"Ken" == Ken Archer <karcher@idworld.net> writes: "Mark" == Mark Gray <markgray@iago.nac.net> writes:
Ken> From time to time I have experienced downloads that would stall Ken> at the 2-60f file stage. I have been watching the mailing Ken> lists for over a year and have never seen the subject addressed Ken> before. I have been trying to download Ken> XFree86-devel-3.3.3-10.i386.rpm and it continuously stalls at 6%. Ken> I have tried it from "rufus", redhat, sunsite and others with the Ken> same result. I have even tried it with Netscape, ncftp, ftp and Ken> xmftp. Is it a problem with the file or is it on my end? I had the exact same problem so I don't think it's just you. I also know that it's not that file, since I managed to upload it to my machine and install it by first grabbing it from an internet-connected account and splitting it into 100K chunks and uploading it to my machine. I don't know what the fix is, either. Mark> Assuming you are using ppp over a modem, try setting your window to a Mark> smaller size: Mark> /sbin/route -v add default window 16384 dev ppp0 Mark> After you have pppd up and running. Mark> (If this works, let me know, as this is a pet peeve of mine :-) Yes. I'm running ppp over a modem, and your suggestion did not seem to fix it, either. Any other ideas out there? ---Kayvan -- Kayvan Aghaiepour Sylvan |Sylvan Associates | Proud Dad of: kayvan@Sylvan.COM |<A HREF="http://www.isp.net/~kayvan"><A HREF="http://www.isp.net/~kayvan</A">http://www.isp.net/~kayvan</A</A>>| Katherine Yelena (8/8/89) (408) 978-1407 PGP OK |Ask me about Avatar. | Robin Gregory (2/28/92) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>