Windows XP network lockup, when using rsync

[Howard Thomson]

Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please <at> cygwin.com> writes: 
 
> >*Every* time that I run rsync, both the Cygwin default 2.6.6 version 
> >and my 2.6.9cvs patched version, rsync failes to complete a transfer 
> >from WinXP to Win2000 and reports that the other end disconnected. 
> > 
> >With 100% success rate, WinXP is subsequently unable to: ping, browse 
> >internet, respond to ping, ipconfig /renew..., in fact all networking 
> >fails and the machine hangs in attempting to hibernate and mostly hangs 
> >in attempting to shutdown. 
> > 
> >I had had *no* problems, at all, prior to attempting to use rsync ! 
>  
> Regardless of this data point, if you are having this type of problem 
> there is something wrong with either your Windows installation, the 
> driver for your network card, or your computer. 
>  
> This isn't a Cygwin problem.  A user mode program like rsync should not 
> be able to cause this type of behavior.  If it could, that's an exploit 
> just waiting to happen. 
 
I agree that it isn't a bug in Cygwin. However the machine, apart from the 
Cygwin download and very little other software (no drivers), is a pristine 
WinXP install as supplied with the machine. I e-mailed this list because I 
hoped someone with a similar experience would be able to point me to a 
solution, Google and MS having failed (so far) to find anything relevant. 
 
 
 


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