Connection reset by peer errors when downloading

I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2. Around the
time
I applied the SP2 update, users of my website who needed to download
large-ish (4MB - 12MB) files consistently started getting "Posix
error, connection reset by peer" errors.

Please see the following thread which details more about the problem
(it's limited to http downloads, and not ftp), and what I've tried so
far:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.serv er.general/browse_thread/thread/d93d65d87076a6a1/

Any and all ideas on how to solve and/or further debug would be
greatly appreciated!

Re: Connection reset by peer errors when downloading

Do you have an proxy server in-front of your box? Try downloading with FF
and IE to see if the behavior is the same. If IE has an issue, check your
compression settings on the server. You can try disabling to see if it helps
resolve the issue.

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Best regards,

Steve Schofield
Windows Server MVP - IIS
http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield


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> I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2. Around the
> time
> I applied the SP2 update, users of my website who needed to download
> large-ish (4MB - 12MB) files consistently started getting "Posix
> error, connection reset by peer" errors.
>
> Please see the following thread which details more about the problem
> (it's limited to http downloads, and not ftp), and what I've tried so
> far:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.serv er.general/browse_thread/thread/d93d65d87076a6a1/
>
> Any and all ideas on how to solve and/or further debug would be
> greatly appreciated!
>

Re: Connection reset by peer errors when downloading

Thanks for the reply.

> Do you have an proxy server in-front of your box?

Nope.

> Try downloading with FF
> and IE to see if the behavior is the same. If IE has an issue, check your
> compression settings on the server. You can try disabling to see if it helps
> resolve the issue.

Unfortunately, the behavior is the same with all browsers, and seems
to be platform (Mac/PC) independent too....

Any other ideas??

Thanks again.

Re: Connection reset by peer errors when downloading

Here are a few ideas.

1) Look at your IP bindings to ensure your primary NIC is listed first.
Network connections > Advanced bindings.

2) Is the switch port and NIC on the server duplex the same.

3) Are you NIC drivers up-to-date on your server.

4) If you can reproduce the issue, start up a network sniffer and see if
anything comes up. Etherpeek, Ethereal, Network Monitor (3.1 version) from
MS are a few come to mind.

--

Best regards,

Steve Schofield
Windows Server MVP - IIS
http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield/


wrote in message
news:1190556690.067584.276160@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2. Around the
> time
> I applied the SP2 update, users of my website who needed to download
> large-ish (4MB - 12MB) files consistently started getting "Posix
> error, connection reset by peer" errors.
>
> Please see the following thread which details more about the problem
> (it's limited to http downloads, and not ftp), and what I've tried so
> far:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.serv er.general/browse_thread/thread/d93d65d87076a6a1/
>
> Any and all ideas on how to solve and/or further debug would be
> greatly appreciated!
>