[Tfug] HTTP file size limitation

[Bexley Hall]

Hi,

Another datapoint...

--- On Fri, 9/28/12, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 1) 4.4GB (4,750,912,458) file downloaded (HTTP) via ancient
>    Firefox *indicated* the file to be 4.4GB, but "stalled"
>    at 435MB (455,945,162) transferred -- reporting "9% complete".
> 
> 2) IE (also ancient) reported file as 434MB (?) and transferred
>    all of that (455,945,162) before terminating normally (which
>    is "incorrectly", in this case)
> 
> 3) "Current" Firefox showed identical behavior to ancient version
>    (i.e., upgrade made no difference).
> 
> 4) NetBSD/i386 (5.1.2) running a very recent wget(1) reports
>    file as 4,750,912,458 bytes, transfers same 455,945,162
>    before stalling.
> 
> 5) Access same site from public library (no idea what MS variants
>    they are running) and all 4.4GB transferred.
> 
> 6) Copy that 4.4GB file onto aforementioned NetBSD machine and
>    access it via "current" Firefox -- but using an ftp:// URL
>    and all is well.
> 
> 7) Build another NetBSD box, install Apache (2.4.3) and serve
>    up the file via HTTP to the same Firefox (windows) client
>    and all is well.

8) Attempt a different "big file" (http://) of the same general size
   from a different site.  Same problem.

9) Try accessing that same "different big file" (though from
   yet another site) in Firefox but via an ftp:// URL and
   it works!

I.e., modem sure does appear to be the culprit.  And, only seems
to bother "big" HTTP connections!  (ftp works)

Firmware was apparently at the most recent level so no hope, there.
I'll see if I can locate a different DSL modem  :<

--don