Re: trouble downloading

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...
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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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