MyBook live FTP slow transfer

[jazzymood]

hmm, i DO HAVE same router as you - Netgear WDNR3700 - works perfect.

Only that I did not liked its default firmware (it was basicly quite unstable and even without ssh access to router) , so I installed dd-wrt, (that will probably broke warranty) , but i dont care).

After that everyhing is rock stable.

root@router:~# uptime
 22:27:40 up 102 days, 21:22, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

[horcus]

Ok, sounds fair. Is there anyway i can try without router? Dont know if i can connect to nas directly to modem. It should work without the wrt firmware right... Anything special you changed in your router? Or only forward port 21?

[jazzymood]

Did not changed anything special.

Just mapped 21 to other port. default ftp port attracts too many unwanted 'hack-in' attempts.

Im sure you can connect it directly to modem, it just then will use your WAN IP, not local LAN ip.

[tonkado]

Hey, guys!

I have the same problem with speed over FTP via router (DLink-615).

Did you find solution?

[horcus]

no, i went back to the store and got  my money back. Support from WD itself is crap. Bought a new router, and got the same problem. I will check for another NAS but no WD

[Gingernut]

My first MBL was RMA'd because of burnt out led colours so this is my second unit  and as on the my original one this one also suffers from the same problem with very slow wan ftp downloads, 5 -7KB/s

I have tested with another ftp server on my network and top out my lines upload speed, 750/800KB/s

Transfers inside my local network are fine.

Ports have been forwarded and I've also tested a few other things but wihout success.

This must be some kind of vsftpd operation system intergration problem or maybe a version bug.

Please check into this WD.

Also the FTP server configuration page needs more options on the MyBook Live not just an enable/disable box which seems poor.

[Gingernut]

Just to chime to say my problem has been solved in the latest 2.00.35 firmware. The cause must have been that

MTU discovery problem.

Thanks WD team.

[WDTony]

Yes - you were helpful in getting the team to look into this.

What types of download speeds do you get now?

[Gingernut]

Glad I could help.

Getting around 65KB/s from a 1MB upload line, more or less what I would expect, could probably get a little more if I disabled QOS on my router.

Thanks

[TonyPh12345]

Gingernut:   You've piqued my interest.

MTU Discovery problem?   What'd you find?