From: Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps@jlkreps.net> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 16:44:23 -0600 Message-Id: <00122616442300.23340@JLKreps> Subject: Re: [SLE] FTP Transfer Speeds... On Tuesday 26 December 2000 16:17, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:

Greetings!

When ever I FTP files from the internet over my DSL-connected Linux router box to my Windows machine, depending on the server, I can get a transfer rate of 120k/sec. When I FTP files from my Windows machine to one of my Linux boxes (running SuSE 6.3) the maximum speeds peaks at 35k/sec. If I'm not mistaken, 35k/sec is the maximum that can be reached with a 56k modem. Since none of my linux boxes are directly connected to the internet and I'm the only user, how I can I modify this restriction to allow faster transfers between my machines?

When I was using a 56K modem my ftp download would peak at about 4KBytes/Sec. Now that I am using ADSL, 384KBits/sec - tier 1, I can peak at about 40KBytes/sec during an ftp download, or about 80% efficiency. You have a pretty HOT 56K modem! <p>>

Thanks!

Christopher Reimer

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 15:02:01 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Thomas <ethant@pacificnet.net> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012261444010.31380-100000@hominy.2fortheroad.net> Subject: Re: [SLE] FTP Transfer Speeds... On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:

Greetings!

When ever I FTP files from the internet over my DSL-connected Linux router box to my Windows machine, depending on the server, I can get a transfer rate of 120k/sec.

kilobits or kilobytes? 120kilobytes/sec is about what I get so I assume kilobytes. When I FTP files from my Windows machine to one of my

Linux boxes (running SuSE 6.3) the maximum speeds peaks at 35k/sec. If I'm not mistaken, 35k/sec is the maximum that can be reached with a 56k modem.

Again, kilobits or kilobytes and how are you measuring? 35 kilobytes for 56k is pretty much impossible, 35 kilobits would be a touch on the slow end so I assume kilobits. 35 kilobits is way too slow for 10MBps ethernet and 35 kilobytes/sec is still very slow for underutilized ethernet. Since none of my linux boxes are directly connected to the internet

and I'm the only user, how I can I modify this restriction to allow faster transfers between my machines?

We need more info. Are you talking about a home LAN? There is no restriction on either my Linux or OpenBSD box. I'm running at 100Mbps half-duplex and get about 6MBps via ftp. Greg