Subject: Re: ftp transfer speed anomaly
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Space Case <wormey@eskimo.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/17/1998 21:02:31
On Dec 17,  7:06pm, "Kevin M. Lahey" wrote:
>In message <199812180206.SAA26700@eskimo.com>Space Case writes
>>way (Win98 -> NetBSD) and got a dismal 4.8KB/second.  Any ideas on what
>>might cause this or how to track it down?
>Yow!  That's pretty awful.  Could you use tcpdump to see what is actually
>going over the wire?  Are both of these on the same LAN?  Wierd.

Here's an excerpt from the tcpdump (the whole dump is available at
ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/w/wormey/dump2.out if anybody's interested in it).
Note that the Win box (jared) just quits sending for periods ranging from
fractions of a second to, in one case, 38 seconds!

Thanks,
~Steve


20:34:19.276023 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 84188
:85648(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:19.276130 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 7
8632 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
20:34:19.336606 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 78632
:80092(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:19.336738 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 8
5648 win 10504 [tos 0x8]
20:34:19.337045 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 8
5648 win 13576 [tos 0x8]
20:34:19.337413 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 8
5648 win 16648 [tos 0x8]
20:34:19.339924 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 85648
:87108(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:19.341248 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 87108
:88568(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:19.341363 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 8
5648 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
20:34:19.936449 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 85648
:87108(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:19.936575 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 8
8568 win 14600 [tos 0x8]
20:34:19.936867 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 8
8568 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
...... (snip)
20:34:20.036405 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 10315
6:104616(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:20.036526 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 1
10224 win 10452 [tos 0x8]
20:34:20.036812 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 1
10224 win 13524 [tos 0x8]
20:34:20.037175 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 1
10224 win 16596 [tos 0x8]
20:34:20.039148 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 11022
4:111400(1176) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:20.040731 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 11140
0:112860(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:20.040799 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 1
10224 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
20:34:20.636320 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 11022
4:111684(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:20.636463 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 1
12860 win 14884 [tos 0x8]
20:34:20.639651 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 11286
0:114320(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:20.640973 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 11432
0:115780(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
.......
20:34:24.245884 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 24134
0:242472(1132) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:24.245945 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 2
42472 win 16388 [tos 0x8]
20:34:24.335710 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 24247
2:243932(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:24.335822 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 2
45720 win 14272 [tos 0x8]
20:34:24.336101 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 2
45720 win 17344 [tos 0x8]
20:34:24.338953 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 24572
0:247180(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:24.340265 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 24718
0:248640(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:24.340370 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 2
45720 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
20:34:29.134845 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 24572
0:247180(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:29.134990 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 2
48640 win 14600 [tos 0x8]
20:34:29.135410 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 2
48640 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
.......
20:34:49.041874 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 55255
6:553768(1212) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:49.041955 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 5
53768 win 16308 [tos 0x8]
20:34:49.131316 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 55376
8:555228(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:49.131442 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 5
56936 win 14352 [tos 0x8]
20:34:49.131736 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 5
56936 win 17424 [tos 0x8]
20:34:49.134568 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 55693
6:558396(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:49.135880 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 55839
6:559856(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:49.135975 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 5
56936 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
20:34:58.729736 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 55693
6:558396(1460) ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
20:34:58.729878 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 5
59856 win 14600 [tos 0x8]
20:34:58.730351 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 5
59856 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
........
20:35:11.438098 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 9
1244 win 16224 [tos 0x8]
20:35:11.527466 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 91244
:92704(1460) ack 1084217472 win 8760 (DF)
20:35:11.527580 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 9
4328 win 14436 [tos 0x8]
20:35:11.527853 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 9
4328 win 17508 [tos 0x8]
20:35:11.530698 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 94328
:95788(1460) ack 1084217472 win 8760 (DF)
20:35:11.532010 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: . 95788
:97248(1460) ack 1084217472 win 8760 (DF)
20:35:11.532107 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 9
4328 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
20:35:23.575320 q650.wormspace.com.32788 > icq.mirabilis.com.4000: udp 10 (DF)
20:35:23.680925 icq.mirabilis.com.4000 > q650.wormspace.com.32788: udp 6
20:35:49.926085 jared.wormspace.com.1158 > gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data: P 94328
:95788(1460) ack 1084217472 win 8760 (DF)
20:35:49.926240 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 9
7248 win 14600 [tos 0x8]
20:35:49.926727 gate2.wormspace.com.ftp-data > jared.wormspace.com.1158: . ack 9
7248 win 17520 [tos 0x8]
........


-- 
Steve Allen - wormey@eskimo.com   http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/   ICQ 6709819

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