Re: PTFs for FTP (v7.1)?

Charles's mention of a possible network issue reminded me of a recent issue I had where this one PC couldn't download its anti-virus database -- the connection kept timing out, and when it was getting data, it was 2kbps, while the PC next to it, on the same network, was having no problems and getting a rate of 30-40kbps. It turned out to be a bad cable between the patch panel and the router.

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On 5/17/2013 12:11 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:

If he is initiating the connection, he is the client _you_ are the server...

FTP server and client are completely independent.

I suspect a network issue...

Have him try FTP'ing from his i to a PC server on your network.
Have him try FTP'ing from a PC to your i.

I seem to recall reading of performance issues when IP6 was
basically partially enabled on a network (or on the i). IIRC, IP6 is
prefered at 7.1 (6.1?) so the system keeps trying to use it and ends up
having to wait till the request fails to fallback to IP4.

HTH,
Charles



On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Tom Hightower <tomh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We have several System i customers who send files to our System i via FTP.
All are working just fine, with one exception. The exception is at release
v7.1, whereas ours is at 6.1. His issue is that the FTP uploads to us are
taking a _long_ time, sometimes days to send us some tens of megs of data.
He doesn't use FTP to transmit with anyone else, so it's difficult for him
to test. I don't know for certain, but I do assume, that he's running the
standard FTP server (not a third-party server).

He's asking if there is an FTP that he needs to order and apply.

TomH

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