Dani Arbel wrote:
>
> Hi!
> Did you reduce the MTU of the dialup network adapter / ppp from 1500 to
> ~1450 ?
Yes, although it seems that it should actually be
1392. Tried much lower than that too, doesn't help.
However, I did learn that the exact same thing happened
to Pacific Bell customers in the US. It was a mystery for
about 5 months till lawyers came into play, and then it
turned out that the regional switch had a faulty ATM card.
Ach... I cannot imagine getting Bezeq to check that out.
>
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Omer Efraim wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I recently had ADSL installed at my place, and
> > very quickly ran into a very annoying problem. I'm
> > hoping someone else might have come across it and
> > would have a solution - or otherwise, it would be best
> > to approach Bezeq with more than one case of this
> > phenomenon (as they keep trying to blow me off with
> > lame excuses). This is long, but please bear with me.
> >
> > When I download files from ftp, the download frequently
> > stops in the middle for no apparent reason. I'm not
> > talking about a time-out or a disconnect - it just stops
> > receiving data and freezes. If I disconnect and try
> > to resume the download, it just sits there doing nothing
> > forever. Nothing helps, even after a restart/disconnect/whatever,
> > the same file still freezes. If I try to delete the file
> > and restart the download from zero, it will start transferring,
> > then will freeze in exactly the same spot. Note that
> > during the time when the download freezes, other downloads
> > continue just fine without any problem at all. And the
> > weirdest thing is that I can _never_ resume that specific download.
> > It can download 20 files just fine from a certain ftp server,
> > then suddenly freeze in the middle of the next one, while
> > happily downloading away from other places in the same
> > time. A minute later, one of the transfers from the other ftp
> > serves can stop - it happened while transfering from FTPDs
> > of all types.
> >
> > The ADSL modem is connected to my linux box which acts as a
> > router (masquaraded), but even trying to install the modem
> > on a Windows98/Win2k box did not help. This is not a client
> > problem either, as I have tried many many clients (ncftp/gftp/vanilla
> > ftp on Linux, and many more on Win32 boxes).
> >
> > I would appreciate any replies from people who have come across
> > the same problem. I suspect this is a defective modem problem
> > myself, as Bezeq claim the line is fine (although it seems to peek
> > at roughly 200kb/s, even though I'm about 1-1.5km from the
> > local telco office). Any clues would also be immensely helpful,
> > perhaps from network engineers.
> >
> > Phew.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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