Re: FTP Speeds

   The other thing that was discovered is that the network Nazis had set the
   network connections for the iSeries boxes to be 10M. We forced those
   connections to always be 100 full.
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   Paul Nelson
   Arbor Solutions, Inc.
   708-670-6978  Cell
   pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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     To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
     From: Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
     Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     Date: 10/20/2006 11:18AM
     Subject: Re: FTP Speeds

     Link speed is 100M.  Current line speed is 100M

     Hmmmm.

     Pete

     pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
     >    What's your link speed? I dealt with 2 machines last weekend that
     were
     >    taking a long time to ftp the ptf bin files from one to the other.
     >    Everything was set at 100 full duplex except the link speed. I
     changed
     >    them both to 100M and bounced tcp and the lines.
     >    
     >    The 8 cumulative ptf's then came across in less than 10 minutes.
     >    --
     >
     >    Paul Nelson
     >    Arbor Solutions, Inc.
     >    708-670-6978  Cell
     >    pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
     >    -----midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: -----
     >
     >      To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
     <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
     >      From: Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
     >      Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     >      Date: 10/20/2006 10:56AM
     >      Subject: FTP Speeds
     >
     >      I have several large files that I created in the IFS that I am
     now
     >      downloading to my PC using FTP.   I files that I am downloading
     from the
     >      System i are clocking in a 38.5 Kbytes/sec, which seems pretty
     slow to
     >      me since the Ethernet line is configured at 100M and is set for
     full
     >      duplex. I am on a 100 mb LAN and have been downloading files all
     morning
     >      from the Internet at between 500 and 750 KB/sec.
     >
     >      Why would I be able to download from the Internet faster than
     from the
     >      System i?  Downloads should scream locally, don't you think?
     >
     >      Pete Helgren
     >
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