Active HTTP Downloads Stop Abruptly At 480 seconds

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I am running IIS 6.0 on W2K3 Std Edition. I have a
virtual directory under the default web site. I have set
the connection timeout to 2,500 seconds (in an attempt to
make this work). I have a link to a zip file on my web
site <a href="./large.zip">211 mb TestDownloadFile</a>
When a user clicks the link he is prompted to download and
save the file on his local machine. The download then
begins transferring the file to the user. In all cases,
at ~ 8 minutes the transfer stops and shows that it is
completed however only a portion of the file is downloaded
and not the entire file. If the user is on a fast
connection the download will complete provided the total
time is not > 8 minutes. No error is reported on the
local machine or the server. What might be causing this
behavior.
 
From a previous post, check it out.

From: "KenV"
Subject: Re: Download size limitation?

When I try to download certain Microsoft XP updates, such as .NET
framework, which are large files, the download stops at 4 MB each time.
I don't know if this is a problem with IE, Microsoft's server, or my ISP
(on a DSL). Is it a temp directory limitation? Is there something I should
tweak in the registry? I have a 40 GB hard drive which is about 1/3 full, so
that isn't the problem..

Does anyone have an explanation for this?

Ken

REPLY:

Then on another group someone said to decrease the value for the receive
window (RWin) setting (on a DSL tweaker) to half of what it was, and that
worked immediately. Something about with a too high RWin setting the server
thinks you are disconnected and stops sending the file. Anyway, it worked.

Ken
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