SFTP performance on iOS/tvOS

Streaming & Network
#1

Hello,

I noticed this problem few months ago with an iOS version of Infuse. if i stream from a sftp server the maximum speed i reach is 5-7Mbit/s. I ended up using IKEv2 VPN instead + webdav(http). But after a recent purchase of ATV4 that doesn’t have a VPN client on it i’m back to sftp solution and again the speed limitation is there that doesn’t allow me to stream a content with a higher bitrate.

Does anybody else have the same problem?

Thank you.

P.S. I get a full speed from the same server using mbp.

Cheers!

#2

Thanks for the report. We’ll take a look and see if we can track down what may be going on.

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#3

Anything new about that? Seems to be still an issue. SFTP is 1/4 the speed of FTPS.
I try to stream form a remote server:

  • with Filezilla, SFTP and FTPS are the same speed: 50MB/s
  • with Infuse, only SFTP works, speed is 13MB/s
    All tests on the same device.
#4

I am still using WebDav, but this time over https, thanks to let’s encrypt for free certificates.

#5

Same problem here. With cable and some adjustments on provider side we get now 12 MBit/s but this is still to less.:confused:

#6

Could please acknowledge this? Correcting would be awesome too, pleaaaaase?

#7

After the recent update now WebDAV is broken

#8

Same issue - SFTP results in slow speeds/buffering (10Mbit/s) on macOS/iOS. filezilla (macOS) with the same settings maxes out my internet connection (30MByte/s). @james any status update?

EDIT: Tried the same settings on iOS with FE File Explorer and I get around 20-30MByte/s. The issue is definitely an Infuse one.