Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:34:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp problems in FBSD 3.2 ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908161027030.1039-100000@Michelle.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908121201510.28575-100000@adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Brian wrote:
> Apologies for a router lesson here..
On the contrary... thank you.
>
> Ok, the nitty gritty. Are you the network person there?
no, but it is a friend of mine.
> I have seen
> this when a Cisco, which uses keepalive by default, tries to send an
> ipcp config request to the router on the other end, that is usually not a
> Cisco. The classic symptom of this is you start a download, then after a
> couple minutes, things start to slow down, then die for about 3-4 minutes.
> All is well after that. If that is what is occurring, you could try
> looking at the router interface while someone else downloads. Does it
> blink as if resetting? The fix to try is this on a Cisco..
ok. interface is blinking.
>
> First, do a show running or show config, and look at the config for the
> serial interface that connects to the csu. Does it say no keepalive? If
> not, try the below. This is not recommended for frame relay circuits,
> they depend on keepalive for staying up.
>
> conf t
> int interface name
> no keepalive
> ctrl z
> Then test to see fi things improve.
>
> If so, then write mem on the Cisco
Thank you Brian, it is better now.
I think there was also a problem with an old tranceiver in the back of
the router. I have not noticed it but it has a lot of collitions.
Thank you, the problem seems to be solved.
>
> Brian
>
> On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Brian wrote:
> >
> > > Potential problem; the circuit could be so bust with transferring your
> > > data that something called keepalive is failing. 1 of the routers will
> > > reset the connection at that point.
> > >
> > > Bri
> >
> > Thank you Brian. Then, what am I supposed to do?
> > Do I have to change something in my router configuration?
> > Do I have to change something in my computer ?
> > Perhaps something to transfer data in a lower rate?
> >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello there,
> > > >
> > > > I have a FreeBSD 3.2 box with a 3com 509 ethernet card in my office and I
> > > > have been having problems with FTP. Particularly when I transfer very
> > > > large files (5Mb or more). My poor machine begins to slow down its
> > > > transfers through the network... ping becomes a real turtle... telnet a
> > > > snail... and suddenly all network activies stop...
> > > >
> > > > Do you have any idea of what is going wrong?
> > > >
> > Eduardo Viruena
> > eduardo.viruena@esfm.ipn.mx
> >
>
>
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