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From: goud@sicsun.epfl.ch (Mireille Goud)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: problem with ftp
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.184300@sicsun.epfl.ch>
Date: 6 Feb 91 17:43:00 GMT
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Reply-To: goud@sicsun.epfl.ch (Mireille Goud)
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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Keywords:ftp tcp


I have a problem with ftp :

I noticed that the packets size depends on the address of the hosts :

        - If the 2 hosts are on the same network (same B class
address) the size of the packets is negociated between the 2 hosts.
	
        - If the 2 hosts are not on the same network (they don't have
the same class address) the size of the packets is 512 bytes.

1. Is this a ftp problem or a tcp problem ?

2. Is there a solution to have big packets (4K bytes on fddi) even if
the 2 hosts are not on the same network ?


Thanks.
          Mireille
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Mireille Goud
SIC EPFL
Switzerland                    INET : goud@sic.epfl.ch