Here are what the starband guys think it is. "It is an ongoing problem with StarBand. Some people suggest that the IPA proxy causes the problem, while others hold that the NettGain2000 compression is flawed. I tend to be in the latter group, but both are possibilities. You might try downloading the images when bypassing the IPA proxy." Brad Helm
My question is: would a 5-10KB rollback fix this problem? Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 07:04:45PM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > I have tried with over 100s of ftp servers around the world. > > The character is a different value. > > Er. If both lftp and wget are producing the same problem, on many > servers, nothing seems to suggest it's lftp's or wget's fault. > > >This is because the connection between my satellite link, and my ISP > >gets severed, therefore causing FTP to resume. Regular connection > >breaks are normal on a satellite connection, they may only last 1ms or > >less, however, they cause the FTP to resume, thus causing corruption. > > This would be an OS bug. Temporary disconnections should not cause TCP > connections to fail. TCP is designed to withstand connection interruptions. > (Back when I was on a static IP over a modem PPP connection, I was actually > able to maintain connetions through a hangup and reconnect.) This is a > fundamental feature of TCP. Win2K (at least) has a bug which closes all TCP > connections the instant a physical link is lost, but I've never seen this in > a Unix. > > That aside, corruption still shouldn't happen, but I don't know what would > cause it. I'd suggest it's something in your system or connection, since > it happens with multiple programs and servers. > > -- > Glenn Maynard
