Now for the $64 question, what do I do about it? In my case I don't
have a switch, but do have a router. And the problem shows itself when
I remove the router.
On 01/17/2013 06:28 AM,
kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote:
> 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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