[NTLUG:Discuss] File transfer speeds

[rob apodaca]

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> The revealing thing is that the
> file transfer was via WinSCP to the sshd daemon on the Linux box.  I
> realize there is overhead for the encryption/decryption, but still, the
> 500Kb/s seemed rather poor.  

I have recently started trying to use ssh for file transfer. One machine running open sshd, the other running sftp (part of the open ssh client package). I experience VERY slow transfers indeed...much as you describe, however standard ftp transfer rates are very good. If you perform a google search such as:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=sftp+slow+transfer

you will see that there seems to be a problem with ssh file transfers.

I've just started invesigating my problem so I dont have too much more info to provide...perhaps someone else on the list might have some??

So, I am thinking you may not have a hardware/wiring problem, but rather a protocol problem. Perhaps try a different method of measuring transfer rates...I saw some good suggestions in this thread.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of response time does ping reveal?