>> I wonder if it's downloading in ascii ftp mode instead of binary. That's
>> the first thing to check when someone mentions "garbled via ftp". I would
>> have thought http servers would simply always use binary mode, since that
>> works for both text and binary files, but maybe binary mode is broken in
>> your ftpd, and only in one direction?
> I've tested with two http servers, Apache and Roxen... Both fail on
> these files...
> As for the FTP, I know better and an example is the .33 kernel I
> built on the machine. Since its a remote machine, before I
> rebooted, I tried to D/L the kernel to another Linux PC with the
> same config and the FTP's failed... Only after I gzip'd the file
> could I D/L it and the kernel worked great on the test machine, so
> I rebooted the remote machine which too rebooted fine... The
> kernel upgrade did not resolve the problem though.
Are you by any chance connected via a SLIP or PPP link to the net? If
so, check whether you're set up for software or hardware handshaking,
and if software handshaking is in use, you're probably getting hit by
XOFF characters in the files in question...
Alternatively, ask the admins of the sites in question whether they're
using software or hardware handshaking...but in that case, nobody
could download the files from their systems...
Best wishes from Riley.
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