Download Speed

[Doug Nolan]

I have successfully configured my FTP server. But when people download, they can only get 50k/sec. My connection is anywhere from 300 to 600k. I've turned off all speed limits. How can I make it faster or limitless?

[MarkV]

What is your UPLOAD speed? And, please, distinguish between bits and bytes.

1KB=8Kb

[rejetto]

the upload and download speed are different with ADSL.
you download at 600, but upload at 50.
you can measure your speed at www.speedtest.net
remember to divide by 8 the result as stated by MarkV

[calvin]

I have an ADSL connection with a download speed of 5 mbps and an upload of 756 kbps - 1 mbps...

but my download speed from HFS also gets limited to 50 - 100 kbps.

I was able to attain a speed of ~300kbps once by using a download accelerator with 10 simultaneous connections.

if I just use a normal browser, the speed never goes faster than 100 kbps

[MarkV]

756Kilobit per second=94,5KiloByte per second, 1Megabit per second=128KiloByte per second.

Don't confuse bits and bytes. Higher numbers sound faster, so ISPs tend to use bits.

[bacter]

MarkV:

Not only ISP's like to use higher numbers. A lot of users want high numbers. It doesn't matter what kind of Giga- and Megawhat's: diskcapacity, memory, CPUspeed, clockspeed, busspeed or adslspeed, as long as their number is higher than that of their friends. They never need to know whats the meaning of the number, they simply want more Gigas or Megas than others ... and they are able to drive cars with 17 valves when others claim  to own one with 16 valves. 

[Fysack]

  That is so true: I got two Maxtor 74gig 10000rpm set up with RAID 0, that is speed my man 

But its comes to short regarding upload, my ISP bills me for 3000/500 kb/s (actual they give me only 2850/350 kb/s)

That gives me about 44 kB/s  uploads

[kalispimenta]

ok so i have 4000 kb/s upload and i'm only uploading @ 600KB/S. Is this the speed that I'm supposed to get ?

[Fysack]

Divide 4000 with 8, and see if that is close to 600 

[MarkV]

4000Kb/8=500KB

600KB=Lucky bastard in this case 

[bacter]

kalispimienta:

4000 kb/s upload would be really a good connection!

Most DSL and cable service to only download at such a speed, and upload is normally below of a tenth (250 .. 400 kb/s)! Some exceptional 20Mbs (download) services upload 600..1000kbs.

So you can be very happy uploading ONLY 600kB/s.

[calvin]

756Kilobit per second=94,5KiloByte per second, 1Megabit per second=128KiloByte per second.

Don't confuse bits and bytes. Higher numbers sound faster, so ISPs tend to use bits.

bits and bytes has nothing to do with this...
If you carefully read what I posted, they're both in bits...

And I know the problem is with HFS since when I installed and used filezilla ftp server, my friends and I can attain an average download speed of ~800 kbps.

hopefully someone would be able to figure this out since we'd rather use HFS than an ftp server.

[maverick]

my download speed from HFS also gets limited to 50 - 100 kbps.

HFS reports speed in BYTES (kB/s) not BITS (kb/s) like your response above shows.

You say you have an upload speed of 756 kb/s.  Therefore, 756 / 8 = 94.5 kB/s maximum speed with that connection.

There is no problem with HFS.  You just have a misunderstanding of bits & bytes.

[TCube]

Yeah ...

Doug ? want to really feel "blue" about it ? ... then tune up your limitation at 94.5 kB/s and surf your own HFS ! ... no wonder friends call U "Buffering state"   

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[Bryan D]

756Kilobit per second=94,5KiloByte per second, 1Megabit per second=128KiloByte per second.

Don't confuse bits and bytes. Higher numbers sound faster, so ISPs tend to use bits.

bits and bytes has nothing to do with this...
If you carefully read what I posted, they're both in bits...

And I know the problem is with HFS since when I installed and used filezilla ftp server, my friends and I can attain an average download speed of ~800 kbps.

hopefully someone would be able to figure this out since we'd rather use HFS than an ftp server.

He is right guys... so stop w/ the bites/bytes...

I'm not even using my internet connection for HFS, and I have the same prob. I'm going over my local LAN and I'm getting 1.3Mbps max, when I was using "Red Kawa File Server" before today and was getting 6Mbps... I only use these programs to copy movies from my PC to my PS3 (Red Kawa stopped working after this last update...). If he is having this prob and I am too with two different programs working w/ faster speeds before, then there is a prob w/ either our HFS setup or HFS itself... Please help w/ the issue.... Thanks for all time