[PLUG] Download problems solved

["Gregson Helledy" <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>]

A few weeks ago I posted a message here about my inability to download files
through my firewall/dialup gateway machine.
Gabriel had a few helpful hints but they didn't seem to solve the problem.
After searching every linux newsgroup I could find, I got a hint to try
looking at comp.protocols.ppp

The problem turned out to be the modem speed I'd selected, 115200.  I'd
learned in my windows days that there was really no such thing as a modem
speed too high, so I'd always chosen the highest available value, and never
had a problem.

While I have no understanding why this happens, choosing that modem speed
with my 56k modem (a Zoom 2919, ISA jumpered model) let me browse web pages
normally and use gnucleus or ICQ without problem, but caused real problems
when retrieving files, whether via ftp or http protocols.  Even more
interesting, compressed files (.tar.gz, .zip, .pdf) seemed to transfer much
better than unzipped ones (.doc for example).

Remember, ppp users:  follow the speed limit!

Greg


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