[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] Intermittent NCSA TELNET/FTP problems

michael@nsma.arizona.EDU (Michael Williams) (12/15/90)

Hello- 
   I'm having intermittent problems communicating from PC
PC via NCSA Telnet & FTP, v2.3.  Any help on the following
symptoms would be greatly appreciated.

- PC #2 is in Telnet.   PC #1 FTP's to #2, logs in, etc. All goes
  fine until during some sort of transfer (a file transfer, or
  even a directory transfer), transmission appears to stop.  At this
  point PC #1 is frozen and can only be re-booted.

  After re-booting, PC #1 FTP's back to #2, but cannot access it.
  On #2's Telnet Server screen appears the message "Packet Received For 
  Invalid Port - Reset Sent"  (this is the same message displayed when
  somebody attempts to Telnet to a DOS-PC) 

  PC #1 cannot access #2 until #2 exits its Telnet Server and re-runs Telnet.

  and so on, back to the start.....


- With respect to those transfers that DO succeed, they are *much* slower
  than transfers of the same file to a Unix workstation.  I'm talking
  transfer speeds of only 20-40Kb/sec

Q: Is there a way to change the buffer size for quicker file
   transmission between PC's?  Is DMA used by FTP?   

   Or is something really simple involved in both of these problems?

Hardware specifics:
	Tiara LANCARD/E16's on DOS4.01 AT compatibles
	Using Tiaras PKTDRVR drivers, CONFIG.TEL uses "hardware=packet"


Thank you,
Michael
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Michael Williams
University of Arizona's Division of Neural Systems, Memory, and Aging
Internet: michael@synapse.nsma.arizona.edu