Re: Wu-FTPd 2.6.1 Rehat server and client

["Mordechai T. Abzug" <morty () sanctuary arbutus md us>]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:59:19PM -0500, Scott, Richard wrote:

> I've had this problem now that I can not seem to resolve.  I have a
> client, hooked up to a hub, to a server, both running redhat 7.1.
> The Client tried to ftp to the server and put a large file.  Small
> files work, but large ones seem to HALT on the STOR command.  I've
> tried a w2k client and that seems to not to work, halting at the
> same place.

> I need have a firewall between them and removed it, placing this in
> a test environment.  It seems, that I the local server, I can ftp
> files back and forth without any issues.

Sounds like a classic case of MTU path discovery failure.  Was your
firewall blocking ICMP fragmentation needed messages (3/4)?

- Morty
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