[SunHELP] FTP runs really slow

[Tom Jones]

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nguyen, David M" <david.m.nguyen at xo.com>
> To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:58 PM
> Subject: [SunHELP] FTP runs really slow
> 
> 
> > I am running solaris8. I notice FTP is running very very slow recently
> > when I attempt to get/put a file and I don't know what cause it and how
> > to fix it?  Does someone have any idea how to troubleshoot it?  I
> > already check network traffic and found no network congestion.
> 
> 
> Check duplex settings on the network ports.  I've seen FTP
> traffic crawl when one side was full duplex and the other was half.
> 
> Tom Jones

I failed to mention that you should have your network admin check the
duplex settings on the switch side and you should check on your ethernet
adapter/port.  Sun servers don't autonegotiate well with Cisco gear
in our experience.

Tom