Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 08:28:57 -0600 From: nathan <beemern@ksu.edu> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: magical ftp xfer rates?? Message-ID: <38A179A9.D74FF5CB@ksu.edu>
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From home, I dial into my freebsd server at work for internet access. Both computers have a USRobotics 56K internal fax/modem installed. The setup works great and I've never had a single problem. I'm aware of the issues of 56K speed on the downstream only, etc, etc yet am very pleased with my solid/steady 33.6 connection. However, this morning, I dialed into my freebsd server like normal, and proceeded to upload a file through ftp to another workstation in my office. here's what i got --> --snip-- ftp> bin 200 Type set to I. ftp> mput cdslogo4.bmp mput cdslogo4.bmp? y 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for cdslogo4.bmp. 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 1378854 bytes sent in 248.60Seconds 5.55Kbytes/sec. ftp> --snip-- My box at home runs Windows95 ( hey, my wife has to use it too :) ) and I periodically monitor the connection speed to make sure there's no problems... its always a steady average at ~3.8KBytes/sec However, the above "snippet" shows that the transfer rate was 5.55Kbytes/sec. By my calculations.. the FASTEST this xfer could have happened would be in 328.30 seconds (5 minutes, 28 seconds) at 33.6kbps However, this xfer occurred a full 24% FASTER than my theoritical maximum. QUESTION--> How did this xfer complete in LESS time than the maximum of 33.6Kbps imposed by the fact that i'm connecting thru 2 analog 56K modems?? or is my understanding of the issue way skewed ??? TIA!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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