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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am using pure-ftp with no problems. I use to use wu-ftp. Found pure on google, but I can't remember the url.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(233Mhz box, 128meg ram, RH 7.2, latest kernel)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The install is simple, config file is easy to decipher and has a lot of useful handles. Chroot is already set up. Seems to be much more solid in that indefinable sort of way. Also seems to be more secure than wu-ftp. (I know, secure is relative:>)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HTH</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Monty</FONT>
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<P><A NAME="_MailData"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT></A>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: Courtney Grimland [SMTP:cgrimland@yahoo.com]</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Friday, July 05, 2002 11:09 PM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">discuss@ntlug.org</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] File transfer speeds</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Pinging from 192.168.0.4 (Linux box) to 192.168.0.2 (Win98 box) I get:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bash-2.05a# ping 192.168.0.2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2): 56 octets data</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.4 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=0.2 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">64 octets from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=8 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--- 192.168.0.2 ping statistics ---</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">9 packets transmitted, 9 packets received, 0% packet loss</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">round-trip min/avg/max = 0.2/0.3/0.4 ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bash-2.05a# </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I guess there's just a lot of overhead involved in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">encryption/decryption process. A lot more than I would have thought.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What FTP servers are out there, and what would be an appropriate one for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">me to set up on the Linux box?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 11:12:50 -0400</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">rob apodaca <robert.apodaca@attbi.com> wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > The revealing thing is that the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > file transfer was via WinSCP to the sshd daemon on the Linux box. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > realize there is overhead for the encryption/decryption, but still,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > the 500Kb/s seemed rather poor. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> I have recently started trying to use ssh for file transfer. One</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> machine running open sshd, the other running sftp (part of the open</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ssh client package). I experience VERY slow transfers indeed...much as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> you describe, however standard ftp transfer rates are very good. If</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> you perform a google search such as:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=sftp+slow+transfer" TARGET="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=sftp+slow+transfer</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> you will see that there seems to be a problem with ssh file transfers.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> I've just started invesigating my problem so I dont have too much more</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> info to provide...perhaps someone else on the list might have some??</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> So, I am thinking you may not have a hardware/wiring problem, but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> rather a protocol problem. Perhaps try a different method of measuring</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> transfer rates...I saw some good suggestions in this thread. Just out</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> of curiosity, what kind of response time does ping reveal?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT>
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