On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Glenn Kennedy wrote:

> how should the pptp server perform when transferring files as compared
> to ftp? how dependent is it on processor power? i'm noticing painfully
> slow file transfer performance (probably less than 10% of ftp speed
> for the same files). my e-smith server is a p150 running 4.1b3. is
> this a potential bug/misconfiguration or just the nature of pptp?

The nature of PPTP. It is a horrible protocol. It is especially vulnerable
to dropped packets.

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