New seedbox and slow transfer rate

[whitedoor]

Hi,

I just got myself a seedbox and I have been noticing that i'm not getting that great of a transfer rate when I move files to my PC. I use Filezilla and I have a VPN. I am curious what average speeds are for transferring files? (I'm getting 3.1 MB/S) am I just being silly expecting faster when my speed-test shows i can get around 50? Any and all insight will be appreciated.

Cheers,

Whitedoor

[digitorrent]

In properties/connection/data connection is active mode (PORT) enabled or passive mode (PASV)?
You should go for active mode.

[AIA]

You need to test you peering to the seedbox throw vps or what you use
Sometimes the peering is not good same in my case, I have a dedi 1gbit and I got speeds like you avg 3-5MB/s with ftp to my 100mbit home connection

[instant_diver]

My advise is to use Cuteftp and set it up for segmented downloading. This will max your home connection

[whitedoor]

In properties/connection/data connection is active mode (PORT) enabled or passive mode (PASV)?
You should go for active mode.

I tried to set it up with active mode but since im using a vpn it wont work.

[whitedoor]

My advise is to use Cuteftp and set it up for segmented downloading. This will max your home connection

i tried it but even that wasnt getting much faster speeds. :(

[instant_diver]

If you still get low speeds with CuteFTP then definitely you have a problem . If you live in Canada and your seedbox is located in Europe, then you experience massive speed losses. Better find a provider with server closer to you and test beforehand with a test file the speeds between the server and home. Before you do that, send a ticket to your current provider explaining your problem. Maybe he can relocate you or run some tests to see if they have any problem on their network . Most definitely though, your data get slowed down due to the transatlantic journey

[whitedoor]

If you still get low speeds with CuteFTP then definitely you have a problem . If you live in Canada and your seedbox is located in Europe, then you experience massive speed losses. Better find a provider with server closer to you and test beforehand with a test file the speeds between the server and home. Before you do that, send a ticket to your current provider explaining your problem. Maybe he can relocate you or run some tests to see if they have any problem on their network . Most definitely though, your data get slowed down due to the transatlantic journey

ok, i will try that, thanks

[instant_diver]

If you don't mind, give us a feedback at a later stage whether your situation has been resolved or not and what way. This may be helpful to other T-I members in similar situation. More importantly it will be intresting to know if there was a peering issue or not or whether it was your server's geolocation an issue with respect to your home pc

[Coal]

Hi,

I just got myself a seedbox and I have been noticing that i'm not getting that great of a transfer rate when I move files to my PC. I use Filezilla and I have a VPN. I am curious what average speeds are for transferring files? (I'm getting 3.1 MB/S) am I just being silly expecting faster when my speed-test shows i can get around 50? Any and all insight will be appreciated.

Cheers,

Whitedoor

Do you really have a 50 MB/s (megabytes per second) connection, i.e. a 400 Mbps (megabits per second) connection? I very much doubt it. It's important to remember the difference between bits and bytes. If you have a 50 Mbps connection, that's 6.25 MB/s maximum (8 bits in a byte). So 3-5 MB/s on a single-thread ftp is pretty much what you'd expect. If you use multiple threads you might be able to hit 6.

[whitedoor]

Do you really have a 50 MB/s (megabytes per second) connection, i.e. a 400 Mbps (megabits per second) connection? I very much doubt it. It's important to remember the difference between bits and bytes. If you have a 50 Mbps connection, that's 6.25 MB/s maximum (8 bits in a byte). So 3-5 MB/s on a single-thread ftp is pretty much what you'd expect. If you use multiple threads you might be able to hit 6.

I never realized it before this but you are correct, it is Mbps not MB/s that I was thinking it was. I guess from what you just informed me my speeds are pretty good if I am hitting 3 MB/s.