windows/linux ftp question... ws_ftp/proftpd

[Jay Cliburn]

On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 13:58 -0700, bruce wrote:
> hi...
> 
> i've got a windows ftp client "ws_ftp (le)" that i'm using to connect to my
> linux box running (i think) proftpd. both boxes are behind the firewall,
> although they are both going through a switch...
> 
> i was able to get (once) a throughput of ~600-700KBs for a few of the files.
> (i'm moving some ISO files) however, for the most part, i can only get up to
> ~65KBs on a consistent basis...

65 KB/s is pretty darn good.  That's on the order of 500-550
kilobits/sec -- about what you might expect for gigabit Ethernet.