curtis e. bear Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Can anyone tell me why when someone uploads or downloads to/from my computer through ftp over the internet, it so so slow, even though I have dsl and nothing else is slow... Are there some default bandwith restrictions in proftpd? [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Possibly because adsl is slower at uploading than downloading? Plus if your machine is doing anything else the bandwidth would have to be shared between applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc77 Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 (edited) ISP may be capping uploads. I have had the same problem (I have a 4Mbps connection). For a time I could only get a max 10 kbps thru FTP. Not that it would jump around and avg. 10 kbps, but it would stick on 10 kbps. After going thru every possible software/hardware problem I could think of, I called and raised a big fuss with my ISP. I noticed that my FTP server that I keep at my business was connecting at full speed (I have a commercial connection at the office and personal at residence). They claim that they had nothing to do with it, but since I did that my home FTP mysterously connects at 55 kbps. Not sure what other advise to give you on the subject. Oh yeah, you might want to see if you're getting any significant packet loss between your computer and the ISP. Edited May 6, 2005 by kmc77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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