[TriLUG] Download Timeouts

[Cristóbal Palmer]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Jason Evans <jason.s.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
> However, if I download anything over a couple of megs my
> download rate drops to zero until I pause the download and restart.
> This happens regardless of the software whether it be apt-get, wget,
> or firefox.

Here's my WAG:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_window_scale_option

You could test whether this is in fact the issue by using something
that is not TCP (eg. ping) while the download is failing. If you can
still ping a bare IP with no problems then you have a clue. Short
answer fix: use something newer than gutsy. Try Jaunty. The RC is out
and the final release will be out in just a few days.

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
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