Network stalls

[Warren Block]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Marek Sulovsky wrote:

> But when I started to update the system and ports - another problem
> appeared:
>
> when I am downloading a file (I noticed the problem only during ftp
> downloads - but I have had almost no other traffic) sometimes (about
> every 2-5 MBs on average) the transfer stops (command line ftp says
> "stalled", fetch shows nothing and does nothing).

"Stalled" is shown when the FTP server just stops sending.  For FreeBSD 
files, it usually means the server is too busy.  Try using a different 
server, or one that's closer to you.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA