How do I max a 6Mbps link

[Scott Lambert]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 10:36:33AM -0700, Max Clark wrote:
> Let me give a little more detail. This is a 6Mbps internet link that
> traverses the atlantic and 25 router hops. "out of the box" I can only
> sustain 170KBps. We are currently evaluating a REALLY expensive commercial
> solution, but I would rather know I was going to be paid than spend $50K per
> link.
> 
> What can I do to help freebsd saturate this link?

man tuning

There are three paragraphs on network tuning.  Search for high-latency
and scroll back about three paragraphs to get the whole picture.
 
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:12:03 -0700, Max Clark wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >What configuration changes do I need to make to two freebsd-stable boxes to
> >fully max out a 6Mbps/220ms network link? This is for bulk 500+MB file
> >transfers.
> >
> >The target application is proftpd with ncftpd as the client.

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Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
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