FTP uses two connections, one for sending commands and responses, and one for transferring data. On huge downloads, what may be happening is that the download over the data channel is taking so long that the control channel times out from inactivity. When WS_FTP tries to read the server response (which would normally indicate a successful download) it gets a timeout error. Sensing that the connection is dead, it auto-reconnects and reissues the last command.
Try turning auto-reconnect off. In the "_config_" section of "ws_ftp.ini" add the entry AUTORECONNECT=0 This will turn off the global auto-reconnect which will affect all connections including URLs and browser integration. Now when you download a large file, the program may report that the download has failed and/or that the connection is dead (no socket), but it will not attempt to download it again. It will remain in your transfer manager as failed/paused. If the file on your disk is actually fine, then you can delete the record from the transfer manager interface. In the case of a site-site transfer, you would check the file on the destination site. Locating ws_ftp.ini Ws_ftp.ini will be in your "Sites" directory, which is in the WS_FTP Application Data directory For a default installation on Windows NT, this will be in: "C:\WINNT\Profiles\<user name>\Application Data\Ipswitch\ws_ftp\Sites" For a default installation on Windows 2000 or XP, this will be in: "C:\Documents And Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Ipswitch\ws_ftp\Sites" For a default installation on Windows, this will be in: "C:\Windows\Application Data\Ipswitch\ws_ftp\Sites" or "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ipswitch\ws_ftp\Sites" If you've changed the location from the default, then hopefully you'll remember where it is. If you are connecting to a configured site profile, it may override the default value for auto-reconnect in its own ini file. To be sure that it uses the default, open the ini file that contains the site, and remove any lines that say "AUTORECONNECT=<n>" hope this helps --Claude Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list.
