Something else: If you are downloading from the net at the same time that someone is accessing your FTP server, it will kill their download speed for sure. DSL/cable modems are rather stupid devices and they will not do any traffic shaping what so ever. So, if you are downloading a file at full speed, the upload speed drops to almost nothing. When you test your setup again, make sure that your connection is idel in both directions. DB On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 01:16:04PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ok. First of all, it doesn't matter at all what your friend was using, > be it a web browser, or an ftp program, you'll download at the same > speed with either. Second, you're making lots of assumptions > here. Namely, at the time you might have tried this with him, there > might have been a lot of internet traffic between you and him, which > could certainly have a big enough impact on the speed, given a large > enough amount of traffic between you and him. Also, have you taken into > account your upload bandwidth, his download bandwidth, and a > combination of both, assuming overhead as Thomas described before? > > Greg > > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 10:36:20AM -0600, Glenn at home wrote: > > This is not this issue, as the guy was using an FTP program, not I.E., and > > it was taking the same amount of time to download a song that it would if > > the dial-up connection was at about half of normal. > > It took him minutes to download a 3 to 4 MB file. I can send a file of the > > same size at least 5 times faster. > > And it really boils down to time, I was on the phone with him, while he was > > downloading, and one does not even have to read the numbers to know if the > > connection is slow. > > If it takes that much time to download, something is not right. > > Glenn > > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFB2FaE7s9z/XlyUyARApmdAKCBwlzOEi0xbMzUC3XSjpj6oKhAHACfTPZc > fwTQKbRymkhbgo4aypMAHa8= > =x5qB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
