[NCLUG] Download hangups

[Matt Kassawara]

I suspect something is wrong with your internet connection.  Using tcpdump
or wireshark to monitor the connection may provide some useful hints.


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Bonnell Frost <bfrost at seamonkey.com> wrote:

> The download problem is more serious. I get interruptions of about 5
> minutes using 'yum update' or messages using Seamonkey, but they
> keep going. When I try to download Vipre Rescue, I get a few chunks of
> perhaps 3 MB (it's about 130 MB), then the download program can't
> find what it is downloading in the new contact and quits. I can't restart
> it. My skybeam connection is about 500 MBs when working.
>
>
> Bonnell Frost wrote:
>
>> I have been using skybeam for about 5 o5 6 years. Windows video streaming
>> under windows works fine; I'll try it with Fedora
>>
>> Matt Kassawara wrote:
>>
>>> Did you just start using Skybeam? Does video streaming work?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Bonnell Frost <bfrost at skybeam.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I am running Windows7 and Seamonkey 2.20, as well as Fedora 19. Fedora
>>>> 19
>>>> works, with a strange problem. When I am downloading a fairly large
>>>> update
>>>> file using yum update, say
>>>> over 5 MB, it quits. I get a string of messages that show declining
>>>> speed, actually no activity, for about 5 minutes. Then it tries another
>>>> connection, which may or may
>>>> not work, for a few more MB. I don't get all the detail when I am
>>>> downloading messages with Seamonkey and Fedora 19, but I get the same
>>>> sort
>>>> of hangups. It looks as if I can use
>>>> fast download for only limited amount of time--my connection with
>>>> Skybeam
>>>> is 500 MBS.
>>>> Bonnell Frost
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