Edit: - See comments at bottom of post - somewhat resolved.... I've seen several posts before about this issue, but the resolution does not seem to be final. I've set the reverse DNS to off, etc., but still on a local LAN, my best FTP upload rates with FireFTP is about 350kbytes/s on a 100mbit LAN. I connect by IP, and then the web user ID, so DNS should not be an issue, nor should I be going out and transferring by the WAN. So, the basic question is, what do others get with FTP like Fireftp on their local server? What rate should I expect? ethtool shows auto, negotiated at 100mbits/FDX Server and local desktop both on 192.168.3.x LAN (100Mbit/FDX) I connect to 192.168.3.30 (server) with FireFTP, with web1_userid Transfer is at best 350-400kBytes/sec uploading. However, downloading same file from Web server to desktop is 4300kbytes/sec, which sounds reasonable - so it is not the NIC or server limited Am I looking at right config file? What else should I look for? Does not make sense that upload is soooo slow vs download.... can anyone explain? Thanks Code: # # /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf -- This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file. # To really apply changes reload proftpd after modifications. # # Includes DSO modules Include /etc/proftpd/modules.conf # Set off to disable IPv6 support which is annoying on IPv4 only boxes. UseIPv6 off ServerName "Debian" ServerType standalone DeferWelcome off MultilineRFC2228 on DefaultServer on ShowSymlinks on # use NoTransfer default 300 below TimeoutNoTransfer 600 TimeoutStalled 600 TimeoutIdle 1200 DisplayLogin welcome.msg DisplayChdir .message true ListOptions "-l" DenyFilter \*.*/ # Use this to jail all users in their homes # DefaultRoot ~ DefaultRoot ~ IdentLookups off ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready." UseReverseDNS off # Users require a valid shell listed in /etc/shells to login. # Use this directive to release that constrain. # RequireValidShell off # Port 21 is the standard FTP port. Port 21 # In some cases you have to specify passive ports range to by-pass # firewall limitations. Ephemeral ports can be used for that, but # feel free to use a more narrow range. # PassivePorts 49152 65534 # PassivePorts 5000 5500 # If your host was NATted, this option is useful in order to # allow passive tranfers to work. You have to use your public # address and opening the passive ports used on your firewall as well. # MasqueradeAddress 1.2.3.4 # To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes # to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections # at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works # in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server # that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service # (such as xinetd) MaxInstances 10 # Set the user and group that the server normally runs at. User proftpd Group nogroup # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs # (second parm) from being group and world writable. Umask 022 022 # Normally, we want files to be overwriteable. AllowOverwrite on # Uncomment this if you are using NIS or LDAP via NSS to retrieve passwords: # PersistentPasswd off # This is required to use both PAM-based authentication and local passwords # AuthOrder *mod_auth_pam.c mod_auth_unix.c # Be warned: use of this directive impacts CPU average load! # Uncomment this if you like to see progress and transfer rate with ftpwho # in downloads. That is not needed for uploads rates. # # UseSendFile off # Choose a SQL backend among MySQL or PostgreSQL. # Both modules are loaded in default configuration, so you have to specify the backend # or comment out the unused module in /etc/proftpd/modules.conf. # Use 'mysql' or 'postgres' as possible values. # #<IfModule mod_sql.c> # SQLBackend mysql #</IfModule> TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/xferlog SystemLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log <IfModule mod_quotatab.c> QuotaEngine off </IfModule> <IfModule mod_ratio.c> Ratios off </IfModule> # Delay engine reduces impact of the so-called Timing Attack described in # http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-10-02 # It is on by default. <IfModule mod_delay.c> DelayEngine on </IfModule> <IfModule mod_ctrls.c> ControlsEngine off ControlsMaxClients 2 ControlsLog /var/log/proftpd/controls.log ControlsInterval 5 ControlsSocket /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock </IfModule> <IfModule mod_ctrls_admin.c> AdminControlsEngine off </IfModule> # # Alternative authentication frameworks # #Include /etc/proftpd/ldap.conf #Include /etc/proftpd/sql.conf # # This is used for FTPS connections # #Include /etc/proftpd/tls.conf # A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. # <Anonymous ~ftp> # User ftp # Group nogroup # # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp" # UserAlias anonymous ftp # # Cosmetic changes, all files belongs to ftp user # DirFakeUser on ftp # DirFakeGroup on ftp # # RequireValidShell off # # # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins # MaxClients 10 # # # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed # # in each newly chdired directory. # DisplayLogin welcome.msg # DisplayFirstChdir .message # # # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot # <Directory *> # <Limit WRITE> # DenyAll # </Limit> # </Directory> # # # Uncomment this if you're brave. # # <Directory incoming> # # # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs # # # (second parm) from being group and world writable. # # Umask 022 022 # # <Limit READ WRITE> # # DenyAll # # </Limit> # # <Limit STOR> # # AllowAll # # </Limit> # # </Directory> # # </Anonymous> Include /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf Thanks everyone... Edit: Ok, as a test I tried a simple XP Command for XP's FTP (ie DOS box). I uploaded a 66 Mbyte file at over 11Mbytes/sec in binary mode, so it is not necessarly Proftpd... Just FireFTP I assume now, but are there other FTP tools that have the same issues? Edit:, Ok, I tried newest Firefox with newest FireFTP, and upload rates for LAN are now better, 2-25.Mbytes/s Still not as fast as download or as fast as XP's generic FTP utility, but much better... Sorry to bother everyone...
