[thelist] Problem: incredibly slow ftp program
VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK
volkan.ozcelik at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 02:08:04 CDT 2005
Is changing your ftp program a choice, there are many around.
I use WS_FTP pro for instance. It did not cause and problems yet.
Waiting to retrieve file list may be due to your directory structure.
It will be a pain for the FTP client to gather the file list of a web
app, say an image gallery, with thousands of folders, sub folders and
dozens of files in each folder.
HTH,
Volkan.
On 8/12/05, Mike <designbase10 at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Over the last few months I have found my ftp program is incredibly slow.
>
> It often waits for a minute or two after I click a remote folder and the
> program indicates:
>
> "getting file list"
>
> It seems to take a long time just to open up the remote directory and
> simply list the files on the remote server.
>
> I do not recall making any major changes to my network that would have
> caused this slow ftp responsiveness.
>
> I thought this might help but it didn't help that much: I went to the
> preferences of my ftp program and changed the Transfer Buffer size from
> 8K (modem) to 64K (ethernet). It still takes a while to list the
> directories although I think the file tranfers may be faster.
>
> What settings should I check or what might be the reasons that ftp
> program runs so slow?
>
> I tried using the ftp program built into Dreamweaver MX and it too is
> slow - takes forever to open a remote directory.
>
> My internet is working at a nice fast speed - its just my ftp program
> thats slow.
>
>
> Specifications:
> my ftp program: Fetch 3.0.3
> my computer: 355 MHz mac G3
> my internet: highspeed cable internet
> webpage program: Dreamweaver MX
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
>
> --
> Mike
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