Funny network performance problem

Chris Gehlker wrote:

> Have you tried just using a Linux FTP client? The discrepancy in speed
> can't be explained by anything in the transport layer so I'd
> hypothesize that the problem is a bug in the FTP program that makes
> uploads (from the POV of the Windows machine) slow. Then I'd test my
> hypothesis by trying a different client and running the transfer from
> the other end.

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 13:40, Robert Ambrose wrote:
> 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.

For the first question, you may be right about a client issue. However
since my Windows system is Win98, I don't have an FTP server running, so
I can't test it in that direction. I'll try a different FTP client to
see if there's a difference.

Haven't checked the ping times. I'll also try the standalone Linux boot
CD (I'll try Knoppix or Gnoppix).

Someone suggested mismatched MTU's. On the Windows system everything is
auto. Since I got the switch cheap, I was wondering if that could be the
issue...

Thanks!