Weird winxp FTP thing

Factual Questions
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Hi

So, I got this new interesnt connection at work - fibre, 10Mbit sychronous. It’s awesomely fast and fantastic.

However, when I go to upload a file in FTP Voyager, or a host of other FTP apps, the max upload speed is 47.x kb/second. I can set about 20 files to uplaod at the same time, so I am using most of my available 10Mbit pipe… but no one file will go above 47.x (x can be 1 thru 9, but it never goes above or below 47).

I try the same thing in commandline FTP, and I get 273kb/second (about the same I get for downloading - that’d be a limit of some other node on the network (it’s around 25 hops, so not surprising).

But what is it about windows GUI FTP apps that limits the upload channel?

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The server for the download could very well have a maximum rate set for downloads. They limit the speed so their service isn’t overly taxed by a few people. Are all the downloads from on place?

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Um. I own the FTP server, and there are no limits on it - like I said, we’re UPloading, not downloading, and anyway, when I FTP upload from a DOS prompt, it’s hell fast. It’s windows FTP apps that are making this weird.

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