Well I once again went through everything and tonight uploaded a file by directly connecting to the modem and it went through ok, it was a 315mb video clip of the snowfall we just had in Toronto.
Then, after going through line by line all my settings in vista and reseting and power cycling the modem and router I sent a 890mb test file from the PC using Ipswitch pro,it started fine and was going fast and all looked good then it stalled out again 35% of the way through.
I looked at the log and noticed a comment saying the file was in use by another process.
so before I install the new Netgear WNR854T router I bought this afternoon I transferred that file to a USB drive and am now uploading that file from that drive instead of the HD on the laptop.
Just in case there is some process that is assessing and temporarily locking up the file I am trying to send.
Tomorrow evening's project/test will be to try the new router..
The router in there now is the D-link EBR-2310 and the new one is a Netgear WNR854T.
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Originally Posted by ham90mack
I had a Belkin wireless router that I got for free and it worked fine for a few years. Then one day I decided to upload a 700 MB video (I don't think it was through FTP, but it could have been). Half way through the router failed and stopped the upload. After restarting the router and trying again, I discovered that somehow it was only able to upload 500 MB through the cable modem before needing to restart. I had never uploaded anything that big before. This problem was very annoying because downloads were unlimited (I have downloaded gigabytes of information without needing to restart it) and file sharing between computers never caused any problems (even more gigabytes were transferred between computers). In the end, I had to get a new router (Buffalo, and it wasn't free this time) and I was able to upload the entire video. At least now I have a router that can make a portable LAN when I need one...
So your problem could very well be the router.
Oh, and the router did not have a firmware update available. In fact, I don't even remember seeing an update page because the router was so old.
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