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cRunchy

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Posted: April 03 2006,01:03

After messing about I seem to have over-come the problem more or less by changing the 'Mirror' to an FTP server.

This is slow in comparison to the default HTTP but the server, QEMU, DSL or my host PC seem to cope with that speed better.

I have no idea why this works better but all I can note is that the download speed is about one half to one third of the standard HTTP server. I assume as the world inside QEMU runs at a much much slower pace that it may be a speed, timeout or buffer issue somehow??? (My host is 1.7GHZ 512MB XP_SP1 on 1MB broadband via router.)

Either way.. Should anyone else have this problem they may like to try using an ftp server - ftp://ibiblio... seems to work OK but haven't tested the rest.

cRunchy

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Posted: April 04 2006,17:30

I am having issues with this as well, both downloads stalling and webpages not loading. When I do an IFCONFIG I am getting TX packet errors and collisions in the output. This is a barely used (but shared) connection on 5mbs cable... No issues with Windows on this machine - wondering if there is a configuration somewhere that needs to be tweaked? Back to searching...

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Posted: April 06 2006,16:38

I can't get a single download though the myDSL... Everything stalls... Grumble. I've tried the FTP, HTTP and switching the mirrors... I've tried static'/ing my IP address (running through a Linksys router) and that doesn't seem to fix anything either. It's almost like my 'net connection is dropping - yet it never did that in Winblows.
Nothing like getting back into Linux via a trial by fire. LOL

I tried via the command line, but I just keep getting the usage options for wget - I am obviously not formatting the command right. I haven't gotten around to finding a man page or something similar on the command. Of course this isn't going to solve my Inet connection dropping out on me though.

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Posted: April 06 2006,17:01

I've not had any problem with wget through a router, and a firewall, over wireless or hardwired. I'm just using the default settings.

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cRunchy

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Posted: April 07 2006,15:41

Quote (doobit @ April 06 2006,18:01)

I've not had any problem with wget through a router, and a firewall, over wireless or hardwired. I'm just using the default settings.

This makes me wonder whether the problem might be due to network cards or drivers?

As I said I can use FTP but not HTTP most probably because FTP is slower or less prone to errors... (General web browsing works fine.)

For reference or comparison my setup is:

System = XP on 1.7GHz 512MB
Level = SP1 (I wonder if SP2 has less or more problems?)
QEMU network settings = Default
Network Card = Generic PCI - AcerLan ALN-325
Drivers = RTL8139 (XP's own driver version.)
LAN = NetGear Router --> Broadband

The other thought is whether using QEMU that is part of the "embedded" setup, "QEMU" as a separate install or "QEMU Manager" makes any difference. I prefer QEMU Manager but there may be slight differences that might help some people with the network problem?

cRunchy

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