Re: PuTTY + Wireless = Bad Combo?

From: Owen Dunn (owend_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: 21 Jul 2004 11:09:58 +0100

Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

> Keith Cavey <keithcavey@comcast.net> writes:
> >I'm experiencing major issues running PuTTY release 0.54 on my Windows
> >XP Pro (latest updates/patches installed) laptop over my wireless
> >network through a Netgear Wireless G Router. Basically, whenever I
> >try right-clicking in PuTTY to paste text, or whenever I am performing
> >a long list command (ls -l xxxxx) in the shell, my router crashes.
>
> PuTTY shouldn't be fundamentally incompatible with wireless
> networking. PuTTY shouldn't be able to crash a router whatever it
> does, so something is buggy with your router. It sounds like it
> doesn't like long TCP packets or something similar.

For information, I use PuTTY quite happily over a wireless network
with none of the problems described. (This is using the old Nokia
wireless kit which they don't make any more.)

(S)

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