-----------------
| linux@work|
------------------
|
// <-the interweb
|
---------------------
| 4-port adsl |
| router/switch |---------------,
---------------------.....................\
.............. /................................. \
............../.................................... \
----------V--------............... --------V------
| linux@home |............| XP@home |
-------------------............... ---------------

what i am trying to do is transfer from XP@home to linux@home using scp
(winSCP).

if i do a file transfer or receive between linux@home and linux@work it works fine and the speed is very adequate.

i havent been able to see what happens if i do a transfer from the linux@home to the XP@home machine. i would have thought it's safe to presume that; if the transfer between the linux@home to the linux@work is working that the problem rests with the XP@home machine.

so to sum up:

if linux@home is the server-

a transfer from linux@home to linux@work = fast
a transfer to linux@home from XP@home = slow
a transfer to linux@home from linux@work = fast

Tonight i'll try pscp from XP@home to linux@home. If that works do you know what that would mean? what information do you want to see next if this is the case?

martin wrote:

Have you tried other SFTP client? Can you try PuTTY SSH client and PSFTP?

I'll try tonight when i get home from work.

FYI both the switch and the two network cards in the respective machines are all running at 100 full duplex.

Have you tried other SFTP client? Can you try PuTTY SSH client and PSFTP?

because i am stressed out, i forgot to mention that this is over my lan which is 100meg. i can easily ssh to my linux box with no lag and tcptraceroute is ok so i dont know whats going on.

i get this in my log:

. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. WinSCP Version 3.6.1 (Build 221) (OS 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1)
. Login time: 19 May 2004 21:38:49
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Session name: gophers
. Host name: 10.1.0.6 (Port: 22)
. User name: root (Password: Yes, Key file: No)
. Transfer Protocol: SCP
. SSH protocol version: 2; Compression: No
. Agent forwarding: No; TIS/CryptoCard: No; KI: Yes; GSSAPI: No
. Ciphers: aes,blowfish,3des,WARN,des; Ssh2DES: No
. Ping type: -, Ping interval: 30 sec; Timeout: 15 sec
. SSH Bugs: -,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,
. Proxy: none
. Return code variable: Autodetect; Lookup user groups: Yes
. Shell: default, EOL: 0
. Local directory: default, Remote directory: home, Update: No, Cache: Yes
. Cache directory changes: Yes, Permanent: Yes
. Clear aliases: Yes, Unset nat.vars: Yes, Resolve symlinks: Yes
. Alias LS: No, Ign LS warn: Yes, Scp1 Comp: No
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Looking up host "10.1.0.6"
. Connecting to 10.1.0.6 port 22
. Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian 1:3.8.1p1-1
. We claim version: SSH-2.0-WinSCP-release-3.6.1
. Using SSH protocol version 2
. Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange
. Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange
. Host key fingerprint is:
. ssh-rsa 1024 7d:e1:b5:07:c6:9f:2d:c7:20:9b:f2:84:50:43:93:ff
. Initialised AES-256 client->server encryption
. Initialised AES-256 server->client encryption
. Waiting for data timed out, asking user what to do.
. Asking user:
. Host hasn't answered for 15 seconds.
.
. Wait for another 15 seconds? Pressing 'Abort' button will close session. ()

when i hit the retry it usually connects and then i do a file transfer from my windows machine to my linux machine. except i am getting speeds of about 250B/s :(

anyone else get this?