On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:21:49 +0100 Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 21 October 2008, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Mick > > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Any idea why this happens: > > > ======================================== > > > 150 Ok to send data. > > > 100% |***********************************| 224 MiB 46.74 > > > KiB/s 00:00 ETA > > > 226 File receive OK. > > > 235279855 bytes sent in 1:21:59 (46.70 KiB/s) > > > local: xab remote: xab > > > 227 Entering Passive Mode (205,178,145,65,166,71) > > > 150 Ok to send data. > > > 34% |*********** | 115 MiB 46.80 > > > KiB/s 1:19:27 ETAtnftp: Writing to network: Connection reset by > > > peer 0% | | -1 0.00 > > > KiB/s --:-- ETA > > > 500 OOPS: child died > > > ======================================== > > > > > > It is rare that I am able to complete more than a single file > > > transfer before the "connection is reset by peer". As these are > > > relatively large files and the upload is unattended this is > > > rather annoying. -- > > > Regards, > > > Mick > > > > That used to happen to me when I was using a piece-of-junk D-Link > > router. It was one of those $29.99 consumer-grade deals. It would > > reboot itself constantly when it was under any kind of load. I > > replaced it with a $50 router with DD-WRT and things have been fine > > ever since. Might not have anything to do with your problem, but I > > figured I'd mention it. Check your router logs to see if it's having > > any problems. > > Thanks Paul, > > On the client side I am running a $500 professional grade router and > I assume that the server ISP is also running something upmarket in > their data center. > > On this topic the client-server arrangement straddles the Atlantic > ocean, so who knows how many routers and switches it jumps across. > That said the failure pattern is consistent: first file always > transfers cleanly, then second transfer fails after a while. Could > it be some configured disk/account quote, dropping transfers above a > certain size on the (Unix) server? Are you running through a proxy?