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AIM Transfer rates over LAN

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Vinny N

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For convenience my brother and I often transfer files over our LAN via AIM file transfer.

Previously I just used a Vonage Router (Motorola VT2442), I didn't have to set up any special port forwarding or routing rules.

cable modem ethernet -> VT2442 WAN ->VT2442 LAN -> 3 computers

AIM file transfer between our computers since we were on the same lan went at LAN speeds (100mbit -overhead).

Well I just switched from TW cable to Verizon FIOS. Everything is now on the Verizon Actiontec MI424WR router.

MI424WR LAN -> 3 computers, VT2442WAN (nothing is on its LAN ports now)

Now my AIM file transfers are capped at around 200-256 kbyte/sec (approximately the 2mbit cap on my FIOS upload).

So it would seem like it's routing our internal file transfers through the internet and back!

SMB file transfers work at LAN speeds but are inconvenient. It's nice to send things over AIM (i.e. you get a message, and there are no accounts/permissions to set up and you can just say no to a file).

So my question is: why is this happening? Is there any way to fix this?
 
? You make a folder on each computer. You set the folder to sharing for anyone on the lan or just him. Its not like you have to 'set permissions' all the time. Once. It would take you literally 5 min. Think about how long you've had this problem in relation.
 
I know there are other ways to transfer files. And I'm perfectly capable of sharing folders, settings permissions, etc. But that's not a real fix to this problem. And what if I come across another application that has the same behavior? Aside from all of that:

I'm interested in fixing the specific problem because it shouldn't be happening.

Also you may have missed the features I liked about sending files on AIM. Notification, capability of denying. Choosing a location if you'd like or defaulting to one where you'll see new files. I forgot to mention that resuming file transfers is also great.
 
do you have some kind of aim proxy setup? recently updated the software?

this is, in essence, an application issue.
 
AIM configuration hasn't changed. Never used a proxy or anything.

I don't think it's an application issue because I can hook it back up using the previous hardware and it transfers at LAN speeds like it should.
 
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