VERY(!) slow FTP sometimes

[Leon Pollak]

Hello, all.

I incorporated the RTEMS ftpd to my MPC8247 at 150MHz based board with 100BT FCC 
controller and made several main tests - everything seems to work fine. I can 
upload/download files by Linux ftp client, FireFox in Linux and IE in 
Windows.

Now, when I decided to test the speed, I encountered the following VERY 
strange numbers:
1. IE as a client: in 100% of attempts the speed was about 14-16 KB/s.
2. FireFox(Linux) as a client:
	- in 90% of attempts the speed was about 400-460KB/s
	- in about 10% - 7-8 KB/s.
Even in the "good" FireFox tests (above 400KB/s) the behavior looks also 
strange a bit: it immediately starts at some number (once at 410KB/s, then at 
450KB/s, etc...) and does not change never more.

1. What may be the cause of the VERY low speed cases?
2. Is the "good" speed really good for my case? Can somebody provide numbers 
from his/her experience?

Thanks.
-- 
Leon