Dowloading - connection with the server was reset

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Ed

Using IE6 w/ XP
trying to download an 80MB file, fails every time at
different spots (30-60% complete) and with different
sites consistently.

get message box

cannot download file....
The connection with the server was reset.

ISP- sprintbroadband w/ cable router

Any Ideas??
 
Try this fix from a previous post.


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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