I like sftp myself better than scp. I get the gosh darned commands confused on scp. On 10/07/11 02:58, Mike Miller wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jul 2011, Michael Berkowski wrote: > >> On Jul 9, 2011 7:35 PM, "Mike Miller" <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is a problem that I have fairly often. It happens between >>> various pairs of computers, but always at least one of the two is at >>> the U. I'll start transferring a big file via scp and will >>> eventually see the KB/s decline until the ETA disappears and it says >>> "- stalled -" instead of the ETA. Any idea what that is about? It >>> could happen at any time in the process -- the last few attempts >>> failed at 109MB, 16MB and 45MB while downloading an ubuntu .iso >>> file. I was also unable to do it via web browser. >> >> I often have a similar problem with wifi on recent kernels and a >> BCM4311 chipset. Never found a solution other than to plug into >> ethernet when I need to retrieve or transfer a large file. > > > It occurred to me that maybe sftp is better for large files than is > scp, so I tried the transfer with sftp and it worked on the first > attempt. That was after four consecutive failures with scp and a > maximum download of 23% of the file. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Scott Berry E-mail Address: scottbb1973 at gmail.com Repeater Book Admin for the following states: north and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa Computer Certs: MCP, A+ Certified