Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Download stuck at 99%

It was a strange issue. Intermittent internet problem. A download would start and then, either in the middle of a download or worse, as the last packet was received, the download would freeze.

Stuck at 99%. Restarting the download wouldn't fix it. The problem would occur on a Mac as well as on a PC. This was especially infuriating with the Windows 7 Beta as we were never able to get a good version of it. As with many other things, the ISP was the likely culprit. We decided to change ISP. First test we ran was trying to download a file whose download we know was failing.

The download stuck at 99%.

Cursing and swearing ensued. We then did the logical thing to do: connect a PC directly on the modem to try to isolate the problem. We finally found the issue:
A firmware update of the Linksys WRT54GS fixed the whole thing. In the release note, Linksys noted among other things:
Firmware 4.50.6
- Adds SecureEasySetup push button support
- Resolves large file transfer issues

Yes! I will now be able to run lots and lots of things!