Listen up and listen good. All of you silent leechers need to respond
to this thread. I already know the regulars will hear my plea (or at
least lie and say they did ^_~), so I'll leave that at that.

Let me first start off with some notes about my ftp server stability:

1.) I had to reinstall everything on my Linux server (which is the
firewall that allows access to the ftp sitting _BEHIND_ it) due to
filesystem corruption, which was in turn caused by a dead cpu fan (and
thank god I have a P3 in that box, or it'd be toast). The server was
hanging under serious load (e.g., large software compiles, like gcc or
Xfree86) because, well, the damn cpu was overheating! Lucky for me,
the mainboard I have stalls the processor and shuts off in case of
heating issues (gotta love the old 440BX boards). I'll be getting my
hands on a new fan tomorrow, so that problem will be solved.

2.) I'm running shit low on space. Between my Linux server (specs
later) and my Windows workstation, I have about 217gigs worth of
space. Probably about 5% of that is dedicated to games and such, but
the rest is stuff I make available for download to different users
(and with the LAN reconfiguration I made in December, I'm still
reconfiguring ftp access). Well, I lied. A large portion of the space
is dedicated to DVD ripping and TV capping. Of course, the end result
of both actions is more stuff available for download.

3.) Just in case anyone was wondering, here are the specs of my
machines:

Linux Server:
Slackware 8.0 running kernel 2.4.21-rc2 (I tend to use bleeding edge
kernels on the stable tree) with most items compiled from source using
checkinstall (freshmeat.net if you're interested)
P3-650 (Coppermine)
640 megs PC100 Crucial CAS2 ram
IBM 13.5 gig drive, Model: IBM-DJNA-371350
IBM 45 gig drive, Model: IBM-DTLA-307045 (yes, this is the infamous
45GXP series)
Creative Labs SB Live!
Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]
3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX
nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS)
Plextor 40/12/40A CDRW
Iwill BD100Plus mainboard (www.iwillusa.com)
Note: most of the above information is from lspci ^_~

Windows Workstation:
Windows2000 SP2 (who the hell installs that broken SP3 anyway ^_^)
(2) P3-1000/133 cpus (forget the stepping, but they overclock to 1.13
at 150Mhz FSB with no problem)
768 megs PC133 Crucial CAS2 ram (notice a trend here?)
IBM 60GXP 40gig drive (system drive)
IBM 60GXP 60gig drive 
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV (60 gig, ATA100)
Pioneer 104S DVD-ROM (with no-region firmware)
Creative Labs SB Live! 5.1
ATI Radeon 64meg VIVO (basically the same card as the Radeon 7200,
with video in and out)
3com 3CSOHO100-TX (this card is a POS, but it works for the most part)
Abit VP6 motherboard (www.abit-usa.com)

Now, on to the meat of this post. The ftp server is still in testing
phase. I need peope to download more things at random times to get a
gist of any bandwidth problems that may be occuring. That doesn't mean
hog up the server for days. Just pick something (say a 200MB episode
of Lain) and download it. Most ftp clients have some sort of log
window that will tell you the average speed of a transfer once it's
done. I need to know these numbers. Averages should hit about 13k/s
(for evahigh users) and 6k/s (for evalow users). I've heard of people
getting extremely low speeds (I've mentioned this before), so I need
to try to associate with the bandwidth problems with times and/or
certain networks (so include what network you're on too, including
area).

So, get a move on people! I need more testers. If you just have to
email me, email me, but I much rather you reply to this thread so I
can refer to it later (google cache is your friend). 


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Tessai

More information that you can shake a stick at: www.evafaq.com
Always check there for the latest ftp information, 
as well as all of the other cool goodies.
GO GO GO!!! Now!!! Hurry!!! If you don't the gods 
will not be pleased. And of course, when you mess 
with the forest gods, well, you know what happens.

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