Re: How to find out where a download is stalling?

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:00:42 -0000, "Gutz" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"Mike Barnard" <m.barnard.trousers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:nl1tt1tnfbl5rkjp97co1u1bdmlciep8ek@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I use newsgroup binaries a lot and find that I'm getting timeout after
>> timeout. But I don't know where to find the problem.
<snip>
>> I'm considering getting a new router in case that is the problem, but
>> how do I find out?
>
>If you enter the address of your mail server into neotrace (while its
>stalled) it should be able to tell you which node is dead. If it doesnt ping
>any nodes then its your PC and/or router. Are you using wireless or anything
>other than bog standard wired network?

How exactly will tracing the router to his mail server help? Even if
it was the mail server, not receiving ICMP echos doesn't indicate by
any means a hardware fault.

For the record, I'd have no clue where to start troubleshooting this,
except to assume the connection was dodgy :)
.

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