Re: Slow Network Speed to JLAB

[Greg Miller <gmiller@richmond.edu>]

Jerry,

Well, I can tell you that JLAB must have acquired an Internet2
connection recently, because you are using the Internet2 network when
communicating with them. You were using the standard Internet when I
last checked on this. Internet2 has a far superior backbone and does not
carry any commercial traffic. A great deal of research effort is going
into Internet2. If you interested, you can read more at
http://www.internet2.edu

Greg

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 10:48, gilfoyle wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> 
>    I had some serious problems last summer with network speed. I
> recently tried
> again and suddenly things were working fine. I did not change anything
> at 
> JLab. We are using bbftp to transfer data files and that was not working
> last
> summer. We had to resort to scp which is much slower. The bbftp package
> now
> seems to be working so I don't know if the change is due to bbftp versus
> scp
> or due to improved network performance or both.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Greg Miller wrote:
> > 
> > Jerry,
> > 
> > Some time ago your reported slow network speed when transferring files between your research machine and jlab.
> > At the time I identified two links out on the Internet that were experiencing some congestion.
> > 
> > I have noticed in the last week or two that our Internet2/Abilene connection had been getting some heavy use.
> > I suspected you might be taking advantage of this resource, and sure enough, the traffic is between Physics and
> > jlab.
> > 
> > So, I am interested in whether you are experiencing better file transfer rates and also how you were able to take
> > advantage of Internet2. Did jlab get an I2 connection, or did they allow you to use a different machine on their network
> > with such a connection.
> > 
> > I'm interested because we have had the I2 connection for some time now, and you are the first faculy member of which I am aware
> > who has taken advantage of this resource.
> > 
> > Look forward to your response.
> > 
> > Greg Miller
> > Network Services
> > University of Richmond
> > gmiller@richmond.edu
> > 804-289-8546
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gilfoyle [mailto:ggilfoyl@richmond.edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 9:17 AM
> > > To: hcaruso@richmond.edu
> > > Subject: slow network speed
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Holly,
> > >
> > >    We have some rather poor data transfer rates between JLab
> > > and the University and I am trying to track down the problem.
> > > When I do a traceroute from Richmond to JLab things appear to
> > > go slow at BB2-M1R1 and Janus. The output from the traceroutes
> > > is in the attached file. The response from the JLab machines
> > > always times out because of the security restrictions they put
> > > on all the computers here. Does this make sense to you? Is
> > > there anything we can do about it?
> > >
> > > thanks-in-advance,
> > >
> > > jerry
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dr. Gerard P. Gilfoyle
> > > Physics Department                e-mail: ggilfoyl@richmond.edu
> > > University of Richmond, VA 23173  phone:  804-289-8255
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> > >
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> > >