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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news-peer.nctu.edu.tw!news.nctu.edu.tw!spring.edu.tw!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.best.com!idiom.com!not-for-mail From: jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: /usr/sbin/ppp choking on large files Date: 5 Apr 1997 06:41:39 -0800 Organization: JSI Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5i5ob3$nd@idiom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: idiom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38475 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.]