upload problems/ transfer interrupted
 

Most but not all uploads result in a "transfer interrupted" error. Found another thread on a different board (dl/ul problems) that suggests that this problem exists for others as well. Any solution?

'Transfer interrupted' is a message - not necessarily an error message.

Most current gnutella clients have the ability to swarm download - they can download from multiple sources at the same time.

So - while they are getting the beginning of the file from you they are getting the middle from someone else and the end from yet another person.

When they have got the bit between the beginning and the middle, then they drop the connection (transfer interupted) because they already have the middle bit from somewhere else.

The transfer will also be interrupted if they disconnect from the network for any reason.

Mark

Mark, thanks for the reply. That makes perfect sense. I've noticed that when I download something, it will sometime say it's d/l-ing from multiple clients and the progress will be eratic. If you don't mind, I'll post this over to the other thread for the benefit of others (proper credit given, of course)!

Thanks again!