First, what are the ping times to/from?

Second, one of the first divide points I'd try would be hardware/software.  
Try booting a standalone CD Linux and then try your ftps again.  A useful
tool for this type of thing is ttcp.

FWIW, I tried ftping from a win2k system and got about 8 or 9 MB/s 
upload/download.  Both systems are 100baseTX.  

rna

On 21 Oct 2003, Emmanuel Gravel wrote:

> I recently purchased a dual-speed full-duplex switch (TrendWare brand,
> got it relatively cheap). Decided to check the speed by transfering
> large files (more than 100MB). Linux to Windows, I get 2.4-2.8 MB/s.
> Windows to Linux, I get 0.8 MB/s at best. I've tried transfering only
> from one to the other, then full duplex transfers, and I get the same
> numbers.
> 
> Now, to start with, 2.8MB/s is better than what I'd get at 10Mb/s but
> it's not quite as fast as I expected it to be. But the other side of the
> equation is pretty bad. Both cables between the computers and the switch
> are the same, they're fully molded, factory quality, I got them when I
> purchased my first (10Mb/s) hub. Network cards are Kingston KNE100TX on
> the Windows system, and Intel EtherExpress 100's for the Linux system
> (two, the Linux system is my firewall). Obviously all transfers of those
> sizes are done on the internal IP's only, and using an FTP client on
> Windows (push/pull).
> 
> Does anyone know how I could trace the issue and resolve it?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
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