trouble downloading

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

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 
>