Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Why do TCP connections hang?
Message-ID: <1989Dec3.025404.11666@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8911301020.AA14662@hayes.fai.alaska.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 89 02:54:04 GMT

In article <8911301020.AA14662@hayes.fai.alaska.edu> wisner@hayes.fai.alaska.edu (Bill Wisner) writes:
>The hung connections seem to be data-specific. If I try transferring the
>same file twice, both FTP connections are likely to hang at the same
>point in the file. As an exercise, I took a file and split it into several
>small chunks, then tried transferring it. The connection still hung at the
>same point in the fragmented file.

You should probably pursue this further to pin down the exact data pattern
that causes the problem.  This might yield some insight.
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