On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:01:33PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I have a slow internet connection, and with large downloads it often happens > that the download sticks before it is complete. > > Does anyone have any experience with this problem, and is there a way to solve > it? And, why does it happen? I'd be curious to know.
What protocol, what program is doing the download? I find it happens with http downloads with a browser. I'm assuming that the web server is assuming high-speed internet and is timing-out before things are complete on dial-up. Perhaps it has to do with transparent-to-me proxies enroute. I've never had the problem on ftp or rsync. For ftp downloads, I tend to just use mc. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
