try RARing a movie to about 15 megs each file and also make sure to have an .SFV file. transfer all the files, then check for CRC errors.

Anything from network usage to disk access/usage on either end may affect performance.

You mention the receiving end is low on hard disk space, 25GB free/300GB, roughly 8.3% free. Performance will likely suffer as remaining space decreases, since the blocks may not be continuous.

Of course, this all depends on the file sizes and what not you're attempting to transfer.

Have you looked at the throughput on your main computer? Perhaps there is a bottleneck on that end.

If this is through your primary network connection, you should look at what else the connection is being used for.

hth.

yeah it is likely the space issue 25 gb seems like a lot but if its been split all over the place its not really.

i would try the rar deal, but i cant unf. thanks everyone, looks like i need to delete something! cheers|

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Well, FTP and other network transfer protocols should have some sort of error checking built in. Actually, TCP/IP should do some sort of packet validation, and should ask to resend packets that contain an error or such. I don't think you would get a conclusive result from that, since there are built-in error checking (or presumably there are) in the various protocols besides checking for CRC errors in the RAR archives.

I suppose what you could do is use netcat to stream a large file from one to another (given that both ends support it), or dump the network traffic to look at it manually. However, I still think the problem lies in the network link, since it appears (from the original post) that the traffic is coming in bursts and not sustained.

Here's something you can try: open up the taskmanager (start > run taskmgr) and look at the networking tab. There should be a graph with network utilization/usage. Transfer a large file (~100MB should do), and see if the throughput is continuous. Note that the usage shouldn't go terribly high (won't saturate to 100%), but it should be at a decent rate and more or less sustained.

are you running this wireless or wired? if wireless, there could be some interference, causing you to have the interruptions?

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yeah thanks everybody, there are lack of support issues on the other end, ie for Rar and other proggies. its wired, and deleting stuff to make space has solved the prob...just have to keep it above 40 or so gigs.

or get a fantom drive for my pc, so i can stream.

muwahahahaha!|

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