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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Download Dialog - immortal?!?
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-06-19 16:47:54
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On Tuesday 19 June 2001 19:34, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> Now, FTP has a control connection and a data connection. During a data 
> transfer, the control connection is idle. If it's idle longer than the 
> timeout of the connection table on the gateway, the entry will be removed. 
> The connection is now dead, it cannot be used any more. That is: the server 
> cannot send the final message to the client and thus the client never 
> completes. So, you have to work around this.

Ohh... that would explain why it only happens with big files....
So... we should send NOOPs (or whatever it is with FTP) on the control 
connection ?
Or is there a more low-level way to keep a connection open ?

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