From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 28 08:11:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA22381 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 08:11:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.zilker.net (jump-x2-1053.jumpnet.com [207.8.67.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA22348 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 08:11:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marquard@zilker.net) Received: (from marquard@localhost) by localhost.zilker.net (8.8.8/8.8.3) id KAA02263; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 10:09:37 -0600 (CST) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unexplainable? delay when ftping References: From: Dave Marquardt Date: 28 Feb 1998 10:09:31 -0600 In-Reply-To: Font's message of "Sat, 28 Feb 1998 04:07:16 -0600 (CST)" Message-ID: <85n2fbsock.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> Lines: 14 X-Mailer: Quassia Gnus v0.22/XEmacs 19.16 - "Lille" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Font writes: > When ftp'ing from home into work over ppp, I'll notice the modem lights > inactive for several moments during file transfer. This makes the > transfers much less efficient. The modem doesn't seem to be retraining, > because if I do something else like ping the ftp server, the response > comes back right away, between the file transfer pauses. Perhaps your connection dropped a packet, and you're waiting for TCP's retransmission timeout and retransmission. You might try running `netstat -s -p tcp' before you start the FTP, then after the pause and the modem lights start flashing again, and see if the retransmit timeouts statistic went up. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message