I have had this problem for a long time, since Mandrake 7.1.  I find that no 
matter what ftp app I use, if I try to download ANY file that is in the range 
of 4 megs or greater, it will download to 100% but then the connection wont 
terminate and it will just sit there stalled.

If I quit the ftp app (gftp, ncftp, hit the x in the top corner of a 
konqueror download window - under NO circumstances hit "cancel" or the file 
is totally lost) then the file is fine.  If it is an rpm, it installs fine.  
If it is source, it builds fine, and so forth.  The file is perfectly fine 
but the download connection will not terminate.

This is a real bitch if I am trying to do a batch download.  Files will 
download fine until it comes to a file that is 4 megs or larger.  It will 
download the entire file but then will stall and no other files will download 
as it sits there forever stalled.  I have to quit the app, restart it, and 
restart batch downloading from the next file.  What is this problem?  

I have Mandrake 7.2 plus (kde 2.1 and XFree86-4.0.2) with kernel 2.2.18.  
This problem existed with kernel-2.2.16, 17, and now 18.  It has been there 
with straight installs of 7.1 (possibly 7.0 though I don't recall) AND with 
updates.  I keep hoping that whatever the problem is, it will be resolved in 
some file somewhere so that it goes away when I upgrade files/rpms, but it 
remains.  

Any ideas?  Has something on the internet changed?
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