"Link has been severed" Problem *SOLUTION*
Tim C. Hall
hallt at handel.CS.ColoState.Edu
Wed Mar 20 08:57:47 AEST 1991
A hearty thanks goes out to all who responded to my posting asking
for help with a "Link has been severed" error.
In case anyone is curious...
PROBLEM: Large files ( > 10MB ) transferred via RFS between hosts will
occasionally (about 25% of the time) terminate abnormally
with only a partial transfer and the above stated error
message.
SOLUTION: This is apparently a BSD 4.2 bug that is fixed in the 3.2
version of TCP/IP for 3B2's. Thanks to Muphy's Law, we have
3.0. It is some kind of problem with sequence numbers wrapping
around and tripping over the boundary.
A special thanks goes out to John Sims at US West for pointing this
out to me. (I've been trying to mail you for days now) Thank you
very much Mr. Sims, we will be getiing TCP/IP 3.2 very soon.
Mr. Tim C. Hall, System Administrator
Air Force Space Command
thall%spacecom.spacenet-gw.af.mil at server.af.mil
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