At 9:27 PM -0600 3/23/00, Bob Nestor wrote:
>Erik Huizing  (huizing@cpsc.ucalgary.ca) wrote:
>
> >Urgh, the results don't seem to say much.
> >
> >o first server (solaris): telnet to was fast, telnet from was slow. ftp
> >both ways is fast
> >
> >o second server (linux): telnet to/from both fast. ftp both ways is fast
> >
> >o third sever (aix): telnet to/from both slow. ftp to is fast, getting
> >files from is slow.
>
>It seems to me that your problems may not be all on your end.  Sounds
>like either your ISP or the systems you're connecting to are a bit part
>of the problem you're seeing.

Try a traceroute to and from the various hosts -- that may reveal 
some pattern to the speed problems.

Ben

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