Now for the $64 question, what do I do about it?  In my case I don't 
have a switch, but do have a router.  And the problem shows itself when 
I remove the router.

On 01/17/2013 06:28 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote:
> I have seen this happening...
> I was copying a file from one box to another when the copy stopped, 
> waited and resumed.  I traced it down to a Linksys switch that, other 
> than that, didn't exhibit any other problem.
> I didn't have time to investigate the issue then and I lost track of 
> the switch, but my plan was to take a tcpdump trace on both ends and 
> investigate from there.
> I doubt that a layer 2 problem will show up in the trace though, and 
> from what I saw, and what you said about killing the dinosaur 
> download, looks like a level 2 problem to me...
> ET
>
>
> Derek Trotter writes:
>> Hi,
>> Here's a problem that has me stumped.  Using my linux box I've found 
>> I have trouble downloading large files from some sites.  I tried to 
>> download a 200MB file from celestiamotherlode.net.  It took a few 
>> seconds for the download to begin.  Then after a few seconds, the 
>> download would stop for a few seconds.  Then it would resume.  I 
>> tried a 647MB CD image from debian.org and downloaded it with no 
>> problem.  I went to mirrors.easynews.com and tried to download a copy 
>> of the same image file.  I had the same problem with the download 
>> stopping for a few seconds, starting again, stopping a few seconds, 
>> starting again and so on.
>> Here's the interesting part.  I have xp on the dinosaur so I can play 
>> a few games on it.  The dinosaur had no problem downloading the files 
>> from celestiamotherlode.net.  I had no trouble downloading multiple 
>> files from the same site using the dinosaur.
>> At this point I had both machines connected to a netgear router. The 
>> router was connected to the dsl modem which was in bridging mode.  I 
>> unplugged the linux box from the router, connected it directly to the 
>> dsl modem and put the dsl modem in routing mode. Then with the linux 
>> box connected directly to the dsl modem, I tried again.  I had the 
>> same problem.
>> Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be?  Thanks in 
>> advance to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
>> Thanks
>> Derek
>> -- 
>> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and 
>> if I'm not there, I carry on as usual."
>> Patrick Moore
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