FTP Transfer Rates

[fusion01]

Hi there,

could anyone advise? For two days I get 2k ps download off a UK server. I've tested others in the States - same story. Drops to 1k every so often. I get 45k FTP download locally off my hosting here.

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[fusion01]

I'll reply to me own here! I have tried 'passive' mode and it's better, I'm getting 13k ps and I do reckon that's because of a slow server route. Happy now, maybe some newbies might learn from this... in your FTP app, set to PASSIVE instead of ACTIVE for most servers when using broadband.

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[mithrandi]

I'll just comment that the only difference between active and passive FTP is where the data connection originates; with active FTP, the server initiates a connection to the client for the data connetion, while with passive FTP, the client initiates the data connection.

mithrandi