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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/ppp choking on large files
Date: 7 Apr 1997 10:10:53 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5i5ob3$nd@idiom.com>,
jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft) writes:
> Using the command line ppp connects alright and mail,
> lynx, telnet and ftp works, but whenever I try to download
> a large file the connection freezes on the 16k, 17k, or
> 23k bytes or so and I have to close the connection. This
> happens no matter what line speed it's set to.
>
> Any clues on what I should do?
>
> [The first thing I'm trying to do is download the 71k
> lrzsz package; no luck.]
This is strange. Maybe there's a problem with your UART,
modem or ISP. I've downloaded single files for 40Mb before over
ppp.
Try setting some debug options in ppp.conf - say
set debug Phase LQM LCP Link
I'd also suggest using the "pmdemand" example in ppp.conf.sample (2.2).
You have got hardware flow control configured on your modem havn't
you ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !