Tue 2/03/04 2:09 pm. Greetings.
> I forgot to ask does this problem only appear when using SSL? <
Well here is a test you can conduct around the house that demonstrates *a* failure mode if not necessarly *the* failure mode. Get hold of the free Xitami server, put it on a local ethernet somewhere like I have, and then upload to it. It is of course not SSL, and following are my results.
UPLOAD LIMIT UNCHECKED. During upload, *no update appears* except at the very tippity end the yellow bar flashes on for an instant. However it seemed to execute properly, and says
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,1,1,2,0,201)
STOR oshow.zip
[this is where FFXP freezes up. nothing
printed, no yellow bar, and the FFXP
window won't repaint. However, the entire
system didn't freeze-up as happened with
the actual DWL-122/SSL test. So after 30"
or so, it then flashes the yellow bar
momentarily, and prints this.]
150 Preparing to transfer binary file
226 Closing data connection
Transferred: oshow.zip 5.68 MB in 32.58 (178.51 KBps)
TYPE A
200 Command okay
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,1,1,2,0,201)
LIST
150 Preparing to transfer ASCII file
226 Closing data connection
List Complete: 66 bytes in 0.39 (0.06 KBps)
Transfer queue completed
Transferred 1 file totaling 5.68 MB in 35.56 (178.51 KBps)
I don't think any weird browser behavior subsequently occurred; at least I could raise the Xitami welcome page without error.
So then I set UPLOAD LIMIT TO 80 KBPS. The yellow bar appears as it should, all is well, and FFXP prints
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,1,1,2,0,201)
STOR oshow.zip
150 Preparing to transfer binary file
226 Closing data connection
Transferred: oshow.zip 5.68 MB in 01:15 (77.15 KBps)
TYPE A
200 Command okay
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,1,1,2,0,201)
LIST
150 Preparing to transfer ASCII file
226 Closing data connection
List Complete: 66 bytes in 0.37 (0.06 KBps)
Transfer queue completed
Transferred 1 file totaling 5.68 MB in 01:17 (77.15 KBps)
i.e. exactly the same except for longer times. This behavior is definitely a repeatable bug; FFXP should update when it's transferring a file over local ethernet that takes 30" with no upload throttle.
FFXP is running on W98; I rebooted wihtout DWL-122 connected so it couldn't sneak in and contaminate things.
... So I then plugged-in the DWL-122 (you can plug it in in W98, but not remove it without rebooting), and got to your page without fault, so whatever FFXP is doing above, it's not as bad as whatever it did with the real unthrottled SSL site.
So fix this bug what I can do on my ethernet -- which is quite repeatable -- and maybe they'll all go away....
-- Best wishes,
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