I have seen this happening...
I was copying a file from one box to another when the copy stopped, waited
and resumed. I traced it down to a Linksys switch that, other than that,
didn't exhibit any other problem.
I didn't have time to investigate the issue then and I lost track of the
switch, but my plan was to take a tcpdump trace on both ends and investigate
from there.
I doubt that a layer 2 problem will show up in the trace though, and from
what I saw, and what you said about killing the dinosaur download, looks
like a level 2 problem to me...
ET
Derek Trotter writes:
Hi,
Here's a problem that has me stumped. Using my linux box I've found I
have trouble downloading large files from some sites. I tried to download
a 200MB file from celestiamotherlode.net. It took a few seconds for the
download to begin. Then after a few seconds, the download would stop for
a few seconds. Then it would resume. I tried a 647MB CD image from
debian.org and downloaded it with no problem. I went to
mirrors.easynews.com and tried to download a copy of the same image file.
I had the same problem with the download stopping for a few seconds,
starting again, stopping a few seconds, starting again and so on.
Here's the interesting part. I have xp on the dinosaur so I can play a
few games on it. The dinosaur had no problem downloading the files from
celestiamotherlode.net. I had no trouble downloading multiple files from
the same site using the dinosaur.
At this point I had both machines connected to a netgear router. The
router was connected to the dsl modem which was in bridging mode. I
unplugged the linux box from the router, connected it directly to the dsl
modem and put the dsl modem in routing mode. Then with the linux box
connected directly to the dsl modem, I tried again. I had the same
problem.
Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be? Thanks in advance
to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
Thanks
Derek
--
"I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I'm
not there, I carry on as usual."
Patrick Moore
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