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  1. #1
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    Unhappy SSH File Transfer and FTP very slow...

    Hi. My Raq 4i's SSH File transfer and/or the normal user FTP transfer speed is very slow (at like 3-4 kb/s). This is a killer when transferring large files.

    Furthermore the SSH always times out as does the FTP.

    I tried the tip about amending the conf file by adding

    UseReverseDNS off

    IdentLookups off

    to the /etc/proftpd.conf file

    but that didn't work.

    My network center has a 1.5 mbps bandwidth dedicated so I am sure the bandwidth both at my end and the other is not an issue.

    Thanks in advance!

  2. #2
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    Have you any bandwidth limit applied in the control panel?

    Have you ipchains or iptables running?
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  3. #3
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    No there's no limit and yes I do have iptables and ipchains working.

    What should I do? Thanks in advance!

  4. #4
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    As a test upload a really big gile (like 10 MB) to your website, and then download it via http. Then if the speed is significantly faster than your FTP (at that given time) then you know its a problem with the ftp server. Otherwise it could just be a routing problem, or something on your end.
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  5. #5
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    As a test shut down the firewall for a very short period of time and try ftp.
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  6. #6
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    Okay I did something right...

    I edited pmfirewall.rules.masq in /usr/local/pmfirewall and set the following sections to include the SSL port:

    #Set the following ports for minimum delay

    #Set the following ports for maximum throughput

    Now my transfer speed jumped from 1000+ bits/second to around 3-5000 bits/second, slow but definitely better than before!

  7. #7
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    Run 'ifconfig'
    Make sure the number of collisions is zero. With some providers I have seen problems with the auto-negotiation of full/half 10/100 settings on the ethernet card.

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  8. #8
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    Hi there!

    My ifconfig is as follows (xxx is commented out numbers):

    [root admin]# /sbin/ifconfig
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:E0:03:1A:92
    inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.48 Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.63 Mask:255.255.255.xxx
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:2347426 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:71
    TX packets:3673839 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
    Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6200

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
    RX packets:43374 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:43374 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

    [root admin]# /sbin/ifconfig

    Not sure if this tells you anything?

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