Re: Outbound Transfers die ?
Edward S. Marshall (emarshal@common.net)
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 22:36:48 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Kurt Schafer wrote:
> I repeatedly probe this list to see if anybody has any ideas as to what
> could be happening to me. Here's another shot.
>
> Users to my system can't seem to upload large files outbound from the local
> network to the internet when connected via dial-up. All our dialup ports are
> through Livingston PM's and 2 USR Netserver/16's.
>
> Folks can download like snot, but when they try to send data outbound
> transfers die after a very short duration. (between 10k and 100k)
>
> I suspect either the packet filtering that our Cisco 2501 is doing or
> something in the PM's. Users who FTP to one of our local machines FIRST and
> then use the local FTP from the Unix box can upload outbound without
> problems however.
We have the exact same problem, but in reverse! Our users can upload to
their heart's content, but downloads are incredibly slow. We've just
opened up a trouble ticket with Livingston about it, so hopefully, we'll
be able to find an answer to the problem soon. :-) Hardware: 1 PM2ER, 30
ports. Software: ComOS 3.3.2c1.
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