RE: ftp server being slow

["Michael Bellears" <MBellears@staff.datafx.com.au>]

James Hosken wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I'm having performance issues with ftp servers on my LAN. I
> installed vsftp and the performace was really bad, 5kb/s or
> so. It was taking about 20 mins to move a 5Mb file!
> 
> I looked at the config file and googled but couldn't find any
> solutions, eventually I gave up. Now I have installed proftp
> thinking it would remove these performace issues, but it
> hasn't. It's still running at 5(ish)Kb/s.

Have you tried placing the client in passive mode?

MB