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Slow MSN filetransfers
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:15 am
by zforrester
Hi there! I did a search, and could find what I was looking for, so I figure I'll just ask away.
I'm using the latest stable build of Adium on a G3 iMac running 10.4.3, and I'm on rogers high speed internet. The problem is I'm getting unbearably slow file transfers over MSN, but downloading and uploading. How slow, you ask? Well should an 8 MB file take 3 hours to transfer? Am I just impatient, or is this normal.
I live in Toronto, ontario, if that make a difference, and I'm behind a router, sharing the line with three other PCs.
Help!! Please!
Re: Slow MSN filetransfers
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:21 am
by Wengero
zforrester wrote:Hi there! I did a search, and could find what I was looking for, so I figure I'll just ask away.
i hope this was a typo...
anyways heres the answer to your question at
http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/FileTransfe ... sfersoslow
MSN file transfers in the protocol supported by libgaim go through the Microsoft server. They are therefore very reliable but also quite slow. MSN7 and other MSN clients support a direct person-to-person transfer as is used in AIM, which is not yet supported by libgaim.
i personaly only get 5kbs when transfering threw msn so i try to avoid using it
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:43 pm
by xGrape
Its a big annoyance for me. I hope libgaim implements it [P2P] soon. I have found the official MSN for Mac to sometimes be faster, but it might just have been luck.
MSN7 and other MSN clients support a direct person-to-person transfer as is used in AIM
Which "other" clients support it? Any for Mac? Mercury perhaps?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:22 pm
by Ethion
xGrape wrote:Its a big annoyance for me. I hope libgaim implements it [P2P] soon. I have found the official MSN for Mac to sometimes be faster, but it might just have been luck.
MSN7 and other MSN clients support a direct person-to-person transfer as is used in AIM
Which "other" clients support it? Any for Mac? Mercury perhaps?
LibGAIM is updating the MSN protocol(I think, to MSN7).
And for other clients, check out aMSN, if you want to send files.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:07 pm
by Simba Cub
I think I'm right in saying that gaim 2.0.0 will have better file transfers universally - don't quote me on that though!
Rich::
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:30 pm
by evands
Simba Cub wrote:I think I'm right in saying that gaim 2.0.0 will have better file transfers universally - don't quote me on that though!
Rich::