Windows 8 seems to be limiting my ftp speeds

ShavedApe · Post by **ShavedApe** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:26 pm

As the topic says really windows 8 is limiting my ftp download speeds, the max I get is 1.2 MiB/s on one connection however connecting to the same place around 8 times will get me 8 threads all downloading at that speed so clearly I am capable of more. In windows 7 I definitely had more especially on usenet which could supply as and excuse me if i write this in correctly 12Mb/s.

I have tried the tweak apps found here none of them made any difference I am wondering if anyone knows of a setting that might be causing it. I at first thought it was an ftp software issue only once I changed the buffer in that software the speed increased up to 1.2 from what was at the time .5 ish then I tried another software and as I say that one can connect multiple times around 8 seems to be the most it can do well but they will all do at 1.2 each thread

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:39 am

FTP bandwidth is regulated by the FTP server and WWW server, not Windows. What FTP software are you using? Have you tried downloading directly through a Web browser? To test, use the built in Windows ftp from a command prompt:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu ... x?mfr=true
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu ... x?mfr=true

ShavedApe · Post by **ShavedApe** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:53 pm

I have had better speeds in windows 7 on the same servers, friends can connect to the same server and get better speeds, numerous people complaining about the same issue when you google for a solution. Doesnt really matter what software I use since they all give the same results as does using command prompt.
I appreciate the reply but my experience of windows 8 so far is it absolutely is limiting my ftp connections.