Goodness, that does sound strange. One of our esteemed colleagues suggested you try ftp on a different server site. I set up an account for you with read/write/delete/create access to test with. I even placed a 78mg IE6sp1 .exe file out there for you to test downloading. And, there is also the ftp_commander freeware app in case you ever need a freeware ftp client for yourself or clients to use.
Once you are done playing with the ftp Server let me know so I can clip the account and delete the duplicate files. The ftp address is gilhale.dnsalias.com The User ID is: geoff The PW is: flight You have 500Mg available space to dink around with. I do hope you get to the bottom of the matter. I do not know if you are using IE or not, but I find IE has a bad habit of timing out, even mid-stream downloading or uploading. I often shell to DOS and use the native ftp command via code automation with good results. For manual interaction I use a blend of solutions to include ftp_commander, ftp Voyager, ws_ftp Pro, file-zilla, ZipGenius Suite, etc. All have their quirks, but all work well. I got ws_ftp Pro as it preserves the original date-time stamp of transmitted files. Good Luck! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com]on Behalf Of Geoff Flight > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:50 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Help on FTP > > > Guys, > > I have a weird one I cant seem to solve. My VFP app uses ftp to download > files and has been running fine for several years and all of a > sudden it is > timing out on large downloads (eg 16Mb). The problem also occurs > outside of > my app using normal FTP. It is only failing on large files not those under > about 10Mb. I can find no problems anywhere. Teh server is Win > 2003 and has > been rebooted, The router has been rebooted. It is happening to a > variety of > users not just one. The downloads get to the last 2kb and times out. The > irony is that the users on VISTA are not having problems - just > thos on XP. > Ive tried it on SP3 and SP2 with no differences. Ive also tried different > FTP server software with no differences. And it is ALWAYS failing when > trying to finish the download - the last 2Kb or so. Most times > (not all) the > FTP server reports that the entire file has been sent but fails > to arrive at > the client end. > > Does anyone have ANY idea what is going on? Im loathe to split my > files into > smaller parts because A) it has been working for 3+ years as is and B) > whatever the problem is wil eventually affect smaller files Im sure. > > Help! > > Geoff > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ndbblhfmcdkpegpoiiapaeacbgab....@gilhale.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
