[Info-vax] Slow FTP transfer Linux -> VMS

[Bob Eager]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:20:14 UTC, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
wrote:

> In article <1q-dnVwNZJjJfAfXnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d at earthlink.com>,
> 	"Michael D. Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam.> writes:
> > "Bill Gunshannon" <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote in message 
> > news:7fre14F2mj5o9U4 at mid.individual.net...
> >> In article <4a9780ef$0$196$e4fe514c at news.xs4all.nl>,
> >> Robin Schipper <"thespriteman <remove_this> writes:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> when i try to put a big file (lets say 100 Mb) from a Linux system trugh
> >>> FTP on a VMS system, the max speed is 1,5 MB/s
> >>> when i try to put the same file from another VMS system (on the same
> >>> network) to the VMS box the speed is about 10MB/s (it is a 100Mb network)
> >>>
> >>> does anyone know why the linux box doesn't speed up,
> >>
> >> Because it's linux.
> >>
> >>>                                                       and how to solve 
> >>> it?
> >>
> >> Don't use linux.
> >>
> >> bill
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
> >> billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
> >> University of Scranton   |
> >> Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Ahh - finally someone who responds with the same BS as when a Windows user 
> > posted similar FTP problems recently.  FTP to one VMS box was slow but to 
> > another VMS box it was fast.  The response then was don't use Windows - use 
> > any other OS.  This sounds like there is a misconfiguration on the slow VMS 
> > box.
> 
> Unless, of course, one has actually looked at Linux and knows what its
> shortcomings are.  One of the worst being the TCP/IP implementation.

Evidence? URL?

Not that I use Linux...

-- 
Bob Eager