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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
- Path: pen.k12.va.us!cctaylor
- From: cctaylor@pen.k12.va.us (Clover C. Taylor)
- Subject: Re: The most difficult comm. prob. in the world - $30 reward for solution
- Message-ID: <DLuvo7.Hz9@pen.k12.va.us>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 20:02:30 GMT
- References: <4e0qv7$ud@oracle.damerica.net>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network
-
- Reggie (reggie@community.net ) writes:
- > imber@maniform.com (David G. Imber) wrote:
- >
- > >No, this is not a joke. It may seem crass, but I assure
- > >you this offer is made with every good intention. I am SO
- > >frustrated by my inability to get to the bottom of a Win95
- > >comm. mystery that I will send anyone, anywhere US$30 if they
- > >can provide a solution. The $30 amount is arbitrary. If I were
- > >a wealthy person I'd offer more, such is my frustration. I
- > >simply don't think I can answer this one on my own, and it's
- > >burning me up.
- >
- > > Please don't refer me to the standard answers. I've
- > >been through hell with the standards, even tried modifying
- > >RWIN, DefaultTTL and MTU settings, to no avail.
- >
- > > I'll try to provide all relevant details. Feel free
- > >to probe for more info.
- >
- > >THE SYMPTOMS: At certain www sites I cannot download more
- > >than ~20K of any *.aiff, *.wav or *mov files.
- >
- > >ALSO: I recently attempted to download Netscape (2.05b) from
- > >four different locations. Each time the download froze at exactly
- > >2962K (80%).
- >
- > >1. On other sites I have no problem, and on at least one site
- > >I have tried two of the same type of *.wav files - one choked at
- > >20K, one d/l'ed properly. I do not have trouble with ftp, only
- > >transfers via the WWW.
- >
- > >2. This only happens on my two systems that use Win95's Dial-Up
- > >Networking to access a PPP connection. On a third, running
- > >Win 3.1 with Spry's 16-bit dialer and 16-bit Netscape, I don't
- > >have this problem.
- >
- > >One of the Win95 systems and the Win3.1 system are accessing
- > >the same PPP connection. Another Win95 system is accessing PPP
- > >from the same provider, different account. The former systems
- > >accesses via a dynamic IP address, the latter, static.
- >
- > >The problem only occurs on the Win95 systems.
- >
- > >Therefore the fault is with Win95, my configuration of same or
- > >the way certain sites communicate with it.
- >
- > >3. This occurs in NCSA Mosaic 16-bit on one of the Win95 systems,
- > >so it is not a Netscape-specific prob.
- >
- > >4. In every other respect my set ups are working perfectly, they
- > >are all fast and solid. The two Win95 systems use the same type
- > >of USR 28800 V.34 modem. It should be noted that one of the two
- > >Win95 systems did not exhibit this problem when it was running
- > >WFW3.11 using the same modem (the other system has been running
- > >Win95 from the beginning).
- >
- >
- > >There is just one other thing that the two malfunctioning
- > >Win95 systems have in common. They both have Spry's Internet
- > >in a Box installed, although it is rarely used (it may have
- > >set some environmental variable as part of the installation,
- > >however).
- >
- > > ********************
- >
- > >Here is a site to test on:
- >
- > >Attempt to retrieve *.mov files from
- >
- > >http://www.helloindia.com/india/randr/whosro.shtml
- >
- > >Or try getting *aiff files from
- >
- > >http://www.helloindia.com/india/music/mansur.shtml
- >
- > >I have never been able to get past 20k or so in any attempt to
- > >download from this site.
- >
- > >If anyone can offer a solution to this mystery, I will gladly
- > >send along US$30, in any form preferred.
- >
- > > Sincerely, David G. Imber
- > hey man i had the same problem i can offer 2 suggestions. first call
- > your phone company and ask them to come check your phone line and see
- > if there is to much noise in it. second is your internet setup set to
- > diconect after a certian period of time u can check this by running
- > internet setup wizar over. oh.... are you using the same modem on all
- > computers or are they all the same brand and model? email me back at
- > reggie@community.net if this email aint workin email me at
- > emmit95@msn.com
- > peace out
- > reggie
- >
-
- You are lucky you were able to download 80 percent of
- netscape. I've been losing it somewhere between 2 and 20
- percent. I have no idea why. I have a 90 mhz pentium wity 32
- megs memory and almost a gig of free hard drive space. I use a
- 14.4 us robotics sportster, but am considering moving up to a
- 28.8. --Clover
-