Very Slow FTP Uploads Over Wireless

[FastShow]

originally posted over at xbox scene, but no-one could really help:

ok, i've got xbmc installed and my xbox seems happy enough. everything works absolutely fine, except when i ftp in and try to upload. even though i'm running an 11mbps wireless network, i top out at 150kb/s when uploading. whilst i appreciate that i will never see anything like true 11mbps on wireless, i expect a damn site more than 150kb/s up, since i make that ~1.5mbps!

any ideas? i've tried bulletproofftp (50kb/s up), flashfxp (150kb/s up) and smartftp (150kb/s up). i'll double-check pc to pc through router connections are getting decent speeds tonight, but as far as i am aware they are.

cheers in advance!

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since i posted the above, i upgraded my entire network to 54g in an effort to speed things up, however, on the new 54mbps network, the fastest upload i've managed so far is 380kb/s, so still way, way down on what i hoped for.

so, if anyone can think of anything that would help, i'm all ears!

[chadoe]

try adding <item name="buffer size" type="numeric">32768</item> to the settings section in filezilla server.xml

[FastShow]

nope, not helped. *i should point out that there's every possibility that this is nothing to do with xbmc, but i just can't for the life of me fathom it.

current setup, fyi, is:

wireless adapter on pc <-> wireless router <-> wireless adapter on xbox

all are 54mbps...

and my current filezilla settings are:

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<item name="initial welcome message" type="string">welcome to xbox filezilla (xbmc)
version: %v
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbfilezilla</item>
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[DustbinMan]

what make is the wireless hardware?

[FastShow]

what make is the wireless hardware?
the adapter on the xbox is the linksys wga54g, the router is a netgear dg834g and the adapter on the pc is the 54g netgear adapter that matches the router.

[FastShow]

anyone got any suggestions at all? this is doing my head in!

[Gamester17]

try a wired network first to really narrow it down that the problem really is the wireless and not something else, basic troubleshooting http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[FastShow]

try a wired network first to really narrow it down that the problem really is the wireless and not something else, basic troubleshooting http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
nah, i like my method of troubleshooting: change 500 variables and try again. if it works, i've got no idea what fixed it, if it doesn't, i've got to start from scratch again 'cos everything's different! http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

i'll stick my laptop into the xbox tonight with a wired connection and see how that goes.

[Gamester17]

oh, and try ftp to/from a other xbox dashboard too (like evox, and/or avalaunch, etc.), again basic problem determination http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[FastShow]

oh, and try ftp to/from a other xbox dashboard too (like evox, and/or avalaunch, etc.), again basic problem determination http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
ah ha! ahead of you on that one. i've tried unleashx and xbmc - both result in near identical speeds.

[Gamester17]

oh, and try ftp to/from a other xbox dashboard too (like evox, and/or avalaunch, etc.), again basic problem determination http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gifah ha! ahead of you on that one. i've tried unleashx and xbmc - both result in near identical speeds.then moving this topic thread to the xbox general forum as the problem is clearly not with xbmc

[Seren]

are you assigning ip through dhcp or is it static?

if it is static i suggest trying to get the ip assigned (tricky with a bridge sometimes) that has boosted my wireless speed to my xbox considerably.

ttfn

also try connecting the bridge to a pc and see what rates you get there. another thing would be to hard wire a laptop (if you have one...or a friend who can bring one) to the router and see what rates you get to your pc and see if it isn't the network in generat (probbably the router) that is at fault.

[kinghowdy0]

i recently decided to go wireless and basically part of the problem is with the wga54g, and also it could be part of the settings on your computer. make sure that the nic card o in this case wireless nic is operating in full duplex mode. my setup is pc wired to router and the router is conencted wirelessly to the xbox. when in half-duplex i got an upload of about 600 kb/s after changing it i get about 1,500 kb/s of course when the xbox is wired i get 6000 kb/s. the wga54g also does not leave the connection open if there's no activity from the xbox, if i leave my xbox idle for like 10 minutes i have to restart it to get the ftp server back unless i'm idling while browsing a smb share. wireless is good for using the internet parts of xbmc, streaming, music or photos but it lacks in streaming video (like full films, i haven't tried short videos) and also like i said before the transfer rate really sucks. so there may not be any problems with your set up it's just the wireless network slows traffic drastically because both the pc & xbox are wireless.

[gurry]

i finally got my wireless network running (joy!) the hard wireld network was running at 1300kb/s, when i went to wireless it dropped to 60kb/s. so even though i have an 11mbps wireless router bridge etc it still slows dramatically.

the only settings i changed were cat 5 cabling to wireless adapter and the speed totally dropped (ergo that is the 'problem'

is there a specific setup to make the router and bridge communicate faster? im guessing but i would say fastshows problem is the same as mine in that the wirless network just runs slower.

also i am going to add a wireless pci card (at present my router is wired to mu nic so i cant get on the internet and ftp at the same time) how do i set the wireless pci for full duplex? the option isnt in the same place as the duplex option for a nic.

thanks

gurry