ftp-downloads from any browser stops after 2h

Andrew P. infofarmer at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 03:04:42 PDT 2005


On 10/11/05, S R <bortrsr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> This is probably a quite advanced problem cause I have
> asked around a lot. Most people have adviced me to
> post this interresting question here.
>
> Setup:
> FreeBSD 5.4 server behind a D-Link DI-604 router
> together with two XP-machines. Server runs Fluxbox in
> Xvnc and Samba.
> 0.5Mb ADSL-connections, not PPPoE.
>
> Problem:
> If I try to download a larger file from ftp (for
> example a game-demo from gamershell or fragzone) with
> a browser, it just stops after approximately 130
> minutes.
> No errors, nothing in /var/log/messages. Doesn't
> matter what speed I download with, its around 130
> minutes anyway.
> Regular http-downloads works, and ALL downloads works
> from the both XP-machines.
> ftp from the terminal works, both from VNC and from a
> normal ssh-login without VNC. Problem is some links
> cant be reached with the terminal ftp, so would be
> great if the browsers could start working.
>
> I have tried:
> Switching ports on the router.
> Two different NIC's (Realtek and Intel 10/100 PRO).
> Mozilla and newest Firefox and newest Opera.
> Tried both Fluxbox and KDE.
> Just noticed that Opera actually lets me resume the
> download, so at least its useable, but would like to
> solve this anyway, and kind of interrested what the
> problem could possibly be.
>
> All installs are build from Ports, and they're all
> pretty standard installations (like the whole system)
> since I'm a real BSD n00b.
>
> This is the outcome of ifconfig for my Intel-NIC.
> -----------------------------------------------
> fxp0:
> flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
> 1500
>         options=8<VLAN_MTU>
>         inet6 fe80::203:47ff:fead:695f%fxp0 prefixlen
> 64 scopeid 0x1
>         inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast
> 192.168.0.255
>         ether 00:03:47:ad:69:5f
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
> <full-duplex> )
>         status: active
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks a lot if anyone can help me discover why I cant
> download ftp from the browsers, when it works from the
> terminals ftp-command. Beats me, and everyone else I
> asked on BSD-forums all around.
>
> Best regards
> /Sebastian (from Sweden)
>
>
>
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It's really very interesting, but personally I wouldn't
trust any browser with a 2h+ download. Try installing
Flashgot for firefox, or mozex for Mozilla/Firefox, and
handle all the heavy downloads with wget, curl or
one of a dozen other nice downloading tools.


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