ncftp is not so nice

[Barry K. Nathan]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 07:42:33PM +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> As soon as I do a get with ncftp of a file, all other applications 
> cannot access the internet anymore. Even ping doesn't work.
> When the transfer has stopped everything works fine again.
> 
> I'm running ncftp 3.1.6-1.
> Anybody else seeing this?

I haven't, but then again I haven't used ncftp in a while (except on
systems that don't have lftp installed).

Try lftp (or some other FTP client) and see if it has the same problem.

Also, what speed is your Internet connection? Is it dialup or
"broadband"?

This info might help me make an educated guess as to what's going on...

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn at pobox.com>