Topic: Performance

[Jay]

Hi,

I use E-Smith 5.1.2 and its an amazing server, however, when accessing the internet from internal pc's (well one actually) the browsing and downloading performance is fine, but any FTP or webmail access from external sources is very slow. FTP downloads are typically around 1Kb/sec. Is there a bandwidth throttle on the E-Smith ?

[Craig Foster]

Not sure, but FTP and webmail is fine running through 56K modem.

Hell, it even hits 5.7KB/s when coming off WAIX (the West Aust proxy/peering system)

Regards.


FostWare

[Howard Dobko]

Hi Jay, it depends on your connection to the Internet.  If you have a cable modem/DSL connection, the download link is faster than the upload link.  If you are browsing the web from the local side of the e-smith server, you would be utilizing the download link with its higher bandwidth.  If you are trying to hit your webmail from somewhere else on the Internet, like work or an Internet cafe, then the download to that location is traversing the upload link from your e-smith server ... nature of the beast ... you could complain to your ISP about performance and they may increase the bandwidth in your area ... but if you are not supposed to be "serving" according to your "access" agreement with them ... Later, Howard