linux and try it. It is 386 code and
will lessen the stress on your system (though the 586 drivers
will still have tighter timing requirements).
Civileme
