FreeAXP Networking

I am having issues moving files between my PWS433AU Alpha (currently HP VMS V8.3 with TCP V5.7 - ECO 5) and Free AXP running VSI VMS V8.4-2L1

PWS shows connected at 100 Mbits/sec

Free AXP is set to emulate DE500 (21143) and shows connected at 10 Mbits/sec. It has a dedicated NIC under Win 10. The system is well spec-ed, and not overloaded.

Both are connected to Draytek 6920

I tried to copy a 1.37Gb backup saveset from the PWS but had to kill it - I reckon it would have taken over 80 days!
I later managed to copy a 10Mb file, but that took over 3 hours.

I had better luck using scp, but was it was showing a transfer rate of about 20k

Any thoughts?

Chris

Are you using DECnet or FTP to copy files? I recommend DECnet.

I initially used DECNET, but that seemed untenable. Although DECNET is over TCP/IP thanks to TCP Services.

The scp copy is over TCP/IP

I am looking at moving the FreeAXP node to TCPware. We will see if that improves things...


Chris

Check the data rate at the ports on the switch and make sure they've negotiated a reasonable data rate. If auto-negotiate fails, it tends to default to 10Mb.

Even if it did, tye transfer rates are way below 10Mbps

I cannot actually see the negotiated speed, but Windows sees the NIC at 1Gbps


Chris

I just copied some large files from the PC using FTP. Transfer rate c. 1.9MB ps

Perhaps the issue is with my Alpha...


Chris