Question : DOS Ftp throughput vs Windows Ftp client throughput

Why is there a difference between the throughput speed when downloading a file using an ftp session in DOS versus a windows client like ftp commander. I am using a XP machine as client and a linux ftp server totally isolated from the LAN to perform this test. On average I get 11M/s when using DOS for a file size of 70M, with any windows based ftp client like FTP Commander I get 3.2M/s for downloading the same file.

Answer : DOS Ftp throughput vs Windows Ftp client throughput

I might suggest that your packet sizes are different, which could produce less latency in the devices (internet switches and routers) as they travel across the Ether.  Also, GUI based downloads have more overhead as the packets come up the OSI model, and through the Application Layers..  Just my theory on this, and I could be wrong..

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