Dear Experts,
Hi to all... Again I've come here with few more queries...

I want to know few things.....
what is the default data transfer rate in ftp...
how could I know that ftp is transferring how much data at a time ????
Is there any way to increase this data transfer rate ....

I'm using RedHat 8.0 and RHEL Adv. Server 3.0....

Plz suggest !!!

transfer rate is delimited by your network setup not by the ftp command itself. If you're doing dial up on a 2400 baud modem it could take a few days to do a 1 GB file. If you're doing T1 it's going to be a lot faster.


What kind of connection are you using? A common issue is having "auto-negotiate" turned on (for all but GB Ethernet) as it doesn't really work well and you'll often find you've negotiated to half-duplex and that will cause a big slowdown.

Assuming your network connection is OK the best way to get files across faster are to compress (gzip) them before the ftp then uncompress (gunzip) them after the ftp. This way you're sending less data over the connection.

FYI: FTP is fairly insecure - you should use sftp/scp instead if possible.