How do I max a 6Mbps link

Sten Daniel Sørsdal sten.daniel.sorsdal at wan.no
Thu Jul 10 03:29:52 PDT 2003


> 
> Hi all,
> 
> What configuration changes do I need to make to two 
> freebsd-stable boxes to
> fully max out a 6Mbps/220ms network link? This is for bulk 500+MB file
> transfers.
> 
> The target application is proftpd with ncftpd as the client.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Max
> 

220ms? I dont think TCP can handle this. Look for a non-connection oriented protocol
to transfer files. UDP for example, or better, raw IP.
Maybe you're lucky and get FAST to work :-)

- Sten


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