On a MacPro at remote office, I enabled FTP server with
sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
Now it works, but when downloading a large file, it will serve for a few seconds, then stop completely for a minute or more … then resume (using lftp
with multiple connections.)
Like this:
Is there any way to fix this? Or is there a more reliable FTP server service we could use?
brew search ftp
shows me
bbftp-client git-ftp ncftp pure-ftpd vsftpd
curlftpfs lftp proftpd uberftp
Are any of these FTP servers that could be set up as an always-on 'service'?
UPDATE: I installed pure-ftpd, got it up and running, and it's doing the same damn thing. 34mbps for 10 seconds, then 0 for 30 or so … what is going on?
Best Answer
Could you test your end to end connection with this simple script based on
ping
output:Just copy this in
coupure.sh
on your ftp client, typemake coupure
and run it: