On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:53:44AM -0800, Y Z wrote:
> I use MS FTP (the CLI one) to transfer file from my FTP server (IIS).
> Does anyone know whether the file I download will be cached? I do
> download the same file over and over again. I run Wireshark at both
> server and client, it shows packets being transferred everytime I
> download, so I assume the file is not cached and I get fresh file from
> the server. Am I correct?
You are correct.
> My second concern is, is it necessary for me to sychronize my FTP
> server and client via NTP server for example. My server is not for
> commercial use but I do carry out packet data analysis. As far as I'm
> concerned, as long as I can trace the packets through their sequence
> numbers, the timing difference between server and client does not
> bother me much. Is synchronization an issue that will affect say, RTT
> or throughput?
Nope.
Steve
