Yes, the connection is asymmetric.  Cable modem.  Fast download, slower
upload.  The problem happens all the time, not just if I try to upload
while I'm downloading though.

It's sort of like something breaks the connection, and it has to
reestablish.  What would I look at to see if something like that is
happening?

- Roger

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On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, David S. wrote:

> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:03:38 -0700
> From: David S. <davids@idiom.com>
> To: r@icarus.fisch.net
> Cc: netbsd-help@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: Network traffic intermittently halts.
>
> >
> > Transfer moves along at approx 230 KB/sec for a few seconds, then...
> > Bzzzz, and it drops to zero for 10-15 seconds.
> >
> > It only seems to happen on downloads.  Something with a large flow of
> > data.  Intermittent and sporadic traffic doesn't seem to be affected.
>
> Are you on some kind of asymmetric connection, with more downstream
> than upstream bandwith?  Are you sending some other traffic upstream
> concurrent with the large download?
>
> David S.
>
> >
>